Rand al'Thor, Drizzt Do'Urden, Kvothe, and Jaime Lannister are all still awaiting further publication. Or is it just that internet voting is for kids... and they've never read Lovecraft, Moorcock, Howard, Heinlein, Card, Lewis, Tolkien, etc...? I mean seriously, who could stand against the Shrike, Aslan, or Cthulhu?
Heck, Nynaeve sneaking a peek of shirtless Rand working on his sword forms would surprise me at this point. So please, answer me this, what the HELL is about Rand al'Thor, stubborn farmboy/Dragon Reborn, that makes him so desirable to women?
What is it about Rand al'Thor? | Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
Rand al'Thor was definitely the chosen one in the WoT series, which was also fine, but has now made people really tired of it. Grand List of Fantasy Cliches | Silver Blade Magazine What's your least favorite and which ones do you use anyway? And to be fair, this list is super inclusive, to the point of basically describing the entire fantasy genre.
The sacrificial leading man (Paul Atreides and Rand al'Thor) is also a parallel (I am sorry, but Rand has to die to end this series right). I would put Goodkind more in the unimaginative rip-off category, as he came out with his stuff very soon after Jordan started.
Moiraine needs someone to train Rand al'Thor, harnessing his power as the Dragon Reborn, and there are several candidates in The Wheel of Timeuniverse that could fulfill this role in the show. The ...
collider: New 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3 Posters Tease a 'Changed' Rand al'Thor
New 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3 Posters Tease a 'Changed' Rand al'Thor