I can't see how you can say the Creator is MIA when this entire story exists within the creation of said Creator. Please show me how the pattern has balance without the Creator - without the Creator, the pattern would not exist, so no balance. The best example of this is the Flame and the...
We're essentially arguing religious POVs, so I will also acknowledge that this is just my personal view.
Where I quibble with you here starts with your statement that '[Light] exists.' I would instead say that existence exists, but Light/Dark and Good/Evil is wholly dependent on perception, on...
@ Aulrick
I think you're making some good points about the Dark One/Father of Lies, yet I still disagree with you.
For me, it comes down to the Lord of the Morning/Lightbringer/Lucifer parallels for Rand. The way I envision it is this:
I think about it as a Garden of Eden allegory. Who are...