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Easing the Badger - no spoilers
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i***@aol.com
2010-11-11 13:50:10 UTC
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OK, I have been involved in this slog since 1990, lurking through the
amazing early years of this newsgroup. Mr. Sanderson has done the
series prpud, making it very readable again. But in my absolute
favorite scene in MORE THANA DECADE, in a pure tip of the hat to
fans, which I would be dollars to doughnuts, came from the pen of RJ,
we finally find out what easing the badger means.

I laughed out loud at this scene, something WOT has not moved me to do
for eons.

Thanks RJ and BS.

Matt
Mark Erikson
2010-11-11 21:46:45 UTC
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Post by i***@aol.com
OK, I have been involved in this slog since 1990, lurking through the
amazing early years of this newsgroup.  Mr. Sanderson has done the
series prpud, making it very readable again.  But in my absolute
favorite scene in MORE THANA  DECADE, in a pure tip of the hat to
fans, which I would be dollars to doughnuts, came from the pen of RJ,
we finally find out what easing the badger means.
According to book tour reports, Sanderson wrote most of that
particular scene, but it was Harriet who saw the golden opportunity to
make the easing the badger reference there at the end.
Post by i***@aol.com
I laughed out loud at this scene, something WOT has not moved me to do
for eons.
Me too. It was pretty much a Crowing Moment of Heartwarming _and_
Funny at the same time.

-Mark Erikson
Brinner
2010-11-25 15:12:48 UTC
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Post by Mark Erikson
Post by i***@aol.com
OK, I have been involved in this slog since 1990, lurking through the
amazing early years of this newsgroup.  Mr. Sanderson has done the
series prpud, making it very readable again.  But in my absolute
favorite scene in MORE THANA  DECADE, in a pure tip of the hat to
fans, which I would be dollars to doughnuts, came from the pen of RJ,
we finally find out what easing the badger means.
According to book tour reports, Sanderson wrote most of that
particular scene, but it was Harriet who saw the golden opportunity to
make the easing the badger reference there at the end.
Post by i***@aol.com
I laughed out loud at this scene, something WOT has not moved me to do
for eons.
Me too.  It was pretty much a Crowing Moment of Heartwarming _and_
Funny at the same time.
-Mark Erikson
What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
that at all.

Brinner
Rast
2010-11-25 19:21:53 UTC
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Post by Brinner
What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
that at all.
End of chapter 44, Perrin "bent to untie the sack and ease the poor
badger Mat had captured."
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"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due," said Sandy.
"Well, wasn't it due to Miss Brodie?"
"Only up to a point," said Sandy.
- Muriel Spark
Brian Tillman
2010-12-03 00:08:39 UTC
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Post by Rast
Post by Brinner
What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
that at all.
End of chapter 44, Perrin "bent to untie the sack and ease the poor
badger Mat had captured."
I thought that was a typo and it was supposed to have been "...release the
poor badger...".
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Brian Tillman
Brinner
2010-12-17 05:50:58 UTC
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Post by Rast
Post by Brinner
What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
that at all.
End of chapter 44, Perrin "bent to untie the sack and ease the poor
badger Mat had captured."
A tad literal. Disapointing.

Brinner
Paul Colquhoun
2010-12-17 08:32:35 UTC
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:50:58 -0800 (PST), Brinner <***@gmail.com> wrote:
| On Nov 25, 7:21 pm, Rast <***@yahoo.com> wrote:
|> Brinner wrote on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:12:48 -0800 (PST):
|>
|> > What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
|> > that at all.
|>
|> End of chapter 44, Perrin "bent to untie the sack and ease the poor
|> badger Mat had captured."
|>
|
| A tad literal. Disapointing.


Well, "easing" may just be "releasing", but how much Wink-Wink,
Nudge-Nudge double-entendre can you pile onto "Badger"?
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Brinner
2010-12-17 23:04:34 UTC
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Post by Paul Colquhoun
|>
|> > What did I miss, I finished the book 2 days ago and don't remember
|> > that at all.
|>
|> End of chapter 44, Perrin "bent to untie the sack and ease the poor
|> badger Mat had captured."
|>
|
| A tad literal. Disapointing.
Well, "easing" may just be "releasing", but how much Wink-Wink,
Nudge-Nudge double-entendre can you pile onto "Badger"?
--
In fairness, it would have been better to just leave it a mystery.

Brinner
Kulin Remailer
2011-01-08 16:06:52 UTC
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Chucky & Janica
2011-01-22 14:10:16 UTC
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Post by Kulin Remailer
Yep. Completely blatant, obvious, unfunny pandering from Sanderson. The
''lol so funny XD'' Dragonmount crowd can fuck off. It wasn't good.
I didn't think it was anything special either. I never saw that it was
that much of a mystery term anyway.
Post by Kulin Remailer
Sanderson blows. Towers of Midnight was terrible in pretty much every
way. ''Easing the badger'' was the piss-icing on the shit-cake.
At this point I wish Jordan's notes and transcriptions had just been
released unedited rather than letting some terrible mormon author ruin
the series with his clumsy, awful fanfiction.
You trolled my tumbleweeds.



C&J

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