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I disagree about the TP aspect darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 25/07/2010 03:30:37 PM
It makes no real sense that the Moridin first wanted Semirhage to capture Rand with the DB in KoD (as stated in TGS, prologue). Then SH actually frees Semirhage to try it again. Exactly in the moment, when she succeeds, when Rand is breaking, since he is killing Min, the DO would prevent this by saving Min and killing Semirhage due to giving Rand access to the TP.

It makes more sense that Rand managed to take the TP through the link to Moridin and that the Shadow couldn't foresee this. If Rand wouldn't have done this, the Shadow had likely won, because Rand would be a prisoner at SG, tortured by Semirhage, and Min dead.


The more I think about it the less I believe it is possible for the TP to be accessed through the link without the DO allowing it. Sure the link may have enabled the situation, but the DO could have shut Rand down pretty easily if he'd wanted too. The TP is essence of the DO so I have a hard time believing Rand could have used it without him immediately knowing what was up.

Personally I think the DO simply took advantage of the situation and sacrificed Semirhage when he realized he had an opportunity to get Rand addicted to the TP. As the quote in the original post points out the goal was to capture and TURN your opponents piece, sacrificing your own pieces in order to achieve it.
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foreshadowing of Semirhage's death - 25/07/2010 07:13:48 AM 1579 Views
I don't think that Semirhage was sacrificed - 25/07/2010 08:36:47 AM 790 Views
No, too tired to give reasons... *NM* - 25/07/2010 09:30:46 AM 240 Views
Re: No, too tired to give reasons... *NM* - 26/07/2010 01:19:26 AM 247 Views
I disagree about the TP aspect - 25/07/2010 03:30:37 PM 699 Views
Re: I disagree about the TP aspect - 25/07/2010 04:03:45 PM 691 Views
It's an interesting theory in either direction - 25/07/2010 04:54:31 PM 631 Views
Re: It's an interesting theory in either direction - 26/07/2010 02:17:35 AM 493 Views
You can't expect BS to give away things with 2 books to go. - 26/07/2010 01:48:37 AM 562 Views
Re: You can't expect BS to give away things with 2 books to go. - 26/07/2010 02:24:29 AM 514 Views
Re: I disagree about the TP aspect - 26/07/2010 01:22:30 AM 526 Views
Re: I disagree about the TP aspect - 26/07/2010 02:30:11 AM 503 Views
^^^what Datakim said^^^ - 26/07/2010 06:58:02 PM 522 Views
I don't know if Semirhage was sacrificed or not. Either way the Semirhage quote set up tGS 6 books - 26/07/2010 02:29:59 AM 582 Views
You were right the first time - 26/07/2010 03:02:22 AM 629 Views
I think the question is... - 26/07/2010 08:27:17 AM 544 Views
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Re: I think the question is... - 27/07/2010 05:08:59 AM 588 Views
Re: I think the question is... - 27/07/2010 05:59:37 PM 545 Views
I'd say that there was a pre-meditated plan or backup plan to sacrifice Semirhage - 26/07/2010 09:02:44 AM 580 Views
I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key - 26/07/2010 09:17:11 AM 510 Views
Re: I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key - 26/07/2010 12:10:43 PM 499 Views
Re: I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key - 26/07/2010 12:27:11 PM 583 Views
But if this was the plan... - 26/07/2010 12:30:37 PM 503 Views
Moridin and SH knew that the CK could never defeat the dark one so they were happy to leave it - 26/07/2010 05:56:56 PM 564 Views
Unlikely, and stupid if true - 26/07/2010 06:12:30 PM 510 Views
That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth. - 27/07/2010 12:11:46 AM 468 Views
Re: That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth. - 27/07/2010 01:29:29 AM 496 Views
I fail to see the relevance. *NM* - 27/07/2010 02:06:27 AM 226 Views
the relevance is that it was impossible without the CK - 27/07/2010 05:25:45 AM 442 Views
Are you certain? - 27/07/2010 05:37:28 AM 492 Views
Re: Are you certain? - 27/07/2010 03:00:51 PM 513 Views
Re: Are you certain? - 27/07/2010 06:17:59 PM 487 Views
key word is "necessary" *NM* - 27/07/2010 05:14:19 AM 209 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 01:36:53 AM 460 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 02:19:22 AM 498 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 02:43:39 AM 516 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 03:17:49 AM 520 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 03:39:07 AM 510 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 04:26:31 AM 523 Views
Something still doesn't make sense in that theory though - 27/07/2010 07:15:22 AM 573 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 01:44:19 AM 550 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 05:31:03 AM 473 Views
Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true - 27/07/2010 03:53:20 PM 508 Views
??? The CK in the hands of a madman is exactly what the Dark One needs to destroy the pattern - 27/07/2010 07:01:13 AM 514 Views
So why not give it to Moridin then? - 27/07/2010 10:54:47 AM 512 Views
Re: I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key - 27/07/2010 12:10:01 AM 469 Views
This has been seen and commented before, by myself and others. - 26/07/2010 03:36:51 PM 477 Views
Sorry I missed them. I would have been happy enough to comment there. - 27/07/2010 03:43:46 AM 487 Views
Considering there are years and years worth of comments... - 27/07/2010 02:49:42 PM 456 Views
Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series - 26/07/2010 04:27:14 PM 505 Views
Re: Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series - 26/07/2010 10:34:18 PM 463 Views
Prophesying, but not foreshadowing. - 27/07/2010 12:06:06 AM 434 Views
You confuse foreshadowing and predictability - 27/07/2010 02:57:15 AM 798 Views
I agree with DomA *NM* *NM* - 27/07/2010 03:44:51 AM 222 Views
I don't believe in foreshadowing that you can figure out from the actual plot. - 27/07/2010 08:42:11 PM 473 Views

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