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Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 07/02/2010 08:02:40 AM

That's a stretch. Nowhere in the book it stated that Nynaeve is clumsy weaver. It stated several times that she doesn't pay attention to studies if it's not involved the Healing. But that is not the same as clumsy. In many regards, Nynaeve is exceptional weaver. As shown from POV of Elayne.

Read darius's quotes. Added to that, Elayne says Nynaeve has a very rough touch in her weaving.
And yes, despite all this, Nynaeve is exceptional. Anyone else with her total lack of interest with the Power would be useless. She has enough inherent skill to get by, and is insanely strong. But she is not anywhere near the top. Not yet.

If we compare them to Aes Sedai, then Nynaeve long ago overpassed Aes Sedai. Here is the quote from WOT Wiki: "She has some favorable skill in battle: whenever threatened in the early books she would call down lightning and spew fireballs with an ease most Accepted (and even Aes Sedai) would have trouble matching, once even using balefire which only a few living Aes Sedai even have knowledge about"
Remember how Nynaeve was in battle in earlier books.

WoT wiki as evidence? Since when? I've heard of no Aes Sedai having difficulty with Fireballs and Lightning, so this is about the most absurd claim I've read.
And what of Egwene's battles in the early books? She was trained by damane, and fought the Shaido in battle for a long time (longer than Nynaeve has fought in a battle). She uses unconventional stuff like exploding the Earth to a height of 50 feet. She obviously is better at destruction than Nynaeve.

That's not what RJ implied and your assumtion is simply wrong. RJ implied that Nynaeve is not intersted in anything that is not involve Healing. That's why passing test for her would be a little hard. As a channeling under stress - she tackled Moggy and I don't think it was very calm situation. So again, you assumtion that she's not capable to tackle obstacles and distractions are simply baseless.

Nynaeve's lack of interest in anything but Healing is the issue here. She knows barely anything outside it, which is what gives Egwene the edge, as battle does not involve Healing.

We've seen Rand doing 100 Arrows of Fire at once. And we've seen Nynaeve doing mutlitple very complex weaving that Elayne can't comprehend at all. And we've been told that are SuperGirls (Avi, Elayne, Egwene) are pretty much evenly matched.

Rand made one weave, which gave off a hundred arrows. The wording is very clear.
Same with Nynaeve's Healing. It may be insanely complex, but any Aes Sedai with moderate Healing can do it. It requires no splitting of Flows.
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Who would win in a fight? (yes, you read that right! ) Yondaime - 04/02/2010 10:38:01 PM 2698 Views
Gawyn. *chokes back the vomit that rushes up his throat* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2010 10:53:37 PM 1432 Views
There there Yondaime - 04/02/2010 11:15:00 PM 1348 Views
Huh? He was even WORSE in TGS. Lord Haart - 05/02/2010 05:14:16 AM 1216 Views
I dunno. He actaully DID stuff this time Yondaime - 05/02/2010 05:24:48 AM 1280 Views
I agree he was much better than before darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 04:39:33 PM 1195 Views
It pains me to say it, but Gawyn would win. Jeordam - 04/02/2010 11:15:19 PM 1335 Views
Re: It pains me to say it, but Gawyn would win. Gerbeaud - 05/02/2010 01:13:52 AM 1274 Views
Gawyn is incredibly irritating Yondaime - 05/02/2010 01:55:40 AM 1293 Views
No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. Fanatic-Templar - 05/02/2010 10:21:45 PM 1194 Views
Re: No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. Datakim - 05/02/2010 10:44:47 PM 1205 Views
Re: No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. Fanatic-Templar - 05/02/2010 11:53:18 PM 1307 Views
Perhaps the key is that Gawyn is an even more simplistic thinker than Galad. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 06:20:06 AM 1160 Views
Again, what? When? Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 08:08:47 AM 1174 Views
Well, the fact that he's had access to one of the best educations in Randland Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 09:22:28 AM 1144 Views
Completely different subjects, and pretty insignificant, really. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 06:44:35 PM 850 Views
the person to beat Gawyn is Mat imlad - 06/02/2010 06:36:03 AM 1421 Views
Perrin would beat Lan?! *NM* BlackAdder - 06/02/2010 05:52:47 PM 1111 Views
Sure, Gawyn is better BlackAdder - 05/02/2010 02:26:45 AM 1234 Views
Re: Who would win in a fight? (yes, you read that right! ) MissKoalaVB - 05/02/2010 04:27:16 AM 1333 Views
Yondaime - 05/02/2010 04:47:17 AM 1050 Views
Add Nynaeve and Egwene to the fight, that's something worth seeing then. Lord Haart - 05/02/2010 05:20:53 AM 1332 Views
Egwene would hand Nynaeve her ass darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 04:55:51 PM 1291 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/02/2010 05:10:34 PM 1242 Views
Re: I agree. darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 05:25:52 PM 1458 Views
You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. Lord Haart - 05/02/2010 07:41:28 PM 1332 Views
Re: You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 09:42:32 PM 1269 Views
I just mentioned it since you said Egwene had more combat experience. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 06:21:38 AM 1206 Views
I think you are missunderstanding me darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 02:04:13 AM 1255 Views
Re: Egwene would hand Nynaeve her ass Datakim - 05/02/2010 07:49:27 PM 1809 Views
Totally agree. *NM* Skeeve the Great - 05/02/2010 07:52:48 PM 1238 Views
yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 09:41:09 PM 1237 Views
Re: yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test Datakim - 05/02/2010 10:00:11 PM 1148 Views
Nynaeve might have trouble... Fanatic-Templar - 05/02/2010 10:24:56 PM 1236 Views
That's not what RJ said. He said Nynaeve would be a little hard pressed Skeeve the Great - 05/02/2010 10:18:42 PM 1052 Views
she might be a little hard pressed to pass a test she should pass without thought! darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 05:56:38 PM 941 Views
Moiraine was hard pressed to pass, and she practiced for ages and is the #1 Battle AS. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 08:27:26 PM 1171 Views
she passed pretty easily IMO darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 09:12:13 PM 1246 Views
Just like Be'lal did? And Lanfear's already learned that lesson the hard way. Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 01:40:45 AM 1125 Views
Re: Just like Be'lal did? And Lanfear's already learned that lesson the hard way. darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:52:40 AM 1234 Views
Yes, but choosing the time to attack is part of how good a fighter someone is. Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 06:30:55 PM 1093 Views
The test for the Shawl has little to nothing to do with channeling, you know this right? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 05/02/2010 10:23:16 PM 758 Views
Are you being serious? *NM* Sidious - 06/02/2010 08:57:33 AM 809 Views
of course it does darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 05:48:41 PM 1219 Views
That's not how it happens in New Spring. Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 07:00:52 PM 1140 Views
that's because Moiraine trained and is relatively skilled (for AS) darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 07:34:05 PM 1212 Views
That's nonsensical. Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 09:02:13 PM 1216 Views
It's what RJ said ... "too much specialization" darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 09:14:38 PM 1123 Views
Well, if RJ said it, I guess it must be true. Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 11:17:19 PM 1139 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 12:59:00 AM 1135 Views
Towers of Midnight spoilers: Fanatic-Templar - 09/11/2010 05:29:05 AM 1135 Views
Re: That's not how it happens in New Spring. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 08:28:52 PM 1117 Views
Right... Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 08:58:04 PM 1064 Views
About splitting weaves 14 ways Skeeve the Great - 05/02/2010 10:55:28 PM 1220 Views
Re: About splitting weaves 14 ways Datakim - 05/02/2010 11:08:50 PM 1094 Views
Can you provide that quote? darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 07:34:49 PM 1186 Views
Re: Can you provide that quote? Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 08:19:08 PM 1190 Views
Yup, plus those were complex weaves that may have required multiple flows. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 08:30:52 PM 1163 Views
there is nothing to say that multiple weaves are involved. darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 09:16:29 PM 1110 Views
That's the nature on the weaving. Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 09:24:39 PM 1170 Views
Not really darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 10:46:52 PM 1196 Views
Yes, really Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 10:55:22 PM 1209 Views
Re: Yes, really Datakim - 06/02/2010 11:29:17 PM 1091 Views
Re: Yes, really Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 11:48:14 PM 1093 Views
Re: Yes, really Datakim - 07/02/2010 12:18:12 AM 1136 Views
Oh! Forgot another analogy Datakim - 07/02/2010 01:13:27 AM 1131 Views
Re: Yes, really Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 01:46:14 AM 1122 Views
Re: Yes, really Datakim - 07/02/2010 01:59:44 AM 1077 Views
Re: Yes, really Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 06:36:48 PM 1138 Views
Re: Can you provide that quote? Datakim - 06/02/2010 10:14:24 PM 1091 Views
1 Blossom = 1 Weave ... there is nothing to say that each thread requires splitting flows darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 10:48:11 PM 1185 Views
Fine, I used the word weave when I should have used flow. 36 flows to create 12 weaves. *NM* Datakim - 06/02/2010 10:57:09 PM 731 Views
IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill Sidious - 06/02/2010 09:01:23 AM 1125 Views
Re: IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 09:29:06 AM 1277 Views
I agree ... it's much like Rand's approach to Graendal darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 05:51:17 PM 1163 Views
so you've learned nothing from Cyndane v. Alivia. darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 05:45:19 PM 1093 Views
Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 08:33:08 PM 1218 Views
Re: Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 09:17:40 PM 1203 Views
It's a lone example contested by many other examples Sidious - 07/02/2010 09:53:51 AM 1118 Views
the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:57:43 PM 1209 Views
Re: the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien Sidious - 07/02/2010 04:25:57 PM 1117 Views
from RJs lips to your ears ... darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 06:55:27 PM 1214 Views
Re: from RJs lips to your ears ... Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 08:04:57 PM 1052 Views
Re: from RJs lips to your ears ... darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 08:20:31 PM 1054 Views
... but I can't let this one go... Sidious - 07/02/2010 11:09:04 PM 1290 Views
Thank you Robert, Sidious, Jordan darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 11:16:30 PM 1291 Views
Re: Thank you Robert, Sidious, Jordan Sidious - 08/02/2010 09:43:15 AM 1083 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 07/02/2010 11:05:00 PM 1120 Views
if you had points worth responding too I would ... as always you fall back on pretending you are RJ darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 11:07:37 PM 1198 Views
i.e. I back up my points by using RJ's written words and their validity irritates you *NM* Sidious - 07/02/2010 11:11:55 PM 1127 Views
Re: i.e. I back up my points by using RJ's written words and their validity irritates you darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 11:18:49 PM 1159 Views
Yeah, what's a couple of fights with a Forsaken? How's Egwene without her sa'angreal crutch? Cannoli - 05/02/2010 11:40:13 PM 1085 Views
I disagree Kieran - 06/02/2010 05:30:40 AM 1090 Views
Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 05:46:27 PM 1119 Views
Re: Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear Kieran - 06/02/2010 08:23:20 PM 1124 Views
she got hit with a pain weave before she did a damn thing darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 09:21:11 PM 1120 Views
lol Kieran - 07/02/2010 01:55:18 AM 1148 Views
Go look below at some of the quotes I've provided darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:59:51 AM 1201 Views
If the Power was used, I would agree BlackAdder - 06/02/2010 05:59:14 PM 1144 Views
On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2010 10:43:43 PM 1062 Views
Exactly my point darius_sedai - 06/02/2010 10:49:49 PM 1077 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 11:12:27 PM 2361 Views
plenty of evidence that Nynaeve is unskilled outside of Healing darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:21:20 AM 1192 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... fionwe1987 - 07/02/2010 08:02:40 AM 1178 Views
There was one other very skilled Healer in the series... Lord Haart - 07/02/2010 06:44:41 PM 1107 Views
I'm sure she could if she bothered to train darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 06:57:17 PM 960 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... Datakim - 06/02/2010 11:15:59 PM 1116 Views
Nope darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:26:19 AM 1157 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... fionwe1987 - 07/02/2010 08:21:19 AM 1309 Views
Egwene and Nynaeve had already confront each other Elvira_Sedai - 07/02/2010 08:45:23 AM 1247 Views
but whoever wins fistofpainx - 05/02/2010 04:54:52 AM 1178 Views
*nods* That's cuz ... Yondaime - 05/02/2010 05:26:57 AM 1240 Views
I actually think Lan would win darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 04:57:24 PM 1181 Views
Agreed Myrdhyn - 05/02/2010 08:22:26 PM 1147 Views
If it was for "real" Lan wins, in practice ... Gawyn could be the superior *NM* darius_sedai - 05/02/2010 09:43:20 PM 644 Views
I think Lan, hands down. Skeeve the Great - 05/02/2010 03:30:20 PM 1048 Views
THANK you. Cannoli - 05/02/2010 11:41:43 PM 9681 Views
Re: THANK you. Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 06:26:04 AM 1154 Views
Gawyn and Galad have become tough Sidious - 06/02/2010 09:04:25 AM 1324 Views
Re: Gawyn and Galad have become tough Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 09:31:51 AM 1025 Views
Gawyn is destined to protect the Great Mother ( Egwene ) Elvira_Sedai - 05/02/2010 04:11:51 PM 1206 Views
You forgot that the Warder Matched Lan A LONG time ago. Lan stopped sparring. amirebram - 05/02/2010 08:42:49 PM 1022 Views
Hopper!!!!! *NM* NaClH2O - 06/02/2010 12:21:25 AM 745 Views
Hasn't Hopper already lost in a fight? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 06/02/2010 01:48:19 AM 716 Views
According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... Etzel - 06/02/2010 08:55:50 AM 1200 Views
That can't be right, can it? BlackAdder - 06/02/2010 05:51:04 PM 1185 Views
Even in NS only Ryne is known to be better than Lan darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 01:57:29 AM 1237 Views
Huh .... Yondaime - 06/02/2010 06:23:10 PM 1189 Views
I don't recall Rand loosing to Riatin. Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 06:39:31 PM 1176 Views
Well, to be fair, the text doesn't mention much Yondaime - 07/02/2010 12:48:59 AM 1140 Views
Re: According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... Gerbeaud - 06/02/2010 06:28:15 PM 1150 Views
"Gawhine"... I like it. *NM* Lord Haart - 06/02/2010 08:40:32 PM 738 Views
If Gawyn is the best because he defeated two Warders, what about Rand? Skeeve the Great - 06/02/2010 09:15:34 PM 1171 Views
These are pointless. Heiko - 09/02/2010 12:52:21 AM 1209 Views
These are scalar comparatives JasonD - 24/02/2010 09:45:11 PM 1166 Views
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