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On Balefire Lord Haart Send a noteboard - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM
My understanding is that there is no way Moridin (even if assisted) could balefire things fast enough to overcome the Pattern's self-healing. Moreover, the results of BF aren't necessarily the "destruction of everything" - for all we know, the Pattern could respond by weaving completely new rules, items and people into itself. So it would make the world more like T'A'R. This is not really what the DO/Moridin want, I think.

Rand may have only hit 300 odd people, but the size of the BF stream was probably similar to what was used upon cities in the War of Power, if not greater (as this is the first time we know of that the CK has been used to create BF, and we have the (arguably) strongest channeler in Randland using it). The fact that this damage occurs to the Pattern all at once is the real danger.
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Rand the psycho? - 06/01/2010 02:53:30 AM 1513 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 916 Views
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I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 829 Views
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I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 700 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 793 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 826 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 735 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 845 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 665 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 699 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 379 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 729 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 729 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 697 Views
No, balefire just kills you backwards in time. It is not super-death. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:58:18 PM 413 Views
LOL ... super-death! - 06/01/2010 11:59:31 PM 680 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 332 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 676 Views
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Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 818 Views
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let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 732 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 723 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 750 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 698 Views
Meh. I just think advocating mass-murder is the opposite direction RJ meant for this to take. - 07/01/2010 12:00:44 AM 765 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 641 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 729 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 720 Views
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Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 630 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 806 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 735 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 705 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 664 Views
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What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 661 Views
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Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 820 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 659 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 673 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 745 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 680 Views
I do have to guiltily say, though, that if Rand had balefired the Seanchan and THEN became good... - 07/01/2010 12:03:20 AM 722 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 795 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 664 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 663 Views
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right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 774 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 732 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 762 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 656 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 759 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 707 Views
Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 742 Views
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I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 743 Views
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Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 640 Views
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