Do you think Latra Posae's obstinance as well as every woman's refusal to help him was part of his ta'veren effect sparing saidar the same fate as saidin?
Something like that.
Another possibility is that Latra was also ta'veren. That might explain how, in a society that seemingly understood the purpose of ta'veren better, the Aes Sedai split their allegiance between two leaders, when one at least (though it's not confirmed) must have been strongly ta'veren. Ta'veren are supposed to pull threads they need toward themselves. Perhaps they can also repell threads and force them to be in opposition, but we haven't seen much of that in the series. Well, perhaps with Perrin and the Whitecloaks, but that may not be what it is. Others like Elaida, Fain, Niall and so on all opposed Rand far from his ta'veren influence.
Jordan was asked if Hawkwing telling LTT they fought each other as many times as they were on the same side in TGH meant the Dragon (or Hawkwing) had served the Shadow before. He answered that rather sometimes the Wheel needed ta'veren to stand in opposition to one another to achieve a specific purpose. He never gave an example, and I've wondered if he had in mind something specific that for some reason he considered RAFO. Latra and Lews being a case of ta'veren in opposition, performing apparently conflicting but in truth complementary action so the Pattern is saved the way it should could be what he had in mind.
Character discussion 1 : Lews Therin Telamon
03/05/2010 05:13:30 AM
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A tragic hero
03/05/2010 02:44:35 PM
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I thought that was supposed to be left up to the reader to decide.
03/05/2010 03:45:07 PM
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Re: A tragic hero
03/05/2010 04:34:23 PM
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Re: A tragic hero
03/05/2010 04:47:01 PM
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Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
03/05/2010 11:29:54 PM
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Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
04/05/2010 05:22:19 AM
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Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
05/05/2010 03:29:57 PM
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And even normals had extended lifespans - Mieran's servant was sixty & in his prime.
06/05/2010 05:38:43 PM
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Well, Lews Therin is insane with only brief moments of coherence *NM*
04/05/2010 06:42:09 PM
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How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin?
03/05/2010 04:28:11 PM
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Re: How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin?
03/05/2010 04:53:22 PM
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LTT was close to perfect, and he barely managed to eke out a draw with the Shadow.
03/05/2010 09:16:29 PM
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What flaws? Lews Therin HAD no flaws. It's just you average folk being bitter about perfection...
03/05/2010 08:39:19 PM
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Who's bitter?
04/05/2010 05:20:36 AM
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Bitter is too strong a word. More "conditioned" to search for character flaws in literature...
05/05/2010 03:48:49 PM
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A rather unrealistic character in my opinion
03/05/2010 11:27:32 PM
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TGS ought to have put an end to that flawed reasoning
04/05/2010 04:31:16 PM
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I have a question
04/05/2010 06:32:16 PM
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Re: I have a question
04/05/2010 11:47:54 PM
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Overly convoluted theory, in my view...
05/05/2010 09:48:11 AM
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The Pattern can do this, so complicated or not, it happens all the time. RJ already said...
05/05/2010 07:14:56 PM
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the reason you can't find real people as accomplished is no one lives that long in real life!
06/05/2010 08:50:58 PM
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Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ...
04/05/2010 06:22:36 PM
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Re: Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ...
05/05/2010 12:22:09 AM
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Lews Therin's funny Talent
04/05/2010 06:34:26 PM
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Wards can detect people.
05/05/2010 12:21:02 AM
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