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from the very beginning of this conversation I've been saying I'm theorizing darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 26/01/2016 04:09:19 PM

I find it beyond reason that the Forsaken use the exact same weave, or more to the point ONLY the exact same shielding weave as modern Aes Sedai. It's obvious that there are multiple ways to form weaves for pretty much any OP related feat, some more effective than others. Given that we've directly seen at least 3 occasions where a Forsaken clearly uses shielding to great effect over a stronger channeler (Lanfear v. Rand, Lanfear v. Asmodean and Graendal v. Aran'gar) it seems intuitively obvious that they are using techniques/weaves that are different from what Aes Sedai use.

I'm extrapolating from what we see from Berowyn's shield that flexibility in the shield is the key to this additional effectiveness, that does not mean that these shields are immediately flexible to the touch, only that they will bend rather than break when an appropriate amount of pressure is applied. In fact I'd say that I think if Nynaeve were to use Berowyn's weave against Berowyn we would not see the shield bend because Berowyn would not have the strength to apply the requisite pressure to force the shield. Perhaps Elayne or Egwene would be able to bend this shield but clearly they could not break through it. Perhaps if Nynaeve had used the same technique as Berowyn she could have held Logain with no problem, or perhaps this form of the weave is simply vastly more effective in blocking a woman from saidar and would be an epic failure in blocking saidin. It's not like Berowyn would have had tons of opportunity to practice shielding men. As I've said before, I suspect the existing weave the Aes Sedai use was probably used primarily to shield men and probably "perfected" by the Red, much like the Yellow "perfected" the Healing weaves all Aes Sedai used. After several thousand years it simply becomes part of the Aes Sedai standard set of weaves and no one thinks to tinker with it because they don't need too ... like so many Aes Sedai traditions they assume they've got the best solution and stubbornly refuse to attempt anything beyond.

Personally, I find it obvious that shielding men and shielding women would be more effective using different techniques. It's possible that Graendal used a totally different weave to cut off and shield Aran'gar than she used on Delana. Much like men use different weaves for Traveling than women use and the fact that there are many many weaves for Healing despite the fact that Aes Sedai only know and use the most basic rough forms.

So all of the quotes you keep throwing out are useless, because a shield is a shield until it comes across an unstoppable force. Think about a bow and arrow, the string on any given bow is obviously flexible, however the individual pulling it must be strong enough to draw the bow. To an individual too weak to move the bow the bow is essentially a solid object (thus Berowyn would be unable to bend Nynaeve's shield regardless of technique). To a person strong enough to draw the bow the string is a flexible piece of equipment, thus Nynaeve can and does bend Berowyn's shield. Just because something is described as a "wall" doesn't mean it's the same thing as something else described as a wall. Concrete and sheetrock can both be used to make walls, that doesn't mean they are the same quality.

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Angreal, Sa'angreal and Moiraine at 66 - 11/01/2016 08:53:23 AM 2289 Views
Or we can choose to assume Elayne is incorrect - 11/01/2016 03:50:14 PM 1077 Views
Uhhh... - 12/01/2016 12:07:42 AM 1216 Views
Yet there are problems with either - 15/01/2016 08:52:04 PM 910 Views
Re: Yet there are problems with either - 16/01/2016 05:29:11 AM 1159 Views
Would you consider... - 17/01/2016 09:06:59 AM 1025 Views
random thought on Shielding - 19/01/2016 07:34:20 PM 1087 Views
You're forgetting the other side, though. - 19/01/2016 08:19:59 PM 1148 Views
yes but it doesn't proactively do this - 19/01/2016 10:06:25 PM 1000 Views
Responding to a shield doesn't require proactiveness - 20/01/2016 05:53:24 AM 912 Views
it's a visualization thing really - 20/01/2016 04:39:08 PM 967 Views
Not the crux of the debate... - 21/01/2016 03:37:40 AM 1035 Views
Not really though - 21/01/2016 05:00:34 PM 821 Views
I always explained it as - 21/01/2016 09:26:35 PM 1048 Views
There's not much to go on since all the shields except Berowyn's are the same - 21/01/2016 09:55:14 PM 933 Views
That's precisely my point - 21/01/2016 10:09:02 PM 1064 Views
now you are speculating based on a lack of evidence - 21/01/2016 10:39:13 PM 873 Views
There's actual evidence: - 22/01/2016 06:25:25 AM 1079 Views
what's dense here is that you keep putting in quotes that don't support your position - 22/01/2016 03:28:16 PM 1201 Views
Whoa.. - 22/01/2016 04:24:19 PM 1148 Views
Not at all - 22/01/2016 05:03:50 PM 1090 Views
Wonderful - 22/01/2016 06:30:35 PM 1064 Views
yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 22/01/2016 06:46:23 PM 883 Views
Re: yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 23/01/2016 02:35:33 PM 1188 Views
Petty much *NM* - 24/01/2016 02:50:32 PM 488 Views
Hmmm.... - 23/01/2016 03:06:15 PM 1125 Views
Let me clear this up - 25/01/2016 04:19:51 PM 1266 Views
Some more quotes - 25/01/2016 05:10:51 PM 1039 Views
none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 25/01/2016 07:19:48 PM 1314 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 03:45:52 AM 1095 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 09:00:55 AM 1252 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 10:39:49 AM 1032 Views
from the very beginning of this conversation I've been saying I'm theorizing - 26/01/2016 04:09:19 PM 942 Views
Oh well then I agree with you - 26/01/2016 08:50:55 AM 1129 Views
thanks - 26/01/2016 04:26:46 PM 1307 Views
Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 16/01/2016 08:56:15 AM 868 Views
But additive doesn't explain buffers and being able to overdraw - 16/01/2016 03:02:33 PM 889 Views
Don't those two facts explain each other? - 16/01/2016 03:24:44 PM 935 Views
It actually seems counterintuitive to me - 19/01/2016 07:15:37 PM 877 Views
Simple - 19/01/2016 08:21:11 PM 1006 Views
Not at all - 19/01/2016 10:17:39 PM 778 Views
Huh? - 20/01/2016 06:01:04 AM 998 Views
agree to disagree I suppose ... I don't see it this way *NM* - 20/01/2016 04:41:16 PM 539 Views
I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. *NM* - 21/01/2016 12:01:16 AM 514 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 02:07:21 AM 896 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 03:32:59 AM 913 Views
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I don't see how magnifiers solve this - 21/01/2016 10:01:17 PM 989 Views
Re: I don't see how magnifiers solve this - 21/01/2016 10:16:16 PM 918 Views
Uhhh... - 22/01/2016 06:51:11 AM 1065 Views
Funny, I just saw this post - 17/09/2016 11:13:09 PM 798 Views
The very first chapter (the Prologue) disproves this - 03/10/2016 06:56:28 AM 863 Views
No it doesn't - 05/10/2016 12:47:03 AM 757 Views
Re: Don't those two facts explain each other? - 08/10/2016 05:06:53 AM 674 Views
Re: Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 08/10/2016 04:52:06 AM 888 Views

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