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No, fionwe1987 is absolutely right! ranagrande Send a noteboard - 05/09/2009 05:13:39 PM
You know why? Because none of them would have been doing any of their world-saving deeds if Moiraine hadn't asked them to leave the Two Rivers and then convinced them they did have a role to play.

And Moiraine wouldn't have done that but for Gitara, who wouldn't have been able to do anything without the Pattern giving her a foretelling. So everyone is superfluous except the Pattern!

But but you don't understand! Only AS can be superfluous! Rand Perrin and Mat are HEROS! (well maybe not Perrin because he spent too long chasing after that stupid woman Faile)

NaCl(and nobody told me to say that)H2O +<img class=' />
Although sometimes it may seem like they do, Aes Sedai do not have a monopoly on superfluosity. (Making up words is fun.) Anyway, fionwe1987 is right. Rand, Mat, Perrin, Moiraine, Gitara, etc. are superfluous. My memory is a little rusty so I'm not completely certain, but I think the Pattern might be irrelevant as well, having itself been made by the Creator.
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You know... it feels like the Aes Sedai are pretty superflouous beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:48:19 PM 1272 Views
Y'know, the paralells betwen the Aes Sedai in the White Tower... vandevere - 02/09/2009 10:46:29 PM 852 Views
Well said. Hadn't really thought of it that way before *NM* Bryce - 03/09/2009 12:01:30 AM 517 Views
That is the inspiration for the Aes Sedai that RJ used - I can't find the article, though. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 02:39:14 PM 803 Views
When I was reading this I was thinking of the paralells between the white tower and Tashmere - 03/09/2009 02:47:33 AM 1074 Views
And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization. NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 03:37:14 AM 872 Views
Re: And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization. Corwin - 03/09/2009 05:46:13 AM 838 Views
Really? fionwe1987 - 03/09/2009 05:52:38 AM 806 Views
Re: Really? Corwin - 03/09/2009 06:03:13 AM 763 Views
So lets add a few more NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 11:42:48 AM 772 Views
most of these are accounted for above ranagrande - 03/09/2009 02:18:01 PM 829 Views
Just because we don't know all their names, doesn't mean their effectiveness on the Pattern was less RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 03:19:41 PM 822 Views
But who did the work? NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 05:37:00 PM 672 Views
While these are good, none of it is because of the White Tower beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 05:43:56 PM 698 Views
So if Elaida didn't order it, it doesn't count? NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 07:29:20 PM 710 Views
Actually I think that's his point ranagrande - 04/09/2009 01:40:37 PM 805 Views
Spot-on beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 08:56:30 PM 623 Views
Re: Actually I think that's his point NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 03:17:25 AM 664 Views
Re: But who did the work? ranagrande - 04/09/2009 01:32:19 PM 751 Views
Only one point because obviously your mind is made up. NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 06:13:23 AM 774 Views
well, yeah ranagrande - 05/09/2009 02:33:51 PM 798 Views
In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous. fionwe1987 - 05/09/2009 03:03:07 PM 699 Views
Re: In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous. NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 04:57:44 PM 698 Views
No, fionwe1987 is absolutely right! ranagrande - 05/09/2009 05:13:39 PM 660 Views
I'm glad the real world disagrees with you NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 05:05:50 PM 698 Views
I'm not convinced that it does ranagrande - 05/09/2009 05:44:10 PM 798 Views
I don't understand your point Sidious - 03/09/2009 04:25:22 PM 716 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Corwin - 03/09/2009 09:09:38 PM 766 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Sidious - 03/09/2009 09:23:53 PM 706 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Corwin - 05/09/2009 09:02:47 AM 930 Views
Re: I don't understand your point NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 09:49:58 PM 687 Views
I was talking about the WT specifically, and only during recent years. It's Gotta be the Shadow, beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 05:39:11 PM 701 Views
So what you are really saying is that if you ignore over 2/3rds of the AS the rest aren't doing much NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 06:07:23 PM 641 Views
I'm talking about the organization as a whole beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 10:07:37 PM 721 Views
No you are talking about Elaida NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:32:59 PM 670 Views
You just made our point... fionwe1987 - 04/09/2009 12:49:44 AM 730 Views
Well, because most of her actions infringe on that "bubble" beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:00:52 PM 630 Views
Not at all... fionwe1987 - 04/09/2009 09:23:09 PM 751 Views
WT has been THE single greatest force for stagancy and lack of development. Lohikaarme - 09/09/2009 08:58:58 AM 665 Views
Like I said earlier the AS are superfluous except the ones who aren't superfluous. NaClH2O - 09/09/2009 11:55:47 AM 749 Views
To a certain extent ajsr1982 - 03/09/2009 11:33:30 AM 942 Views
Definitely. And Egwene is in denial. beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 05:53:14 PM 724 Views
Some pretty big blanket statements NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:24:50 PM 842 Views
Without the Tower Voscaia Sedai - 03/09/2009 02:05:09 PM 634 Views
Actually, I think Verin is a good metaphor here. nossy - 03/09/2009 07:59:46 PM 673 Views
Agrees with Nossy NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:44:06 PM 973 Views
That's mostly what I was trying to say beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:03:52 PM 646 Views
Re: That's mostly what I was trying to say NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 03:33:46 AM 993 Views
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