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    Default How did imagine Susan before you met her?

    We had known Roland and we had met Susan's name time to time before we met her finally.
    I didn't imagine her this perfect and I was sure she was younger than Roland but for my part I wasn't disappointed.

    Roland would have understood.

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    tell you the truth i never thought about her until she actually became a supporting character in book four.

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    In physical appearance she is pretty much how I imagined (but I might have gotten that from a brief description in The Gunslinger.) Personality-wise, almost the same, although I didn't really think about her that much. She certainly proved to be a bit feistier than I'd imagine in the book, mostly in her reaction to her Aunt's* provocation.

    *Aunt Cordelia. Another very interesting character. She inspired mixed feelings in me, irritation, annoyance, yet I felt sorry for her too. I could empathize with her too. (Not that I'm anything like her.) That's another thread though.

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    I see. It was only me who had had a Susan in her head before I met her. Don't think I kept thinking about her... the picture just appeared in my mind.
    Anyway I gave her nice brown hair and not blond.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Well if i remember correctly the Oracle showed Roland an image of Susan cause he interrupted right?
    Well I imagined her as about a 23 year old, that Roland somehow couldn't save, or maybe she was still alive. I thought that it would be this Susan that book VI referred to "Song of Susannah"
    Though I was wrong in that part...

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    I guess you would imagine her as whatever the perfect woman in your eyes would look like. I imagined her completely different than the books description. I pictured her as pale brunette with shoulder length hair. Something like this:


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    I didn't give her a whole lot of thought before Wizard and Glass. I was curious about Roland's past while reading book 1 and 2 but not about anything specific really. I wanted to know more but didn't contemplate about Susan specifically.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brainslinger View Post
    In physical appearance she is pretty much how I imagined (but I might have gotten that from a brief description in The Gunslinger.) Personality-wise, almost the same, although I didn't really think about her that much. She certainly proved to be a bit feistier than I'd imagine in the book, mostly in her reaction to her Aunt's* provocation.

    *Aunt Cordelia. Another very interesting character. She inspired mixed feelings in me, irritation, annoyance, yet I felt sorry for her too. I could empathize with her too. (Not that I'm anything like her.) That's another thread though.
    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
    Anyway I gave her nice brown hair and not blond.
    Precisely what I was thinking.

    I was pretty eager to get to Wizard and Glass ever since Roland mentioned her in The Gunslinger. I was really curious as to what kind of girl Roland would fall in love with.

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    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
    A whole lot more than riches and muscle.

    The hands of the many must join as one.
    And together we'll cross the river.

    Puscifer, "The Humbling River"


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    Haven't gotten too far in the series yet, but I always picture her as my ex-girlfriend, named Susan. Blue eyes and red hair.

    I guess that means I see myself in Roland when I read it?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Woofer View Post
    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    I didn't find her to be whiny in the book. I actually liked the character of Susan a lot. She had her emotional moments, but wouldn't you if you had to get molested by a crusty ass old man?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woofer View Post
    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    When I read Wizard and Glass for the first time I was 13 and I don't remember being particularly shocked when I finally read about Susan. Now, at 26, there seems to be a huge disparity between the original Gunslinger and the Susan Delgado of DT 4. I agree about the whining, and I think some of it is that the Gunslinger doesn't really prepare you for an adolescent adventure.

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    In the original Gunslinger, he seems to think about Alieen more than the "lovely girl in the window."
    http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...ead.php?t=1612

    I suppose if one had started the series with the Revised Gunslinger, you may have given Susan more thought. *shrugs*

    She is totally whiny.

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    I pictured her blonde, natural and beautiful before WAG. Not very different. But I had thought that she would be a very deep character. Maybe a marginal personality...

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    I recall an old television show, The Virginian maybe, anyway, there was a girl on there with long blond hair, narrow waist, a poofy butt (something under the dress, I believe), Max-Factor eye makeup, (maybe it's Mabelline) but not overdone, like Tammy Fay, skin pure and white, a rancher's daughter, able to ride and rope with the boys, ample cleavage...or are those the memories that developed later, after I turned whatever age it is when boys no longer think all girls have cooties...anyway, I kinda imagined Susan like her...still do, to an extent.
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    I pictured Susan with an innocently beautiful face and honey-colored hair. I don't remember being disappointed or surprised when I got to know her in Wizard and Glass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by razz View Post
    tell you the truth i never thought about her until she actually became a supporting character in book four.
    Same.

    I must say she is probably one of King's most beautiful characters.

    I never thought King could do a love story that well, I guess he will continue to surprise me as I still haven't finished this series.

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    I was really curious to know more about Susan when Roland mentioned her. Especially during the first books when we didn’t know much about his background I was thinking what a girl would be like. In general I liked how SK described her both the appearance and character. However, I thought maybe she would be a bit deeper and play bigger role. Like it was said above maybe she’d be involved in book 6 (but that was about Susannah…)...but I still hope there be something about her in the last book (haven't finished it yet).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
    I see. It was only me who had had a Susan in her head before I met her. Don't think I kept thinking about her... the picture just appeared in my mind.
    Anyway I gave her nice brown hair and not blond.
    I imagined her with dark hair too, before I read it. Either brown or black, I can't quite remember, now I see her with blond lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady_Macbeth View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Woofer View Post
    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    I didn't find her to be whiny in the book. I actually liked the character of Susan a lot. She had her emotional moments, but wouldn't you if you had to get molested by a crusty ass old man?
    Amen to that! I just keep wondering what would have happened had her aunt not agreed to Thorin...

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    I thought she would be a lot older, someone who Roland knew as an adult in a town he passed through but someone who he had to leave. I thought she would have brown hair for some reason but I didnt epect her story to be told. I didint expect it was an adolescent relationship but since that is what happended I guess it would have more resonance as a first love relaionship rather than something later on in life.

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    The image I had in my mind was a faceless blond woman/girl standing in a distant window...and for some reason she was wearing a light blue dress. Not sure why...

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    Quote Originally Posted by r7an View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by razz View Post
    tell you the truth i never thought about her until she actually became a supporting character in book four.
    Same.
    Me too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan-Tete View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woofer View Post
    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    I didn't find her to be whiny in the book. I actually liked the character of Susan a lot. She had her emotional moments, but wouldn't you if you had to get molested by a crusty ass old man?
    Amen to that! I just keep wondering what would have happened had her aunt not agreed to Thorin...
    Actually, having been sexually molested by a crusty old man, a slimy young man, a skuzzy young man, and a developmentally disabled young man (at different points in my life and starting at age 11), I'm pretty certain I know what she must have felt on that score. However, I am referring to her whining about Roland.
    It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
    A whole lot more than riches and muscle.

    The hands of the many must join as one.
    And together we'll cross the river.

    Puscifer, "The Humbling River"


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    Quote Originally Posted by MacReady View Post
    I pictured her a lot less whiny.
    haha i kinda see where you come from. having read dt4 first i cannot really post in merit but remembering back i wouldnt have minded if she was a bit more human and a bit less Mary-Sue. but then again this is not a 'what i hate about Susan thread'

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