Most people know how awesome you are and will now proceed to tell you that and beg you to give them answers to questions that they’ll eventually RAFO. I’ll leave it to the others to gush and tell you those things (because they’re true). My question is about the Wheel of Time and is pretty menial but stands solely on a personal gripe with the word—why on earth is the word “loobie” used so much to describe Rand by his ladies—especially Min? Did Mr. Jordan leave a quota for that word that must be used a certain number of times? I just…especially for a character like Min that was, in particular, stronger and much less…sheepish than Rand’s other women, to have that as her affectionate word of choice makes me cringe. I would love to see a return of strong Min vs. sheepish doe-eyed Min, but if there’s any possibility of changing her word choice…I would find some way to repay you for you will have done me a great service.
Ha. I can’t see into Mr. Jordan’s mind, though I can say that he was fond of using the writer’s device of character-identifying traits. You’ll find that if you hang out with certain people, and listen to their linguistic patterns, often they will repeat individual words and phrases all the time. (I know one guy who uses the word “Brilliant!” every other sentence.)
This may be the case where life is more annoying than fiction should be, however. I’ll keep the comment in mind. You can pay me in heaps of Magic cards, preferably from the alpha/beta era.
That’s a done deal. I have a ridiculous amount of cards remaining from the alpha/beta era that have been sitting and collecting dust since I ran out of money in the 8th grade. I know that they would absolutely love a new home.
Ha. I was really joking. Please. Don’t give me any really expensive cards. I’d feel too guilty. If you do have some, I’d at least insist on giving you fair-market value in trades for books.
Ya I also feel like the the word adroit/maladroit were used a shit ton in the Mistborn series. Maybe I just noticed it so much because I had never heard those words before reading those books.
Nah. I overused them. Didn’t notice it until they were in print, and I added them (and some other words) to my “Be careful; you overuse these.”
Every author does this, but some are better at keeping an eye on it than I am. Hence my ‘kill list.’
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