The One Power: Sanderson's serious lack of understanding of the concept...
Shannow Send a noteboard - 31/01/2013 08:57:24 AM
There is so much wrong with Sanderson's handling of the One Power in Memory of Light, but in a nutshell, what grates the most is his apparent belief that the strength of your willpower is directly related to how far you can "stretch" your strength limit in an emergency situation.
So much so that if a character is just "determined" enough, he or she can resist shielding attempts by sa'angreal wielding foes, or handle a running battle against entire circles of linked channelers etc.
Basically, if your need or desperation is great enough, you can launch dramatic ripostes against vastly overwhelming strength levels to drag out a fight until an advantage opens up to you.
This is in no way similar to the Cyndane situation at the Cleansing, where only vastly superior skill, knowledge and precision allowed Cyndane to resist Alivia's angreal enhanced strength.
The examples from aMoL are numerous, but essentially, various characters - on both sides of the Light/Shadow spectrum - survive vastly overpowering Power assaults simply through desperate last minute "parries" or sheer, bloody minded determination not to be shielded.
It is so jarring that it makes a mockery of the entire book. By his logic, Sorilea should be able to resist being shielded by Moghedien, simply because of her willpower.
He really has no concept, has he.
So much so that if a character is just "determined" enough, he or she can resist shielding attempts by sa'angreal wielding foes, or handle a running battle against entire circles of linked channelers etc.
Basically, if your need or desperation is great enough, you can launch dramatic ripostes against vastly overwhelming strength levels to drag out a fight until an advantage opens up to you.
This is in no way similar to the Cyndane situation at the Cleansing, where only vastly superior skill, knowledge and precision allowed Cyndane to resist Alivia's angreal enhanced strength.
The examples from aMoL are numerous, but essentially, various characters - on both sides of the Light/Shadow spectrum - survive vastly overpowering Power assaults simply through desperate last minute "parries" or sheer, bloody minded determination not to be shielded.
It is so jarring that it makes a mockery of the entire book. By his logic, Sorilea should be able to resist being shielded by Moghedien, simply because of her willpower.
He really has no concept, has he.
The One Power: Sanderson's serious lack of understanding of the concept...
31/01/2013 08:57:24 AM
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Re: The One Power: Sanderson's serious lack of understanding of the concept...
31/01/2013 01:28:07 PM
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That is utterly incorrect. Rand's case is an evolutionary next step which doesn't apply in general..
31/01/2013 01:42:09 PM
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Sorry, but it's not utterly incorrect. You can no more disprove it than I can prove it
31/01/2013 01:49:11 PM
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Channelers physically burn out when they exceed their limits. That's the proof.
31/01/2013 01:52:50 PM
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Re: Channelers physically burn out when they exceed their limits. That's the proof.
31/01/2013 01:58:17 PM
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Sorry. But that is simply an escape clause for Sanderson to change whatever rules he wants...
31/01/2013 01:59:29 PM
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Re: Sorry. But that is simply an escape clause for Sanderson to change whatever rules he wants...
31/01/2013 02:11:26 PM
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No, he did a crap job
31/01/2013 02:19:18 PM
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Re: No, he did a crap job
31/01/2013 02:20:33 PM
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Your level of satisfaction will inversely correlate to your depth of understanding of the nuances...
31/01/2013 02:24:09 PM
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LMAO
31/01/2013 02:46:11 PM
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As to that...
31/01/2013 02:55:14 PM
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Primilary because I don't necessarily see it as an inconsistency in the way that you do
31/01/2013 02:58:45 PM
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Also the number of times Forsaken level channelers flung protagonists around with "Air weaves"...
31/01/2013 02:18:05 PM
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05/02/2013 02:54:58 PM
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