I'm on it!

That was exactly the unformed thought skulking about in the back of my brain as I was listening. Not until I actually saw your words here did it all suddenly blaze into clarity, allowing me to understand what that unclear thought was trying to be. As you point out, it does not fit precisely into the model of grief; but it is certainly reminiscent of that model. Perhaps it could be seen as, not the grief process, but the personality-maturation process? Close, but different? Just thinking out loud. Still, I do appreciate the clarification. At least now, I'll be able to get to sleep without having this gnawing away at me, keeping me awake, trying to figure out what this is. So, thanks!

Maybe he was unconsiously grieving his own death.

trielt1 Could be. It also could be that he was grieving the loss of his agency, his fate that he could not escape no matter how much he wanted to

I think our author of was writing through how PTSD is experienced and healed. Vietnam!

5 stages of grief are a pseudo scientific rambling, and i'm tired of seeing praise when a story 'loosely hints at it'

In book 4+5, I don't think it was a front of confidence, it was undisguised impatience and a lack of concern for what people think. That's not the same thing as confidence, because a person can lack confidence while still exuding impatience and not caring what other people think.

I don’t why but I really liked Rand in book 12.

In book 4 he says( in his pov) , that he has tu put up this show so that the nobles will listen with him, or moriane wont control him (and I partially agreed with him), but doesnt really become that arrogant

And then when he gets out...

@@boosterprime5757 that was such a satisfying moment.

In a Strange way, Rand stays sane because of Lews Therin.

I think that was kind of the point. Robert Jordan consistently used the themes of information changing and evolving over distance (temporal and spacial) so that the "known" truth isn't always the whole truth or the truth at all. The Tinkers were always in search of "The" song, and knew that finding it would bring the world to peace. When Rand enters the ter'angreal in Rhuidean we find that the ancestors to the Tinkers, the Da'shain Aiel, sang songs along with the Ogier and Nym to grow trees (including Chora trees which gave a sense of peace when sitting under them). However, I never really interpreted this as a specific song that was needed, it was more intent mixed with a form of magic or some other ability separate from the One Power that enabled people to sing with that particular outcome. With the breaking of the world, all this information was passed along verbally resulting in one of the longest games of telephone I've ever heard of resulting in A song that the Tinkers believed used to be sung which brought peace to all. It wasn't so much that a particular song would accomplish this, as they believed, but they were truly, if unknowingly, seeking the return of the Seed Singing ability that seems to be natural to at least some Ogier. Anyway, there's my own likely over thought two cents.

@@afilthycasualplays4007 Yeah, the song didn't exist, just a misunderstanding over the millenia. Still, it would have been cool if they regained that magic somehow. Maybe in a few more ages.

Rand did sing in the last book, just not at the end.

Well. And Elayne, Aviendha, Thom, Loial... Etc.. I would almost say that they cared more for Rand than Mat. I love Mat, but he was busy dealing with his own thing. Atleast Perin thought of Rand. Mat just kinda fell face first into adventure and Tyllan's bed.

I am angry at myself for not doing him first..... damn it.

Daniel Greene it's all good, I'm glad you made this, your videos have been a big help for me getting my wife to read/listen to this series, she is finally on Memory of light and Rand just waved to Avi

@@DanielGreeneReviews do that character soooooon.

Interesting, never thought about that before. When Mat and Aveindha where brought back by balefire undoing their deaths, they seemed to have some awareness of having died. Min doesn't show any of that.

I would flaming love this! I think Rand could be very successful with that.

Daniel Greene..

Thanks.. I love your reviews on Wheel of Time I love the books and you somehow bring them to life...

Also many of the people who wanted to play him, even when it was to help him, were super disrespectfull and sometimes out right mean. Also often ignoreing the giant burden on his back. No wonder he wanted them to fck off for a while :D

One of my favorite Rand moments was when he just turns to ice and says “do you believe, truly, that the Pattern itself would strike you dead here and now if I so much as willed it to happen?” Like holy shit Dark Rand was intense

@@Hostilehippie13 I forgot that, who did he say that to?

@@jacksonpayne3477 I believe it was right before he went to Dragonmount and became zen Rand, he says that to two or three different characters in a couple little “evil god complex” type rants. Mostly when he was trying to exert his power and influence in the Pattern over people. I believe his first meeting with Tuon describes it pretty well from her perspective

@@jacksonpayne3477 It was to Cadsuane in the chapter A Warp in the Air in tGS. It's just after Semirhage almost made him kill Min and as he is exiling Cadsuane from his sight.

@ being a noble is inherently a bad thing. You are not above others. Sticking it to any noble, "good" or no, is instant brownie points from me.

Thats a great idea! She is certainly worth adding.

Exactly

Not really, the turning point was when he almost destroyed an entire army of 200,000 allies because they didn’t show him the respect he thought he deserved. Without Nynaeve, he would have.

@@papaofthejohns5882 I was referring to Rand travelling to his birthplace in horror after almost killing Tam, and the turning point in his attitude. That was his defining moment.

JB Oh yeah, I thought you meant turning point in regards to finally crossing the line into evil. Using balefire to kill a Forsaken and her braindead puppets is one thing, that can be justified, but using the Access Key on the Borderlanders... not so much.

@@papaofthejohns5882 That was a pretty shocking scene.

But she did succed in doing it, if unintentionally and indirectly. By pushing the confrontation with tam rand ends up on dragonmount and he starts to laugh again

the way i see it, the world pushed him off a cliff and he had to figure it out by himself. In that split second, it was either he would think one way or another way, whatever he would have chosen would not have been wrong for me. If he chose to off the world and have the wheel turn again, good for him, and if chose what he chose in the book, the way of love; seeing the wheel turning as another chance to be with Ilyena, cudos to him too. For me i simply wouldnt mind either of the choices.

Already did a video reviewing them all! Just check the rankings

I love me some Harry Dresden!

that is a very interesting theory, I like this train of thought.

Late reply but it is implied that most of the forsaken heard the whispers of the Dark one in their minds. I believe Ishamael copied the Dark One style of mental manipulation during Eye of the World.

Depends on the kind of video. Summaries and reviews yes. Most others, like this one, I just stand in front of the camera and ramble without any notes and whatever comes out that I like stays in the video.

Yeah.. Me too love Lady Envy and seguleh

Believe me I plan on it!

Ansalo mistborn by brandon sanderson, also the stormlight archives, but that is unfinished, pretty much all of sandersons work is great

The gentleman bastards

Malazan books of the fallen by Steven Erikson

I second the malazan series. Very deep story.

Eddings Belgariad series, Brett Demon Cyrcle, Nix Abhorsen (more young adult book but really good) Everything Sanderson, Pratchet, Gaiman

He was not the first dragon

I thought Cadsuane's character arc was handled faithfully in the last books. She was trying to do the right thing, work with him without being controlling like the other Aes Sedai, more trying to replace Moiraine. She just didn't handle it well or adapt to the reality of who Rand was at that time. I think she was a great character honestly.