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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 1426 Views
Y'know, the paralells betwen the Aes Sedai in the White Tower... vandevere - 02/09/2009 10:46:29 PM 972 Views
Well said. Hadn't really thought of it that way before *NM* Bryce - 03/09/2009 12:01:30 AM 571 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 932 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 1214 Views
And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization. NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 03:37:14 AM 985 Views
Re: And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization. Corwin - 03/09/2009 05:46:13 AM 949 Views
Really? fionwe1987 - 03/09/2009 05:52:38 AM 924 Views
Re: Really? Corwin - 03/09/2009 06:03:13 AM 880 Views
So lets add a few more NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 11:42:48 AM 894 Views
most of these are accounted for above ranagrande - 03/09/2009 02:18:01 PM 963 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 987 Views
But who did the work? NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 05:37:00 PM 784 Views
While these are good, none of it is because of the White Tower beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 05:43:56 PM 804 Views
So if Elaida didn't order it, it doesn't count? NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 07:29:20 PM 828 Views
Actually I think that's his point ranagrande - 04/09/2009 01:40:37 PM 935 Views
Spot-on beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 08:56:30 PM 760 Views
Re: Actually I think that's his point NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 03:17:25 AM 787 Views
Re: But who did the work? ranagrande - 04/09/2009 01:32:19 PM 878 Views
Only one point because obviously your mind is made up. NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 06:13:23 AM 889 Views
well, yeah ranagrande - 05/09/2009 02:33:51 PM 929 Views
In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous. fionwe1987 - 05/09/2009 03:03:07 PM 829 Views
Re: In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous. NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 04:57:44 PM 807 Views
No, fionwe1987 is absolutely right! ranagrande - 05/09/2009 05:13:39 PM 773 Views
I'm glad the real world disagrees with you NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 05:05:50 PM 827 Views
I'm not convinced that it does ranagrande - 05/09/2009 05:44:10 PM 911 Views
I don't understand your point Sidious - 03/09/2009 04:25:22 PM 838 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Corwin - 03/09/2009 09:09:38 PM 868 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Sidious - 03/09/2009 09:23:53 PM 820 Views
Re: I don't understand your point Corwin - 05/09/2009 09:02:47 AM 1069 Views
Re: I don't understand your point NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 09:49:58 PM 819 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 823 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 787 Views
I'm talking about the organization as a whole beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 10:07:37 PM 851 Views
No you are talking about Elaida NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:32:59 PM 795 Views
You just made our point... fionwe1987 - 04/09/2009 12:49:44 AM 857 Views
Well, because most of her actions infringe on that "bubble" beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:00:52 PM 773 Views
Not at all... fionwe1987 - 04/09/2009 09:23:09 PM 872 Views
WT has been THE single greatest force for stagancy and lack of development. Lohikaarme - 09/09/2009 08:58:58 AM 814 Views
Like I said earlier the AS are superfluous except the ones who aren't superfluous. NaClH2O - 09/09/2009 11:55:47 AM 889 Views
To a certain extent ajsr1982 - 03/09/2009 11:33:30 AM 1084 Views
Definitely. And Egwene is in denial. beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 05:53:14 PM 853 Views
Some pretty big blanket statements NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:24:50 PM 981 Views
Without the Tower Voscaia Sedai - 03/09/2009 02:05:09 PM 742 Views
Actually, I think Verin is a good metaphor here. nossy - 03/09/2009 07:59:46 PM 795 Views
Agrees with Nossy NaClH2O - 03/09/2009 10:44:06 PM 1096 Views
That's mostly what I was trying to say beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:03:52 PM 765 Views
Re: That's mostly what I was trying to say NaClH2O - 05/09/2009 03:33:46 AM 1118 Views
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