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You do know that this was AFTER Lanfear had picked up the bracelet angreal, right? Shannow Send a noteboard - 15/06/2010 08:49:47 PM
It was not at him directly that she struck this time. It was at his link to saidin.
Panic rang the Void like a gong at the first knife-sharp
touch, the Power diminishing as it slid deeper between him and the Source. With Spirit and Fire and Earth he cut at the knife blade; he knew where to find it; he knew where his link was, could feel that first nick.
Her attempted shield vanished, reappeared, returned as fast as he could cut it, but always with that momentary ebbing of saidin, moments when it almost failed, leaving his counterstroke barely enough to foil her attack.
Handling two weaves at once should have been easy-he could handle ten or more-but not when one was a desperate defense against something he could not know was there until it was almost too late.

I rest my case.


Making the entire comparison meaningless, as we don't know how strong her angreal was.

But besides all of that, this was a time when Rand struggled to counter weaves of saidar, and wasn't close to Lews Therin's level of skill and knowledge. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't at his full strength yet, and may well have been growing in strength right up to the time he became one with Lews Therin on Dragonmount in Book 12.
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No three women could block him from the Source... Logain - 15/06/2010 06:52:17 PM 2038 Views
I think that is total BS, since the books have proved otherwise more than once... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 07:22:16 PM 1119 Views
I think he means that it would take three such women to smother him Sidious - 15/06/2010 07:45:03 PM 1190 Views
Ahhh... I can kind of agree with that... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:05:46 PM 1260 Views
Yes, that is what he meant. Another interesting twist... Logain - 16/06/2010 01:34:18 AM 1227 Views
Agreed. Good analysis. Shannow - 16/06/2010 07:48:36 AM 1201 Views
Re: I think that is total BS, since the books have proved otherwise more than once... randfandom - 15/06/2010 08:17:47 PM 1140 Views
Huh? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:19:21 PM 1240 Views
Re: Huh? randfandom - 15/06/2010 08:31:17 PM 1073 Views
fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:43:12 PM 1146 Views
Re: Code_Man65 - 15/06/2010 08:47:05 PM 975 Views
No, this is before. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:49:13 PM 1045 Views
Well that's a different quote from the one you used before, and this one shows Lanfear not succeedin Shannow - 15/06/2010 08:52:00 PM 1052 Views
I never used a quote before. And there's no quote where Lanfear's shield is not succeeding. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:52:28 PM 923 Views
Simple answer to settle it: Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:00:22 PM 935 Views
So Talaan is God? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:04:44 PM 1102 Views
It Rand had half Lews Therin's skill at the time, she would stand no chance..SKILL was her advantage Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:08:41 PM 1046 Views
Skill has nothing to do with how strong a person is. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:11:13 PM 1023 Views
So? Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:15:01 PM 1020 Views
Nope, YOU said he was talking about smothering him, whatever that's supposed to mean... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:26:53 PM 977 Views
Oh My God! That's such utter tripe... EDIT... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:30:29 PM 1067 Views
That's exactly how I understood you. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:30:42 PM 913 Views
You do know that this was AFTER Lanfear had picked up the bracelet angreal, right? Shannow - 15/06/2010 08:49:47 PM 1029 Views
It was before... both of them start using an angreal after this. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:52:02 PM 947 Views
Nope. 6 Aes Sedai couldn't take Raolain Darksbane or Yurian Stonebow...Semirhage = 3 Aes Sedai Shannow - 15/06/2010 08:26:21 PM 982 Views
Lanfear can do it alone Sidious - 15/06/2010 08:45:09 PM 996 Views
She ATTEMPTS to cut him off, when he is not at full strength or full training yet... Shannow - 15/06/2010 08:55:39 PM 950 Views
Plus, Rand was splitting his flows, IIRC. Meaning he wasn't 100% one-on-one with her. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 08:57:35 PM 990 Views
She was splitting her flows too... she was slicing his weaves of Air. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:59:00 PM 1010 Views
Bah! fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:58:26 PM 992 Views
I repeat: You cannot shield someone unless you are significantly stronger than they are... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:02:55 PM 931 Views
Explain Talaan shielding Nynaeve then. Or the two BA shielding her. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:05:21 PM 1913 Views
It becomes a battle of skill then... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:09:42 PM 1102 Views
BUT... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:12:47 PM 1019 Views
Then by your own definition you do not have to be significantly stronger to shield someone darius_sedai - 15/06/2010 11:28:44 PM 980 Views
Re: "he would have had no need to cut her weaves" Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:03:39 PM 947 Views
No. There's a difference. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:07:09 PM 1128 Views
Oh come on... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:48:56 PM 1145 Views
I know you are not that ignorant... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:07:02 PM 927 Views
But that isn't true... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:10:37 PM 976 Views
Let me spell it out for you... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:18:04 PM 977 Views
Re: Let me spell it out for you... Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:21:02 PM 961 Views
Don't put words in my, or Lews Therin's, mouth... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:33:50 PM 1116 Views
??? darius_sedai - 15/06/2010 10:43:28 PM 1125 Views
+1. It ridiculous comparison. Rand even didn't know how to shield a woman. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:22:22 PM 980 Views
Now that's a ridiculous comparison Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:24:45 PM 1098 Views
Exactly! fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:28:20 PM 1115 Views
Touchy point, heh? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:28:47 PM 1050 Views
Then how come Lanfear never died? We know she made attempts to capture him. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:31:20 PM 1014 Views
Whom? LTT? Can you elaborate? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:33:25 PM 1074 Views
If you wish... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:34:38 PM 824 Views
Re: If you wish... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:36:30 PM 843 Views
Whyever not? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:39:22 PM 916 Views
Re: Whyever not? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:41:22 PM 796 Views
Even in that situation fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:43:04 PM 1072 Views
Re: Even in that situation Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:47:36 PM 1077 Views
Okay... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:59:36 PM 1017 Views
Re: Okay... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:39:01 PM 990 Views
So, if it doesn't agree with your view, its fuzzy, even when that is what the books say? *NM* fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 10:42:48 PM 575 Views
What? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:45:16 PM 933 Views
If we use your interpretation of the statements. *NM* fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 10:49:21 PM 484 Views
Re: If we use your interpretation of the statements. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:54:48 PM 863 Views
Okay, here's what I think you're saying... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 11:00:19 PM 1036 Views
Re: Okay, here's what I think you're saying... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 11:10:57 PM 992 Views
Sorry for the mixup... BUT... fionwe1987 - 16/06/2010 12:28:31 AM 1044 Views
Hehehe! Classic. Maybe his hands were full of her...err..Globes of Fire... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:47:35 PM 936 Views
I cannot believe you're so obtuse... or then again, I can. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:26:04 PM 1066 Views
About how strong you have to be to shield someone... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:14:31 PM 803 Views
It's like women's tennis. Put the best up against a middling men's tennis player and they lose. *NM* Tom - 16/06/2010 12:18:06 AM 409 Views
Re: No three women could block him from the Source... Underwood - 16/06/2010 04:00:00 PM 912 Views
+1 Skeeve the Great - 16/06/2010 05:54:51 PM 995 Views
darius_sedai - 16/06/2010 08:48:39 PM 1179 Views
Re: Skeeve the Great - 16/06/2010 08:56:31 PM 850 Views
indeed you have darius_sedai - 16/06/2010 09:34:22 PM 1100 Views
Bad analogy... fionwe1987 - 17/06/2010 04:23:31 AM 895 Views
Uh... Sidious - 17/06/2010 09:08:01 AM 936 Views
I disagree. LordPerrin - 16/06/2010 04:03:52 PM 1071 Views
That's wrong. Rand said 2 AS + Moghedien could threaten him Logain - 16/06/2010 05:17:33 PM 1048 Views
Huh. I forgot about that. LordPerrin - 17/06/2010 04:29:38 PM 1135 Views
go back a few posts... Kieran - 17/06/2010 03:41:42 AM 983 Views
yet Nynaeve and Talaan can shield one another darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 05:57:09 AM 979 Views
I'd like to think Egwene, Elayne and Aviendha could RugbyPlayingAshaman - 17/06/2010 04:19:22 PM 909 Views
Agreed darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 05:59:39 PM 807 Views
I don't think there's any theme Sidious - 17/06/2010 08:25:52 PM 1114 Views
I don't think they are meant to controll him in someway darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 10:21:09 PM 973 Views
They have a separate trinity. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 18/06/2010 06:51:27 PM 992 Views
They might be able to, but then they are not 3 women of <b>average AS</b> strength Logain - 17/06/2010 07:10:14 PM 963 Views
They would be far more than 3 average AS darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 08:07:30 PM 978 Views
No, that's not right either. Lews Therin Telamon - 18/06/2010 12:37:37 AM 1016 Views
I disagree darius_sedai - 18/06/2010 06:07:10 AM 1114 Views
Another related quote Skeeve the Great - 18/06/2010 07:49:33 PM 962 Views
well, in the same book about 5 minutes after Lanfear almost kicks Rands ass darius_sedai - 18/06/2010 08:11:49 PM 1016 Views
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