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Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 18th June 2003
This is just some of the big locations I thought people would like. I'm going with more of a geographic region and lifestyle rather than listing specific cities most of the time, because there are too many. Let me know if you want me to add one.
Oh, and tell why you want to live there. Discuss. Have fun. Waste time. That's what summer is all about.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Great Rumbler - 18th June 2003
The city I was thinking of isn't listed on there, but it might be considered "South", so I'll just vote for that. Anyway, the city I was thinking of Far Madding, were Rand was much of time in Book 9. The two reasons for me wanting to live there is that one, it's cool island town and two, it offers free protection from Aes Sedia, which is a must for any self-respecting male practioner of the one power.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 18th June 2003
I haven't read the newest book yet.
Considering that... I'm not sure. Most of the world right now seems to have a bad case of "which city gets taken out next", so how about under a rock in the middle of nowhere? :)
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Great Rumbler - 18th June 2003
You can come and live in Far Madding. It has a huge crystal that protects the island from the one power and it's an island so it wouldn't be easily taken.
Or you could go to Tear, it's probably pretty safe.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 19th June 2003
Paaren Disen, definitely.
If it's relegated to modern times, I'd definitely want to live in a stedding, especially if the Ways are ever cleansed of Machin Shin/
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - OB1 - 19th June 2003
You kids and your Wheels of Time.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 19th June 2003
Oh, I chose Caemlyn/Cairhien... because I like that location choice better than the others.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 20th June 2003
Leave it to Weltall to list a city from the Age of Legends. Is anyone else scared that the initals for that are AOL, and the Age of Legends seem to be a close equivalent to our modern time?
I was going to put Far Madding but then I forgot! I even left an extra space in the poll to add more if you thought of another place. Oh well.
I would like to live in the Two Rivers because it reminds me a lot of where I lived in Idaho. There are lots of forests and small towns and it's a place to relax. Yeah, some of the people have never lived anywhere else and think everyone does it there way and every other way is wrong, but it's not a big deal. Another place I would like to live is the Borderlands, like Shienar.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 24th June 2003
The Borderlands would be okay... if not for the Trollocs...
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 24th June 2003
That's what would be so great about the Borderlands. You spend your life fighting pure evil, knowing that the people you are protecting don't even believe that the evil really exists. You fight and give up all the extras they enjoy while they call you a fool for letting your imagination run wild on you and getting scared by shadows. And yet you do it anyway, because it's the right thing to do, and it's the only thing to do. It's so ironic and so familiar, at least to me. A lot like the Matrix and what it represents...
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 24th June 2003
That's a bleak life... fighting for something the people you are defending don't want to believe exists... important, but bleak. But it does seem a bit better than hiding under a rock somewhere waiting for the Trollocs.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 27th June 2003
Yeah, it would be bleak. RJ did a good job of making it feel that way too, when you read how the Shinearians live and what their cities and buildings are like.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 27th June 2003
He is a great author.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 27th June 2003
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
That's a bleak life... fighting for something the people you are defending don't want to believe exists... important, but bleak. But it does seem a bit better than hiding under a rock somewhere waiting for the Trollocs.
Hearing this come from you is funny on so many levels :D
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 27th June 2003
Ie someone has to do it. Not me though. :)
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 27th June 2003
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Ie someone has to do it. Not me though. :)
Maybe you're not drawing the same parallels I am from the statement :D
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 27th June 2003
Fantasy worlds aren't the real world... :)
In WOT the Trollocs are obviously a very real threat that if not stopped would destroy everything... I'd say that that's a bit more important for someone to deal with than the 'parallels' you are making.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 30th June 2003
Quote:In WOT the Trollocs are obviously a very real threat that if not stopped would destroy everything...
Exactly. Nobody believes it, because they need to see it with their own eyes. It doesn't change the fact that the danger is still very real. You know what I'm saying, and I won't push it any farther. Haven't you ever wondered if maybe what you consider foolishness and over-reacting is really not?
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 30th June 2003
Yeah, of course. I mean... I sure was showed up when they found all those WMDs and that advanced nuclear weapons program in Iraq, wasn't I?
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 1st July 2003
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Yeah, of course. I mean... I sure was showed up when they found all those WMDs and that advanced nuclear weapons program in Iraq, wasn't I?
That time will come :)
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 1st July 2003
Sure. Right after the Iranian leaders admit we've been right all along and that being a theocracy was a silly idea...
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 1st July 2003
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Sure. Right after the Iranian leaders admit we've been right all along and that being a theocracy was a silly idea...
It's looking like the Iranian people certainly seem to agree with that.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 1st July 2003
Yes, the Iranians dislike their government and are getting frusterated by the lack of change. And that's the one hope we have for that nation -- that something will finally come to a head and the hardliners will be tossed out.
But as it is now, the hardliners have all the power and they will never see the error of their ways.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 1st July 2003
Blood and ashes! (I had to say it) You guys turn everything into a political mud-flinging contest. Never mind.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 1st July 2003
Well with that comment he was asking for it!
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 2nd July 2003
Quote:Originally posted by Laser Link
Blood and ashes! (I had to say it) You guys turn everything into a political mud-flinging contest. Never mind.
It's like Daes Daemar! With a lot more stupid and a lot less death!
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Dark Jaguar - 2nd July 2003
Wow, I was SURE ABF knew what parallel you guys were talking about, and suddenly it went to Iraq, something I wasn't even thinking about. That's okay ABF, you'll "get it" eventually :D.
Oh and yes LL, I too noticed the striking parallels between the Matrix and a certain something else, right down to all the names of things.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 2nd July 2003
Quote:Wow, I was SURE ABF knew what parallel you guys were talking about, and suddenly it went to Iraq, something I wasn't even thinking about. That's okay ABF, you'll "get it" eventually .
If he meant something other than Iraq and the war on terror, I don't know what it is... but I'd certainly expect that that's what he meant.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Dark Jaguar - 2nd July 2003
Nope :D, not indeed, but LL, Weltall, and myself know what was meant. Think, what other thing do we have in common? Also note that LL never once actually took a side on the whole war issue, and the only thing he ever said was that "war is something I'd rather see avoided", or something similar.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 2nd July 2003
LL? What does he have to do with Weltall's ... intresting ... use of that quote of mine? Nothing, as far as I know...
Oh, and I have no clue what 'parallels' you are talking about. But the comparison between it and my position on the terror war sure makes sense...
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Dark Jaguar - 2nd July 2003
Haha, in time young one, you will see what on Earth that quote meant in regards to something OTHER than the war. Heck, I'd tell ya right now if I didn't figure you were smart enough to figure it out on your own.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 3rd July 2003
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Weltall - 3rd July 2003
Hell, even I'm confused now. I WAS taking a stab at his position on Iraq...
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 3rd July 2003
Yeah, I was sure you were.
Now how about you explain what delusions you are seeing DJ, because we don't have a clue...
And how about we get back to the topic? :)
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - Laser Link - 5th July 2003
Which topic are we getting back on? :)
No, I was not talking about the war. Even if I had some big opinion I wanted to share, I wouldn't cause it's over now. *hint hint let it go* :) But I was talking about what DJ is hinting about. No big deal.
Where would you want to live? WOTPOTD2 - A Black Falcon - 13th July 2003
Er...
WHAT IS THIS BIG SECRET?
Why not just tell us what this secret thing you two are thinking of is? Becuse I at least sure don't have a clue.