Seloun Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 If Taravangian's way leads to more people being dead and he has to do things that make him cry... what the heck is the point of him as an alternative to Kaladin/Dalinar? Why would anyone ever act that way? He fails to be a compelling villain in that case. Mr. T's method might be a lower-risk option. Maybe his strategy is to be absolutely sure about saving a small number of people. This might be contrasted with a higher risk option that requires more people to make the 'right' choices. Alternatively, it might involve physically saving people without necessarily preserving e.g. their freedom. We can use the Parshendi/Voidbringers as a possible example: they appear to have allied with Odium to defend themselves against humanity, but ultimately lost their heritage and history. Or, as a less speculative example, note the Parshendi that assume dullform because it's a way to survive against the humans. Either way, just the raw number of people saved is probably not the only metric on how successful the method is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I said this in another thread. Taravangian asked for the capacity to save humanity. Dalinar was tasked by the Almight to defeat Odium. These goals are related but they are not identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogs Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Do we have any artists here who are trying to recreate the room and diagram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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