Your favorite moments in DT7
This is my favorite in the series and I thought it would be great to have a thread where we can chat about your favorite moments or things about this book.
One of mine, is when Dandelo is telling Roland and Susannah about how he hid from the Red King as he rode past wrapped in a storm, his whole description of the incident blew my mind and showed how powerful Los' was before getting trapped in the Tower and the re-birth of the Beams.
"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
I think my favorite was perhaps the saddest.
Jake and Roland going to save sai King.
The Haze of Green and Gold part?
"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
Whelan's illustration in that section of King is my 2nd favorite of the series,(favorite being the unfound of Roland), I made sure to take a picture of both of them.Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King
My favorite part of this book was the mad dash under the castle for Roland and Suze.
I was so devastated by what happened up till that point, it was refreshing to be horrified once again. The writing for that segment was very good imo.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Another of my favorite parts of this book is when Roland and Susannah are passing through the haunted town that surrounds Le Casse Roi Russe and when they actually come to Le Casse Roi Russe and learn the story of how Los' snapped and "killed" himself with a spoon.
"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
The exit of Susannah.
In Digitized Remorse
Kind of unrelated, but I don't think I picked up on why The Crimson King was called Los' on occasion. Can anyone enlighten me?
Los the Red was one of his names. Perhaps Matthew could add more as this is as much as I can remember of it for now without books in front of me.
Its one of the mysteries of the series, hopefully the comics will give us the scoop on it. My opinion is that Los' is the Crimson King's name. The Crimson King after all is just one of his many titles. The only time we see it mentioned was Rando Thoughtful who was his Minister of State (I think) so thats why I'm guessing that is the Crimson King's name.Kind of unrelated, but I don't think I picked up on why The Crimson King was called Los' on occasion. Can anyone enlighten me?
"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
I'd like to see it expanded upon, but that was how I saw it, that he had many names but Los the Red was his "actual" name, the one given him by his Great Old Red Momma.Its one of the mysteries of the series, hopefully the comics will give us the scoop on it. My opinion is that Los' is the Crimson King's name. The Crimson King after all is just one of his many titles. The only time we see it mentioned was Rando Thoughtful who was his Minister of State (I think) so thats why I'm guessing that is the Crimson King's name.Kind of unrelated, but I don't think I picked up on why The Crimson King was called Los' on occasion. Can anyone enlighten me?
Ok, I know the thread has moved on since then but I just noticed this ^^^
I thought that Los might be his name too.
In some Arthurian stories, there was a character called King Lot. I don't think he was always depicted as evil though, but then again neither was Merlin. I think there might have been a connection between Lot and Mordred (the Arthurian version I mean) as well but I don't know enough to say for certain. I read a tale by Stephen Lawhead (it was Arthur and Pendragon from the Pendragon Cycle I believe. There he is related by marriage to Morgian (her step-son I believe, as in she married his father), although I'm not sure if that was purely an invention of Lawhead, or something he picked up from earlier stories. I think I've read about Lot elsewhere, although my memory is vague.
Makes sense that King might have gotten Los from Lot though.
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Ok back to the topic before I get in trouble-
My favourite parts of DT7... Pretty much the start of the book I think. The whole rush to save Susannah and Callahan/Jake vs the Vampires. I also liked the rescue of the Breakers. Only thing I wasn't keen on near the start was the death of Walter. Not so much the truly horrific way it was written just how soon it happened... and how easily Walter got taken. But that's a whole other topic or two. Or three. Or four. ;}
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One of my favorite parts also. Especially with the description of the Grandfathers and how they weren't stopped by the skolpadda.
"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
The imagery associated with the tower standing in its field of roses (cho ka no rey?) Regardless...
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth,
On his shell he holds the earth.
If you want to run and play,
Come along the BEAM today."
NFA JJG 42-95
When Roland stood at the Tower and cried out the names of everyone. EVERYONE.
Last edited by Jean; 05-29-2007 at 06:13 AM. Reason: removed unnecessarily marked spoiler (see Spoiler Requirements for this forum)
"And within it, a stairway, perhaps rising to the Godhead itself. Would you dare climb to the top, gunslinger? Could it be that somewhere above all of endless reality, there exists a room?...
You dare not."
Mi him en tow
Mi tow can de lach.
Yeah that was great! Almost made me cry.
XIX
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth,
On his shell he holds the earth.
If you want to run and play,
Come along the BEAM today."
NFA JJG 42-95
That part didn't make me cry so much as it just made me feel happy and all good inside. I mean after all the years and all the wheels and all the people... he finally made it to the Dark Tower... I don't remember how descriptive that scene was but in my mind Roland was running through the field of roses and as he was crying out everyone's names I could just see it in his face that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry so he found a way to do both, all the while not believing that he was actually at the front door to the Dark TowerYeah that was great! Almost made me cry.
XIX
Last edited by pyrokamileon; 06-21-2007 at 12:19 AM. Reason: didn't originally get the exact right quote
This picture, and King's description of the moment.
Almost? I did cry.Yeah that was great! Almost made me cry.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Almost? I did cry.Yeah that was great! Almost made me cry.
Well, ok. maybe my eyes got a bit wet.
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth,
On his shell he holds the earth.
If you want to run and play,
Come along the BEAM today."
NFA JJG 42-95
Just so you know folks I did mark this thread as a Spoilers thread. So as far as I understood it you don't need to mark spoilers within it.
"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
that's correct. This policy was introduced in The Baronies for the sake of readability and common sense. The latter means spoilers don't have to be marked here, and the former - that they shouldn't, so guys, please, don't mark unnecessary spoilers (see the newly-added rule in Spoiler Requirements for this forum)
AllHail, I have edited your title a little, to make the word "Spoilers" more prominent. If you don't like the way it looks now, PM me.
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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Cool, that's why I put spoilers in paranthesis but putting asterisks instead works even better.
"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
I've never cried so much reading a book as when I read this one. Someone needed to hook me up with a binky.
"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
*sends virual binky to CK*
I totally agree with that.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
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