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Jordan is (or was? I think he still is the master, what with us now reading his legacy) the master of foreshadowing, prophecy, and twisting it all around. AMoL has so much of that. Things that were foreshadowed in book one came to fruition here. It's amazing.
And then Egwene died.
Don't get me wrong, I loved her death. It was glorious and wonderful and heroic and wow.
But seriously. Deus Ex Machina. How the heck can someone who is such an epic master of foreshadowing not even once mention the opposite of balefire? Jordan created a problem, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere comes a solution. Egwene's death provided the deus ex machina gun to pretty much change the tide of the battle.
And it just doesn't sit right with me. If there's ever a series I hadn't expected this from, it's The Wheel of Time, where everything is brilliantly foreshadowed. I'm thoroughly disappointed.
Thus, my question to you guys: am I missing something? Am I missing some foreshadowing about anti-balefire many books ago?
And then Egwene died.
Don't get me wrong, I loved her death. It was glorious and wonderful and heroic and wow.
But seriously. Deus Ex Machina. How the heck can someone who is such an epic master of foreshadowing not even once mention the opposite of balefire? Jordan created a problem, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere comes a solution. Egwene's death provided the deus ex machina gun to pretty much change the tide of the battle.
And it just doesn't sit right with me. If there's ever a series I hadn't expected this from, it's The Wheel of Time, where everything is brilliantly foreshadowed. I'm thoroughly disappointed.
Thus, my question to you guys: am I missing something? Am I missing some foreshadowing about anti-balefire many books ago?