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Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 Send a noteboard - 28/12/2015 01:53:00 PM

View original postThe best parts were when he occasionally came up with some clever bit of channeling, though those were few and far between

I guess to me it read more like fan fiction. At least the Gateway tricks, the rest I don't recall. But he did say he liked working with different magic systems and their limitations, so maybe the brilliance just escaped me * shrug *
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6. How is it possible there were so many Black sisters? I read somewhere that it was roughly 200 persons, making the Black ajah almost as large as the Red.


View original postBecause the Aes Sedai are appallingly amoral. They deliberately undermine their initiates' formative development to leave them only loyal to the Tower, with no moral code except a trio of carefully formulated restrictions that are designed to be evaded, while not even bothering to pretend to pay more than lip service to the letter of those rules, or denying violating the spirit of them as thoroughly as possible. Their entire society is focused on the accumulation of power, making influence and status the most valuable commodities among them. All other commodities or values are either provided in abundance or excised from their value system, at least to the extent that the Tower's interests supersede any other considerations. In such a system, pursuit of power, status and influence within the Tower and among the Aes Sedai is the only real value or "good" permitted to them.

I'm sure a lot of the Black sisters must have been horribly disappointed, then. It didn't seem like they got any added power from joining, besides Alviarin. Just tasks and punishments.



View original postWith the Black Tower now a thing, and apparently likely to continue under a man who seems to be perceived as the greatest living hero in the world, based on Logain's personal growth and Min's viewing of him, the influence of the White Tower can't help but wane.

I though it was supposed to be "whole and stronger than ever".
View original postThe Sea Folk's only advantage henceforth is their navigation abilities, and Kin Tovere's work, and others like it will soon lead to that being eroded.

And yet their own Prophecies seem to promise them quite a bright future. "All seas will be theirs" and so on.
View original postA lot of people will take the option of getting rich and joining the Kin, over the prestige of the Towers.

Why on earth? I'm sure there's money to be made in the Kin, but wouldn't AS still be among the top 1 % earners in their world? I think Moiraine thought that the Tower's allowance is so generous that many nobles make do with less.
With that in mind, their bargain with Nynaeve and Elayne is positively generous

It seems that they suffered from the hot weather just as much as anyone else. Any reasonable person would have leapt at the chance to help.
She was the most evil of persons, QED. You don't need the Dark One to indulge in vice, instead she betrayed humanity for power.

I doubt she ever considered it that way. She would have been completely content for the DO to be trapped forever, as long as she got to enjoy some added benefits from the BA.



Aiel

Well, it was all probably the will of the Pattern.
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Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 26/12/2015 08:46:07 PM 2121 Views
My answers gban007 - 27/12/2015 02:55:35 AM 1077 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions darius_sedai - 27/12/2015 04:42:28 PM 1175 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 27/12/2015 09:01:33 PM 1145 Views
Black Ajah darius_sedai - 28/12/2015 02:44:04 AM 1073 Views
Mine Sidious - 27/12/2015 10:39:08 PM 1222 Views
Re: Mine kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 12:57:23 AM 1117 Views
Re: Mine Sidious - 28/12/2015 09:51:54 AM 953 Views
Re: Mine kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 02:02:33 PM 1009 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 28/12/2015 12:40:49 PM 1406 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 01:53:00 PM 1219 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:35:09 AM 1044 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 29/12/2015 05:12:46 PM 1087 Views
So about Egwene... Sidious - 28/12/2015 04:26:47 PM 1273 Views
Re: So about Egwene... Cannoli - 28/12/2015 10:52:29 PM 1098 Views
Why do you bother? *NM* darius_sedai - 29/12/2015 01:23:10 AM 624 Views
Seriously... fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 01:30:34 AM 1111 Views
Sadly I have to agree Sidious - 29/12/2015 08:46:58 AM 1137 Views
You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:21:24 AM 1154 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 29/12/2015 12:10:51 PM 1190 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:25:09 AM 1150 Views
Yet it's Mesaana who forces the head to head confrontation with Egwene darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 05:25:00 PM 1147 Views
I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:53:14 AM 966 Views
Re: I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:28:33 AM 1100 Views
Damn stupid WoT, never working out the way you think it should! Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:38:45 AM 1145 Views
So you agree, Egwene eliminated on of the Forsaken in a direct conflict darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:28:35 AM 1008 Views
Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:17:20 AM 1189 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:59:18 PM 1089 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Sidious - 04/01/2016 04:19:00 PM 1132 Views
Well, to put things in context fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 04:28:00 PM 1174 Views
Re: Well, to put things in context Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:05:27 PM 1245 Views
That's not the worst argument given how lame many of them were darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 06:37:44 PM 1157 Views
Uh oh Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:03:08 PM 1601 Views
*grabs Dewars* *NM* darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 08:24:05 PM 730 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 30/12/2015 06:22:02 PM 1265 Views
Apparently, Egwene shouldn't have killed the Sharans... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:56:08 AM 1193 Views
it's just an excuse to not give credit to a character he doesn't like darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 04:44:17 AM 1351 Views
Exactly. The double standard has always existed in Cannoli's rants. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 05:31:42 AM 1275 Views
Yes well I've only recently started to realize how distasteful it is Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:27:26 AM 1282 Views
Wow... the board was alive 5 years ago! fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:34:03 AM 1247 Views
LOL ... Someday you'll come to realize how right we were!!! *NM* darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 05:23:18 PM 742 Views
How is this a concession? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:05:38 AM 1368 Views
Re: How is this a concession? Sidious - 04/01/2016 10:49:20 AM 1412 Views
You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... TyrReborn - 31/12/2015 07:09:55 PM 1266 Views
Offended? No, I find it funny, in a needs medication way darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 07:50:28 PM 1118 Views
It is possible gban007 - 01/01/2016 05:59:51 AM 1239 Views
It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 06:53:27 AM 1222 Views
Re: It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:43:43 AM 1157 Views
She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 01:49:37 AM 1233 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:16:39 AM 1201 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. lilltempest - 08/01/2016 10:33:22 PM 1161 Views
Fair enough gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:31:47 AM 988 Views
Where did I say someone who reads his posts are dumb or something? darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:15:30 PM 956 Views
Not directly gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:09:05 PM 1061 Views
And yet I'm being told I'm the one acting offended darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:15:15 AM 940 Views
See, this is the crap I'm talking about. TyrReborn - 01/01/2016 06:20:16 PM 1027 Views
Re: See, this is the crap I'm talking about. Sidious - 01/01/2016 07:25:38 PM 1108 Views
Okay, Mark, all kidding and stuff aside, you're being the asshole, here. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:49:08 AM 1129 Views
Okay... Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:50:24 AM 1068 Views
About insults... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 05:04:47 AM 1023 Views
I don't know where to even respond about all this! darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 07:39:43 PM 999 Views
Re: I don't know where to even respond about all this! Sidious - 03/01/2016 10:39:10 AM 1038 Views
LOL ... Love it *NM* darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 04:17:02 PM 550 Views
Re: Okay... Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:55:37 PM 1313 Views
Um, I think you are going a bit far with your assumptions darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:35:23 PM 1000 Views
Cannoli's the one who got offended. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 09:23:45 PM 1021 Views
Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:55:23 AM 1042 Views
Re: Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:56:36 AM 1004 Views
Re: You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:41:18 AM 1014 Views
Right? Hell, I was semi-mocking YOU for even bothering to get into it with Cannoli! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:20:58 PM 517 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 02:13:32 PM 1038 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:50:13 AM 1284 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 05:07:09 PM 1145 Views
My admittedly scratch memory gban007 - 31/12/2015 08:32:51 AM 1028 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:47:58 AM 1088 Views
Thanks gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:14:45 AM 1002 Views
One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 06:42:10 AM 956 Views
Re: One thing... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:49:00 AM 970 Views
Re: One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 01:40:21 PM 1032 Views
We need a term for stuff like that. I nominate "pulling a Brandon" because "BS" is so common. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:13:19 AM 1008 Views
Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:18:43 AM 999 Views
Re: Interesting darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:29:38 PM 1021 Views
Re: Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:50:26 PM 959 Views
Or perhaps a mixed circle could figure it out darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:40:02 PM 940 Views
Maybe it's like a broken bone? gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:10:26 PM 1000 Views
Re: Maybe it's like a broken bone? darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:13:05 AM 998 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:10:44 AM 1222 Views
Here we go with the selective criticisms again... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:23:47 AM 1080 Views
It's not selective to point out legitimate differences in circumstances. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:25:07 PM 1270 Views
not true, the Sul'dam's mission was to capture or kill as many marath'damane as they could darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 08:49:28 PM 977 Views
How are they supposed to do that without a'dam? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:45:52 AM 1101 Views
enemy combatant in an active hot zone darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:34:15 AM 984 Views
Only if they were germane to the issue... fionwe1987 - 03/01/2016 09:32:22 AM 939 Views
Timing of the creation of the three oaths gban007 - 03/01/2016 08:22:12 PM 1010 Views
Re: Timing of the creation of the three oaths darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 08:56:35 PM 1139 Views
Cheers gban007 - 03/01/2016 09:50:41 PM 926 Views
Re: Cheers darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 10:35:34 PM 1079 Views
Re: Only if they were germane to the issue... Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:15:58 AM 1019 Views
Q.E.D. fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 12:29:58 PM 1325 Views
Re: Q.E.D. Sidious - 04/01/2016 02:41:19 PM 1209 Views
Interesting... fionwe1987 - 28/12/2015 02:31:33 PM 1058 Views
Re Perrin gban007 - 29/12/2015 07:24:41 AM 1120 Views
Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:26:18 AM 1276 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? kHz1000 - 04/01/2016 01:44:53 PM 1097 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 07/01/2016 12:24:28 AM 1334 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Morning - 18/01/2016 04:40:03 PM 872 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Morning - 18/01/2016 04:44:10 PM 844 Views
Overrated characters Morning - 06/02/2016 04:24:55 PM 889 Views
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