Roland!
Eddie appeals to the smartass,sarcastic cynical side of me, but in all honesty there wouldnt be a Dark Tower without Roland
Roland
Eddie
Jake
Susannah
Oy
Roland!
Eddie appeals to the smartass,sarcastic cynical side of me, but in all honesty there wouldnt be a Dark Tower without Roland
I lurk, therefore I am.
Its gotta be Roland...he is the heart of the ka-tet, even if it appears at times he lacks one. If it was not for him, the ka-tet would not have come together...however it is through them that Roland grows and is able to develop into the individual he is by the end of Book VII.
Roland, Roland, Roland, Roland, Roland.
Roland is the reason I kept reading the series to its end. Roland is the reason I love the series. Roland is such a badass!
The Coming of the White!
Did anyone notice the parallels between Susannah and Beverley Marsh?
In a mostly male group, they are the only females and are also both the best shot (Roland says this a number of times in DT).
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
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Roland, I think he encompassed aspects of all the ka-tet. I saw Jake, Eddie and Susannah in Roland - so I feel I can choose them all in some way through him.
That and the simple fact that he, as a fictional character, managed to affect me so much.
Roland, he always seemed to remind me of the parts of myself that I am both most proud and ashamed.
"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
This was a hard one to call. I ended up not picking Roland because he is the one with the story I want to follow, but my favorite character was always Eddie. His fight against Balthazar et al was the defining moment for me with his character. Fucked up beyond all belief, tired as hell, naked, and with some supernatural phenomenon appearing and helping him out, he still managed to not get shot and somehow kill a metric crapton of dudes (see how I cleaned that up? LOL)
"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.
Roland. Hands down. I totally get how his mind works - which should scare me, in a way, but it doesn't, really.
"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
Okay why isn't Oy listed?
"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
Hmmm...good question. Maybe animal love is not as pure as the people love.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
*Doesn't touch that one with a 100 hundred foot pole*
"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
A wise decision, CK
"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
Seriously though, Oy should be listed!
"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
Oy takes a close second (with Jake right there too)
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
I say Jake. As a child he is forced to carry out and perform deeds that would make most adults piss themselves in fear. He's brave and intelligent and doesn't care to sacrifice himself in time of need.
"Go then there are other worlds than these..."
:nods:
Jake knew how to "stand"
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I choose Oy. Roland is sort of a given. It's his world after all, he just drew the rest into it.
And I'm not sure why I say Oy, but my guess is loyality. His love for Jake and subsequently the rest of the Ka-tet is so pure and unquestioned.
It's peanut butter jelly time!
Well I come from alabama with my banjo on my knee
And Im bound for louisiana, my own true love for to see
It did rain all night the day I left
The weather was bone dry
The sun was so hot I froze myself
Suzanne, dont you go on and cry
I said, oh, suzannah
Now, dont you cry for me
As I come from alabama with this banjo on my knee
Well I had myself a dream the other night
When everything was still
I dreamed that I saw my girl suzanne
She was coming around the hill
Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth
A tear was in her eye
I said, that I come from dixie land
Suzanne, dont you break down and cry
I said, oh, suzannah
Now, dont you cry for me
cause I come from alabama with my banjo on my knee
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
No way.
It's peanut butter jelly time!
way.
(the)
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
Roland on the top, he's been with me the longest, followed closely by Eddie. I'm also a smart ass jerk.
Then Oy, of course...
Nothing is "of course" here.
Roland would have understood.