What you are saying is that Verin, in a fit of genius and through some fortunate or unique events that are never even hinted at having existed or through some knowledge that is always said to not exist managed to arrive at a miraculous discovery she is never suggested to know, and this allowed her to be an incredible idiot.
Which of these scenarios seems the more likely to you?
Contrary to everything we know from the books, Verin, through sheer brilliance and a lifetime devotion to finding ways to break the Oaths (I thought she devoted her lifetime to studying the Black Ajah?) made a marvelous discovery that no other Aes Sedai has ever made in two thousand years based on some hypothetical events that exist only for the sake of reaching this conclusion, which enabled her to act uncharacteristically stupidly by killing herself when she could simply have used this miraculous discovery that was researched specifically for this purpose and to which she had devoted her last seventy years, ensuring said discovery will never be revealed to anybody, including the readers.
Or,
Verin chose the best solution she had based on the knowledge available to her.
Which of these scenarios seems the more likely to you?
Contrary to everything we know from the books, Verin, through sheer brilliance and a lifetime devotion to finding ways to break the Oaths (I thought she devoted her lifetime to studying the Black Ajah?) made a marvelous discovery that no other Aes Sedai has ever made in two thousand years based on some hypothetical events that exist only for the sake of reaching this conclusion, which enabled her to act uncharacteristically stupidly by killing herself when she could simply have used this miraculous discovery that was researched specifically for this purpose and to which she had devoted her last seventy years, ensuring said discovery will never be revealed to anybody, including the readers.
Or,
Verin chose the best solution she had based on the knowledge available to her.
The first rule of being a ninja is "do no harm". Unless you intend to do harm, then do lots of harm.
~Master Splinter
Victorious in Bergioyn's legendary 'Reverse Mafia'. *MySmiley*
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Victorious in Bergioyn's legendary 'Reverse Mafia'. *MySmiley*
This message last edited by Fanatic-Templar on 10/12/2009 at 09:41:17 PM
I finished tGS last night... and really had to come back to you all.
09/12/2009 02:11:05 AM
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Silly Verin! She did not need to die.
09/12/2009 03:53:23 AM
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Re: Silly Verin! She did not need to die.
09/12/2009 06:11:02 AM
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And does she know that Stilling breaks the Oaths? *NM*
09/12/2009 06:16:54 AM
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She should. Some of the Aes Sedai who swore to Rand had been Stilled and then Restored by Flinn.
09/12/2009 03:18:10 PM
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Then, wouldn't the BA/Shadow just kill her off? I think it'd be kind of obvious what she did. *NM*
09/12/2009 03:23:05 PM
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Doesn't mean they experimented with it.
09/12/2009 08:48:23 PM
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Rebels had no reason to research a way to break the oaths. Verin did.
10/12/2009 02:00:21 AM
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You're going at it upside-down.
10/12/2009 02:33:41 AM
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Verin should have figured it out
10/12/2009 03:03:14 AM
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I was just rereading that section yesterday....
10/12/2009 10:52:23 AM
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It all seems intuitively obvious to me!
10/12/2009 07:58:46 PM
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Will you please look at your argument?
10/12/2009 09:40:42 PM
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I don't think those would work
09/12/2009 07:03:38 AM
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She should and could have found a better way.
09/12/2009 07:41:28 AM
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I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly.
09/12/2009 03:53:44 AM
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Re: I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly.
09/12/2009 04:21:35 PM
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It's great to see you around again!
09/12/2009 07:06:45 AM
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Good to see you too.
17/12/2009 10:01:57 PM
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Re: Good to see you too.
19/12/2009 06:12:11 AM
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Hee... gotta love zoos.
19/12/2009 06:18:35 AM
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Mine added up to many vet bills this week.
19/12/2009 07:22:40 AM
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