He cannot. This passage is similar to one in New Spring
FanEditor10 Send a noteboard - 05/06/2010 03:36:19 AM
New Spring
Ch. 16 - The Deeps
Lan assumes the oneness ko'di in a barn:
"Seating himself cross-legged on a bale of straw, hes assumed the ko'di and floated in calm emptiness, one with the bale beneath him, the stable, the scabbarded sworn folded behind him. He could 'feel' the horses, cropping at their mangers, and the flies buzzing in corners. They were all part of him. Especially the sword."
Soon after, he is attacked (same chapter):
"As Lan moved forward to meet his attackers, he heard the bar drop inside with a muffled thud. Relief was distant. He floated in ko'di, one with the sword that came smoothly out of it's scabbard."
Elsewhere in new spring it talks about Lan being able to sense people behind him and even while he's sleeping. You and I can't fathom being that alert because we are like domesticated dogs and they are wolves. People who live in constant readiness to fight, a state of being that hasn't been prevalent in the world for a thousand years, seems hard to understand.
Same thing with Galad. He and Gawyn can't channel, get over it. They're excellent swordsmen, trained by the best in the known world (pre-seanchan). Just because channeling runs in your family doesn't mean everyone gets it. Moiraine had 3 sisters, and only she could channel. She is as predisposed as any of the other 3 because they were all fathered by a Damodred as well. I know Galad has Tigraine's genes as well, and his half-brother Rand can channel as can his half-sister Elayne. But if they were going to play that kind of role in the novel, I think they would have shown it already.
Ch. 16 - The Deeps
Lan assumes the oneness ko'di in a barn:
"Seating himself cross-legged on a bale of straw, hes assumed the ko'di and floated in calm emptiness, one with the bale beneath him, the stable, the scabbarded sworn folded behind him. He could 'feel' the horses, cropping at their mangers, and the flies buzzing in corners. They were all part of him. Especially the sword."
Soon after, he is attacked (same chapter):
"As Lan moved forward to meet his attackers, he heard the bar drop inside with a muffled thud. Relief was distant. He floated in ko'di, one with the sword that came smoothly out of it's scabbard."
Elsewhere in new spring it talks about Lan being able to sense people behind him and even while he's sleeping. You and I can't fathom being that alert because we are like domesticated dogs and they are wolves. People who live in constant readiness to fight, a state of being that hasn't been prevalent in the world for a thousand years, seems hard to understand.
Same thing with Galad. He and Gawyn can't channel, get over it. They're excellent swordsmen, trained by the best in the known world (pre-seanchan). Just because channeling runs in your family doesn't mean everyone gets it. Moiraine had 3 sisters, and only she could channel. She is as predisposed as any of the other 3 because they were all fathered by a Damodred as well. I know Galad has Tigraine's genes as well, and his half-brother Rand can channel as can his half-sister Elayne. But if they were going to play that kind of role in the novel, I think they would have shown it already.
Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel?
05/06/2010 02:36:20 AM
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It is just describing what a person goes through in a heightened sensory mode. He can't channel. *NM*
05/06/2010 02:49:39 AM
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Re: Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel?
05/06/2010 03:17:56 AM
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He cannot. This passage is similar to one in New Spring
05/06/2010 03:36:19 AM
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uh, me. and thousands of others. it's called the void, which tam can do. *NM*
05/06/2010 07:09:52 AM
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Wait?? Tam must have some channeling genes since Rand is his son.... *NM*
05/06/2010 06:21:40 PM
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On the fence
05/06/2010 12:44:45 PM
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Re: On the fence
06/06/2010 02:22:35 AM
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Re: On the fence
06/06/2010 03:27:54 AM
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They still see channelers as Dark Friends.
10/06/2010 03:51:44 PM
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More likely they'd do what the Seanchan would when/if Tuon Channels
13/06/2010 12:21:12 PM
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As you pointed out
13/06/2010 02:08:34 PM
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Only for the short term
13/06/2010 02:48:54 PM
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Perhaps. Perhaps not. Nothing is completely static.
13/06/2010 05:41:59 PM
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right, cause in a few months they are going to change more tahn 1000 years of doctrine *NM*
13/06/2010 10:32:56 PM
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Yes. Exactly. In three days two Aiel clans ended a blood feud.
14/06/2010 03:14:42 AM
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None of these situations is really the same
14/06/2010 03:18:59 PM
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Re: None of these situations is really the same
14/06/2010 03:38:42 PM
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I think you are overstating the situations below
14/06/2010 06:02:12 PM
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Nonesense. The Sul'Dam hadn't started channeling.
14/06/2010 07:26:12 PM
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The sul'dam who have realized what they are know it's just a matter of time
14/06/2010 07:50:52 PM
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As sul'Dam they need to be taught to channel.
14/06/2010 10:38:33 PM
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hello, Seta and Bethamin took the leap on their own. sul'dam are right at the edge
15/06/2010 01:48:25 AM
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