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The bigger problem is minor characters copying the weaves so quickly... Shannow Send a noteboard - 20/08/2010 09:14:25 PM
Whether it's Nynaeve, Egwene, or Rand, these folks seem super-gifted and precocious. In the case of Rand, he's got an unfair advantage with his special AoL knowledge.
Still, the ease of acquiring this knowledge is a bit excessive...


Like Blossoms of Fire and Deathgates used by the Ashaman at the Manor, and Alviarin learning Traveling so easily.

These aren't gifted channelers. Some of them are not even average.

How do you lose a weave if it just takes a second's glance at the flows to learn how to copy it.
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How were all these amazing weaves 'lost' ? malekithe - 20/08/2010 04:33:43 AM 1923 Views
Ishamael may have had a hand in that... Froggles - 20/08/2010 04:45:39 AM 1249 Views
Agreed. Lord Haart - 20/08/2010 10:01:37 AM 1130 Views
You're right. It is merely a plot requirement, made ludicrous by the ease of mastering these weaves Shannow - 20/08/2010 10:08:10 AM 1238 Views
Re: You're right. It is merely a plot requirement, made ludicrous by the ease of mastering Evil_Monkey - 20/08/2010 03:40:16 PM 959 Views
These are good points. To some extent, it may be because our main characters are "gifted" channelers newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 08:57:49 PM 1012 Views
The bigger problem is minor characters copying the weaves so quickly... Shannow - 20/08/2010 09:14:25 PM 1039 Views
Lost Weaves Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 01:43:25 PM 1245 Views
Re: Lost Weaves *NM* Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 01:45:30 PM 596 Views
Not logical Shannow - 20/08/2010 01:50:32 PM 1232 Views
Re: Not logical Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 03:22:04 PM 1031 Views
All I'm saying, is that Travelling would STILL be a very usefull survival tool during the Breaking.. Shannow - 20/08/2010 03:44:59 PM 1175 Views
All good points also. Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 03:48:49 PM 1500 Views
Re: Not logical Evil_Monkey - 20/08/2010 03:45:55 PM 998 Views
Re: Not logical mmcleod - 21/08/2010 04:20:41 AM 925 Views
you may have hit onto something with your last statement darius_sedai - 21/08/2010 05:06:59 PM 1003 Views
Re: you may have hit onto something with your last statement Ashaman_Luc - 23/08/2010 05:09:06 PM 927 Views
If you go back and read the descriptions of the breaking, and think about the 3000 year cycle newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 04:37:02 PM 1086 Views
I don't think that creating cuendillar and 'angreals was common knowledge. Gher - 20/08/2010 05:06:20 PM 1053 Views
The need to learn a location to travel Ryan - 20/08/2010 05:58:48 PM 982 Views
They could use Rand's trick from TGS. Gher - 21/08/2010 01:06:33 AM 942 Views
You & Ryan make good points, esp on balefire/compulsion. In a shorter series, it'd make more sense newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 08:52:59 PM 1029 Views
My only theory... Nameless Ashaman - 20/08/2010 06:02:14 PM 1001 Views
The Strongest Died seems like a pretty valid theory to me... lodlom - 20/08/2010 06:14:29 PM 1143 Views
Maybe Aes Sedai treated weaves like Intellectual Property Helene - 20/08/2010 09:49:12 PM 942 Views
Trademark? Patent? Or Copyright? =P *NM* newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 10:19:36 PM 435 Views
If they are secretive and protective, it's not a huge stretch that knowledge would be taken into the Helene - 21/08/2010 10:27:15 AM 1075 Views
It doesn't have to be logical... scooter - 20/08/2010 11:50:17 PM 1094 Views
Idea? Great Lord of Chaos - 21/08/2010 12:47:52 AM 874 Views
But they weren't too weak malekithe - 21/08/2010 02:48:43 AM 982 Views
That's because most of the major people in WoT are powerful channelers. Great Lord of Chaos - 21/08/2010 04:13:04 AM 1070 Views
How can you "write a weave down"? NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 04:54:28 PM 1057 Views
How did Moiraine learn balefire then? *NM* Sidious - 21/08/2010 05:04:27 PM 1121 Views
figured it out on her own, don't forget that Nyn used it too against the Fades in TDR. *NM* NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 05:12:15 PM 471 Views
That's a stretch - Moiraine never demonstrated any creative talent with the OP... DomA - 21/08/2010 06:15:01 PM 954 Views
OK, I'll buy Vandene teaching it, but not learning it from a written description *NM* NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 06:35:46 PM 472 Views
I myself can't buy Vandene teaching that weave to any Sister RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/08/2010 04:06:26 PM 1005 Views
Me neither... DomA - 24/08/2010 05:50:24 PM 1011 Views
Mispost.. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 02:51:02 PM 527 Views
I disagree - Moiraine's wilder tricks show that she is quite creative with the OP RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/08/2010 03:31:06 PM 973 Views
Re: I disagree - Moiraine's wilder tricks show that she is quite creative with the OP DomA - 24/08/2010 05:32:11 PM 1311 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 24/08/2010 06:40:39 PM 942 Views
When did she use that? *NM* Lord Haart - 25/08/2010 09:34:31 AM 450 Views
We know of her trick with stones and light from 'New Spring' IIRC RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 02:40:26 PM 1171 Views
Elayne did use Moiraine's coin trick. Gher - 25/08/2010 06:09:27 PM 1086 Views
Likely from Vandene DomA - 21/08/2010 05:58:31 PM 1355 Views
Something no one else is mentioning... that I saw... Phelix - 21/08/2010 07:15:49 PM 1031 Views
one thing i've noticed Yunalesca - 23/08/2010 06:37:48 PM 972 Views
Simple: none were necessary for survival in Stone Age barbarism. Macharius - 23/08/2010 09:12:40 PM 946 Views
Passing on useful survival skills trumped esoteric lore during the War of Power and the Breaking RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 03:18:47 PM 1122 Views
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