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09:00:48 AM May 29th 2010

Are we really sure the creator didn't make a voice cameo? Was this officially denied by RJ, or is it some fanboy's desperate hope that there can't be a benevolent God-figure in a book they like? I massaged the heck out of Google, but could not find any instance of Robert Jordan officially denying that the BIG OL VOICE IN CAPS in The Eye of the World was the Creator.

I'm not saying it definitely WAS the Creator, I just think the the vehement denial in this article is misplaced, UNLESS it was officially denied by RJ. That's all.

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Ironlenny

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05:57:55 PM Jul 1st 2010

What does it say about Humanity that deceptions of a personified evil are more prevalent than depictions of a personified good?

SpritelessPerson

11:32:31 AM Jul 15th 2011

You know, I always figured, what with those 2 stories in the front of the bible where god makes humans, that we were supposed to be he personifications of good. ^_^

MrDeath

11:38:07 AM Jul 15th 2011

It's harder to write a compelling story where God's active than where Satan's active. God is...well, God. Literally a God Mode Sue if He is overtly working in the story.

The devil, on the other hand, is an adversary, a villain, that people can work against, so much easier to use in a story.

MidasMint

03:53:55 PM Aug 14th 2011

The reasons for this trope are obvious enough I'm surprised they aren't mentioned

1) Stories need conflict

2) To make the protagonists heroes the conflict they overcome must be evil

3) If a good force overcomes the evil there's nothing for humans (our heroes) to do.

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