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That's exactly how I understood you. Skeeve the Great Send a noteboard - 15/06/2010 09:30:42 PM

The point is that you initially took Rand's statement about 3x Semirhage and made it all about strength. Then you added skill in later posts.

We've seen channelers of similar strength shield one another : Nynaeve/Moghedien, Rand/Lanfear, Nynaeve/Talaan.

As I said in my original post, Rand is saying that it would take 3x Forsaken powered people to smother him, and he would not be able to counter it in any way. You disputed this down the page, but in a post before this you admit that it would take that much power to overwhelm Rand's strength and skill. So which is it? You can't have it both ways.

Lanfear obviously thought that she could get a shield through with Rand, or she never would have wasted her time.


What I'm saying MAY be the same thing, but I see your ability to resist a shield as a combination of strength and skill.

Lews Therin is saying that he can resist the shield of any woman who is weaker than him (i.e. any of the Forsaken females), and he can resist the shield of any TWO of the Forsaken females, even if together they may slightly exceed his strength.

But it would take THREE Forsaken females to cut him off beyond his ability to resist.

That's what I've been saying all along. And because this ability to resist does not merely consist of holding on to the Source at the maximum of his ability, but also to slice attacking weaves, to launch attacks of his own etc., this means that if Lews Therin was at his full potential, Lanfear would not be able to threaten him in the way she did at the Docks.

The Docks was a dangerous situation for Rand due to a combination of his lack of full strength, and significant lack of knowledge and experience.
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No three women could block him from the Source... Logain - 15/06/2010 06:52:17 PM 2047 Views
I think that is total BS, since the books have proved otherwise more than once... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 07:22:16 PM 1126 Views
I think he means that it would take three such women to smother him Sidious - 15/06/2010 07:45:03 PM 1197 Views
Ahhh... I can kind of agree with that... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:05:46 PM 1268 Views
Yes, that is what he meant. Another interesting twist... Logain - 16/06/2010 01:34:18 AM 1234 Views
Agreed. Good analysis. Shannow - 16/06/2010 07:48:36 AM 1208 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 1146 Views
Huh? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:19:21 PM 1247 Views
Re: Huh? randfandom - 15/06/2010 08:31:17 PM 1078 Views
fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:43:12 PM 1154 Views
Re: Code_Man65 - 15/06/2010 08:47:05 PM 984 Views
No, this is before. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:49:13 PM 1053 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 1060 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 930 Views
Simple answer to settle it: Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:00:22 PM 943 Views
So Talaan is God? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:04:44 PM 1114 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 1052 Views
Skill has nothing to do with how strong a person is. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:11:13 PM 1035 Views
So? Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:15:01 PM 1027 Views
Nope, YOU said he was talking about smothering him, whatever that's supposed to mean... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:26:53 PM 990 Views
Oh My God! That's such utter tripe... EDIT... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:30:29 PM 1074 Views
That's exactly how I understood you. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:30:42 PM 921 Views
You do know that this was AFTER Lanfear had picked up the bracelet angreal, right? Shannow - 15/06/2010 08:49:47 PM 1036 Views
It was before... both of them start using an angreal after this. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:52:02 PM 954 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 990 Views
Lanfear can do it alone Sidious - 15/06/2010 08:45:09 PM 1004 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 960 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 995 Views
She was splitting her flows too... she was slicing his weaves of Air. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:59:00 PM 1016 Views
Bah! fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:58:26 PM 998 Views
I repeat: You cannot shield someone unless you are significantly stronger than they are... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:02:55 PM 937 Views
Explain Talaan shielding Nynaeve then. Or the two BA shielding her. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:05:21 PM 1922 Views
It becomes a battle of skill then... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:09:42 PM 1109 Views
BUT... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:12:47 PM 1027 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 985 Views
Re: "he would have had no need to cut her weaves" Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:03:39 PM 955 Views
No. There's a difference. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:07:09 PM 1135 Views
Oh come on... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 08:48:56 PM 1152 Views
I know you are not that ignorant... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:07:02 PM 932 Views
But that isn't true... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:10:37 PM 983 Views
Let me spell it out for you... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:18:04 PM 984 Views
Re: Let me spell it out for you... Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:21:02 PM 970 Views
Don't put words in my, or Lews Therin's, mouth... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:33:50 PM 1123 Views
??? darius_sedai - 15/06/2010 10:43:28 PM 1130 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 987 Views
Now that's a ridiculous comparison Sidious - 15/06/2010 09:24:45 PM 1107 Views
Exactly! fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:28:20 PM 1121 Views
Touchy point, heh? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:28:47 PM 1057 Views
Then how come Lanfear never died? We know she made attempts to capture him. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:31:20 PM 1034 Views
Whom? LTT? Can you elaborate? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:33:25 PM 1080 Views
If you wish... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:34:38 PM 830 Views
Re: If you wish... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:36:30 PM 850 Views
Whyever not? fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:39:22 PM 924 Views
Re: Whyever not? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:41:22 PM 804 Views
Even in that situation fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:43:04 PM 1088 Views
Re: Even in that situation Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 09:47:36 PM 1083 Views
Okay... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:59:36 PM 1022 Views
Re: Okay... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:39:01 PM 995 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 578 Views
What? Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:45:16 PM 940 Views
If we use your interpretation of the statements. *NM* fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 10:49:21 PM 486 Views
Re: If we use your interpretation of the statements. Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 10:54:48 PM 867 Views
Okay, here's what I think you're saying... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 11:00:19 PM 1041 Views
Re: Okay, here's what I think you're saying... Skeeve the Great - 15/06/2010 11:10:57 PM 998 Views
Sorry for the mixup... BUT... fionwe1987 - 16/06/2010 12:28:31 AM 1053 Views
Hehehe! Classic. Maybe his hands were full of her...err..Globes of Fire... Shannow - 15/06/2010 09:47:35 PM 944 Views
I cannot believe you're so obtuse... or then again, I can. fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:26:04 PM 1073 Views
About how strong you have to be to shield someone... fionwe1987 - 15/06/2010 09:14:31 PM 808 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 412 Views
Re: No three women could block him from the Source... Underwood - 16/06/2010 04:00:00 PM 917 Views
+1 Skeeve the Great - 16/06/2010 05:54:51 PM 1000 Views
darius_sedai - 16/06/2010 08:48:39 PM 1191 Views
Re: Skeeve the Great - 16/06/2010 08:56:31 PM 856 Views
indeed you have darius_sedai - 16/06/2010 09:34:22 PM 1108 Views
Bad analogy... fionwe1987 - 17/06/2010 04:23:31 AM 901 Views
Uh... Sidious - 17/06/2010 09:08:01 AM 942 Views
I disagree. LordPerrin - 16/06/2010 04:03:52 PM 1078 Views
That's wrong. Rand said 2 AS + Moghedien could threaten him Logain - 16/06/2010 05:17:33 PM 1057 Views
Huh. I forgot about that. LordPerrin - 17/06/2010 04:29:38 PM 1143 Views
go back a few posts... Kieran - 17/06/2010 03:41:42 AM 989 Views
yet Nynaeve and Talaan can shield one another darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 05:57:09 AM 984 Views
I'd like to think Egwene, Elayne and Aviendha could RugbyPlayingAshaman - 17/06/2010 04:19:22 PM 915 Views
Agreed darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 05:59:39 PM 814 Views
I don't think there's any theme Sidious - 17/06/2010 08:25:52 PM 1120 Views
I don't think they are meant to controll him in someway darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 10:21:09 PM 983 Views
They have a separate trinity. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 18/06/2010 06:51:27 PM 997 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 971 Views
They would be far more than 3 average AS darius_sedai - 17/06/2010 08:07:30 PM 986 Views
No, that's not right either. Lews Therin Telamon - 18/06/2010 12:37:37 AM 1024 Views
I disagree darius_sedai - 18/06/2010 06:07:10 AM 1120 Views
Another related quote Skeeve the Great - 18/06/2010 07:49:33 PM 969 Views
well, in the same book about 5 minutes after Lanfear almost kicks Rands ass darius_sedai - 18/06/2010 08:11:49 PM 1023 Views
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