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- From: cupcake@cibbs.UUCP
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
- Subject: Re: Why the Orb burns anybody at all?
- Message-ID: <4XyDuB13w165w@cibbs.UUCP>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 23:45:35 GMT
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- s1140056@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Jeffrey O. (*JEFF*)) writes:
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- > st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Rosaleen Dhu) writes:
- >
- > >I, myself, have often thought that Belgarath and Polgara are a little
- > >over-pompous. Polgara in particular, although I love her as a character, I
- > >think she'd be a pain in the ass as a fellow sorceress.
- > >Turning people into radishes is overrated. Trust me on this one.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > I hate it when people say that...:) :)
- > >
- > >Rosaleen Dhu
- > >"Beat the drum, hold the phone, the sun came up today..."--John Fogarty
- >
- > I can only partially agree to that ... since I wouldn't use the word pompous.
- > Belgarath and Polgara are not ordinary folks, they are SORCERERS, people who
- > can move mountains, control the weather, fly faster than a speeding bullet...
- > eh, wrong newsgroup. But underneath all that power and ability, they are
- > still humans, and can feel pain, sadness, joy, pride etc.
- >
- > Put yourself in their shoes, being able to live longer than anyone else and
- > having more power than anyone can imagine... I think that they are not
- > boastful or proud by nature, only when the occasion calls for it :).
- >
- > Polgara (and Belgarath) had lived and cared for the Rivan family while they
- > were in hiding for thousands of years, trying to be inconspicuous (vaguely
- > remembering what she related to Garion when they quarrelled... sorry, but it
- > was a LONG time ago). She apparently suffered (I can't think of a better wor
- > yet) a lot with possibly only Belgarath knowing the full extent of what she w
- > through.
- >
- > Pompous? Maybe just a little... and I can't blame them. Polgara never did (
- > as far as my memory still serves me) turn anyone into a radish. Yet. She
- > just turns irritating queens into snakes.
- >
- > Oh, btw, I've a question for you Eddings' fans that has been bugging me for a
- > while now (about 3 years) : Is Poledra (Belgarath's wife) REALLY a wolf ? I
- > know all about what the books said... but could it possible that she's lying
- > :):):):) (her little secret to get back at Belgarath for ignoring her for
- > thousands of years) Just wondering!
- >
- >
- > Enough rambling for now...
- >
- >
- >
- > Cheers!
- > Jeffrey Ong.
- > * I won't have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. *
- >
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