But BS said that Shaidar Haran couldn't do things in the physical world without aid.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 11/12/2009 03:20:59 PM
I don't understand how he could touch Mesaana or cancel out weaves she has tied off or maintained, while not being able to affect the net of Compulsion set in Elza's mind.
Also, I was disgusted by what RJ had happen to Moghedien and Mesaana. I'm hoping the same punishment was visited on Moridin, Balthamel and Aginor - their failures were all more spectacular, and bullying the weakest of the female Forsaken lowered the scope of the evil in the series, and it seems to me that this is a blow that is worse than the breaking of Semirhage in terms of tarnishing the overall sense of risk in the series.
Dark One: You let yourself be killed by a tree, and couldn't defeat an Aes Sedai and five untrained children standing next to another Forsaken.
Balthamel: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One: You're Reborn.
Dark One: You didn't do all that much, nor did you exactly fail. But you got captured.
Moghedien: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One punishes her with Shaidar Haran.
Dark One: You almost organized the capture of the Dragon Reborn without much assistance from other Forsaken, even while manipulating the White Tower to not even raise an objection. But you didn't show up to an event where amounts of Power were being channeled in such a vast quantity that all the Chosen could have been wiped out in an instant.
Mesaana: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One punishes her with Shaidar Haran.
The double standard is quite tiresome. And lame.
Also, I was disgusted by what RJ had happen to Moghedien and Mesaana. I'm hoping the same punishment was visited on Moridin, Balthamel and Aginor - their failures were all more spectacular, and bullying the weakest of the female Forsaken lowered the scope of the evil in the series, and it seems to me that this is a blow that is worse than the breaking of Semirhage in terms of tarnishing the overall sense of risk in the series.
Dark One: You let yourself be killed by a tree, and couldn't defeat an Aes Sedai and five untrained children standing next to another Forsaken.
Balthamel: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One: You're Reborn.
Dark One: You didn't do all that much, nor did you exactly fail. But you got captured.
Moghedien: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One punishes her with Shaidar Haran.
Dark One: You almost organized the capture of the Dragon Reborn without much assistance from other Forsaken, even while manipulating the White Tower to not even raise an objection. But you didn't show up to an event where amounts of Power were being channeled in such a vast quantity that all the Chosen could have been wiped out in an instant.
Mesaana: Oops, Great Lord.
Dark One punishes her with Shaidar Haran.
The double standard is quite tiresome. And lame.
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This message last edited by RugbyPlayingAshaman on 11/12/2009 at 03:26:08 PM
Two idiot Forsaken in the Prologue
10/12/2009 04:31:10 PM
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Oh you are being unfair!
10/12/2009 04:49:31 PM
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Yes; this pretty much matched my expectations - esp. for Demandred.
10/12/2009 04:56:32 PM
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Mesaana was motivated out of...
10/12/2009 07:16:43 PM
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Ah, then she would be more of an idiot than I thought. 2nd Rate indeed. *NM*
10/12/2009 08:19:05 PM
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Re: Yes; this pretty much matched my expectations - esp. for Demandred.
11/12/2009 06:47:43 AM
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But BS said that Shaidar Haran couldn't do things in the physical world without aid.
11/12/2009 03:20:59 PM
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I think that just proves SH isn't gay!
*NM*
11/12/2009 04:07:47 PM
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Or it could just prove
11/12/2009 05:42:33 PM
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Did he say he could not touch things, or that he just could not counter uber-channeling?
12/12/2009 12:30:40 AM
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I would say...
10/12/2009 04:58:15 PM
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he hasn't really done anything
10/12/2009 05:25:03 PM
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I'm pretty sure he did something...
10/12/2009 05:33:04 PM
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Re: I'm pretty sure he did something...
10/12/2009 07:51:25 PM
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Yeah, but now Graendal is dead, while Demandred is still alive. *NM*
10/12/2009 08:29:24 PM
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Re: Yeah, but now Graendal is dead, while Demandred is still alive. *NM*
11/12/2009 12:17:54 AM
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I think Demandred is pretty smart...
11/12/2009 11:45:58 AM
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of course he's never set foot anywhere close to anything long enough
11/12/2009 02:11:19 PM
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Is it smart to take a risk...
11/12/2009 02:22:18 PM
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I think your making a lot of assumptions
11/12/2009 05:40:47 PM
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Well...
11/12/2009 06:04:47 PM
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Re: Well...
11/12/2009 07:15:06 PM
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According to RJ...
12/12/2009 12:32:12 PM
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makes you wonder
12/12/2009 03:39:08 PM
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Re: makes you wonder
12/12/2009 03:47:18 PM
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Thanks for the BS quote, that's new news to me!
12/12/2009 03:55:37 PM
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Moridin didn't want to betrayal Sammael...
12/12/2009 04:07:49 PM
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It amounts to the same thing
12/12/2009 04:12:42 PM
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Then you could also say...
12/12/2009 04:22:30 PM
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no actually you cannot
12/12/2009 04:46:03 PM
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To be fair, Mesaana's brood of channelers promise could still come to fruition. *NM*
10/12/2009 04:58:28 PM
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Sanderson's first attempt at portraying the Forsaken based on character summaries in RJ's notes...
10/12/2009 05:29:51 PM
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That was RJ's biggest flaw, IMO
11/12/2009 02:45:41 PM
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I'll respond to someone who wants to say that
11/12/2009 05:19:52 PM
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Ya. Fain's a good exception. I still have hopes for him. And... Thereva was scary, but...
11/12/2009 08:32:38 PM
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