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    Default Roland's choice *HARD spoilers*

    What would have happened if Roland had chosen Jake and he hadn't let him drop?
    Would he ever been able to catch the Man in Black?
    Would it have caused lots of changes?


    I guess many of you think it was ka I can accept that let's try to play with the idea.

    !!! Spoilers all around below !!!

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    I'm personally of the opinion that this is what Roland has to do to truly break the cycle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darkthoughts View Post
    I'm personally of the opinion that this is what Roland has to do to truly break the cycle.
    I think its a big start. But there is another choice that he might have to make to break the loop.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah

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    Agreed, for sure, but like you say - I think this is one of the most resonant choices.

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    It would show that he cares more about love and loyalty to someone than to the quest, far before his realization in DT7 when he wasn't going to let Jake make the sacrifice.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah

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    Roland has to choose Jake, and damn the Tower if necessary. Personally I think that such a choice will not damn the Tower at all - it's all just a Glammer of Walter's, just another tug on Roland's lifeline. But even if it did damn the Tower - he still has to save him.
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    I think that Roland needed to let him drop, not that I wanted it to happen though. He needed to get Jake later in the quest, by drawing him. I think he would have lost Jake before he was able to Reach the Tower, this time for good, no coming back, an thus ends the cycle.

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    But if you think about it, had he not let Jake fall, he would have continued on to the doorways even without Walter's prophecy - Walter didnt tell him where they were, and with Roland's faith in Ka he would have gone through them (why else were they there?) - he would have drawn Eddie and Susannah with Jake's help (and may not have lost his fingers).

    They would not have had to use the speaking ring so Susannah would never have become pregnant with Mordred, and then the issues that arose from Mia and Black 13, with the ka-tet being split etc, wouldnt have occured. Their whole adventure in NYC would have been markedly different.

    But who is to say what would have happened - its assuming that some other peril at the Western Sea or in Mir's forest wouldn't have arisen due to Jake's presence. Letting Jake fall (and Roland's consequent guilt, need for reunion and then love for him) is the driving catalyst for many of the plot structures that followed - and it also tested the mettle of Eddie and Susannah as ka-tet and Gunslingers in the efforts to get him back. Roland's character may never have grown if this didn't happen - Eddie's, Susannah's and Jake's feelings towards him may never have amounted to dinh. Perhaps it was crucial to the ka-tet's bonding for Roland to go through his personal crisis with Jake.

    But on the other hand, logic could dictate that the ka-tet would have formed much more quickly and been far stronger with someone of Jake's talents with them from the start. Who is to say? I always thought it was foolish of Roland to sacrifice Jake because of a thinly believable promise from Walter. And he was duped, the stupid man, like he should have known he would have been by someone with Walter's abilities. Did he really think it was as simple as grabbing his robe and hauling his ass over for a beating?
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    Well put ZOne

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZoNeSeeK View Post
    But if you think about it, had he not let Jake fall, he would have continued on to the doorways even without Walter's prophecy - Walter didnt tell him where they were, and with Roland's faith in Ka he would have gone through them (why else were they there?) - he would have drawn Eddie and Susannah with Jake's help (and may not have lost his fingers).

    They would not have had to use the speaking ring so Susannah would never have become pregnant with Mordred, and then the issues that arose from Mia and Black 13, with the ka-tet being split etc, wouldnt have occured. Their whole adventure in NYC would have been markedly different.

    But who is to say what would have happened - its assuming that some other peril at the Western Sea or in Mir's forest wouldn't have arisen due to Jake's presence. Letting Jake fall (and Roland's consequent guilt, need for reunion and then love for him) is the driving catalyst for many of the plot structures that followed - and it also tested the mettle of Eddie and Susannah as ka-tet and Gunslingers in the efforts to get him back. Roland's character may never have grown if this didn't happen - Eddie's, Susannah's and Jake's feelings towards him may never have amounted to dinh. Perhaps it was crucial to the ka-tet's bonding for Roland to go through his personal crisis with Jake.

    But on the other hand, logic could dictate that the ka-tet would have formed much more quickly and been far stronger with someone of Jake's talents with them from the start. Who is to say? I always thought it was foolish of Roland to sacrifice Jake because of a thinly believable promise from Walter. And he was duped, the stupid man, like he should have known he would have been by someone with Walter's abilities. Did he really think it was as simple as grabbing his robe and hauling his ass over for a beating?
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    Well said sir. Though, I personally see nothing wrong with Roland being more Cort-esque to the new 'slingers, it might've toughened them up considerably more.

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    True, they may have been tougher, but in the end, ka's a wheel

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    Change one thing, you change everything, but wouldn't there still be a paradox because of Jack Mort?

    It wasn't just Walter, but also the oracle that said "Death, but not for you, gunslinger."

    Killing Mort before he pushes Jake makes the paradox, so it doesn't matter that Roland dropped him. If he was with the ka-tet at door #3 he would have to disappear and be drawn again.

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    great insight not-man.

    I believe they could have simply skipped the ring of stones had Jake been already with them. But you are right, not dropping him would have changed everything.
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    Wow, when you think about it, that really would have f'd things up. Great post Not-man

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    Maybe Roland really shouldn't have let Jake fall. Do you think it would have changed his quest if he kicked Jake down instead?
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    Yeah, he probably would have tripped and fell with him

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darkthoughts View Post
    I'm personally of the opinion that this is what Roland has to do to truly break the cycle.
    I agree 100%
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    It would have been great if Roland had just come to the realization that it would be better if he just died with Jake and jumped with him to their deaths.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah

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    Quote Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King View Post
    It would have been great if Roland had just come to the realization that it would be better if he just died with Jake and jumped with him to their deaths.
    But that person wouldn't have been Roland the gunslinger but someone else.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King View Post
    It would have been great if Roland had just come to the realization that it would be better if he just died with Jake and jumped with him to their deaths.
    But that person wouldn't have been Roland the gunslinger but someone else.
    If Los's spiders were able to bite King and turn him the "kas-ka Los" instead of the "kas-ka Gan", he could instill Roland with the idea that it would be better for him to jump and take Jake with him.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odetta View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Darkthoughts View Post
    I'm personally of the opinion that this is what Roland has to do to truly break the cycle.
    I agree 100%
    I agree that Roland won't drop him. Not that it will break the cycle.

    If he doesn't drop him under the mountains, and Jake is with them at the doors, isn't he dropping Jake again by killing Mort? Granted he does it to save Susannah. But he has to sacrifice one of them at that door. If he saves Jake there by letting Mort live, he dooms Susannah. Oh yeah, and kills Jake.......

    Wow this is making my head hurt

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    This brings up the question of the original Jake. The one that died under the tires and again in under the mountains.

    I believe the Jake that was saved was a different one. I wonder if the first was keystone Jake.
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    Hmmm. Now that's an interesting question. But if the first one was Keystone Jake, wouldn't he have been in the Keystone world, and then actually dead? Because once you die in the Keystone world you can't come back.



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    Thats true, so perhaps the Dutch Hill Jake was keystone but that can't be unless the Eddie there was also Keystone.

    That would also mean the...
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    two at the end were not


    Because Eddie never met keystone Jake if that was the case.
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