LTT said that the reason why Saidin was tainted was because something was needed to touch the DO to seal him.
This means that If the DO wanted, he can taint Saidin/Saidar at will if there is a connection.
This means that If the DO wanted, he can taint Saidin/Saidar at will if there is a connection.
It does?
Perhaps the DO is like the Gholams, immune to the One Power. Ordinary OP flows might just melt at contact. Meaning that Lews' flows were something special, which they obviously were, since they were used to imprison Shai'tan.
Perhaps the DO was so much more powerful at the end of AoL that he was capable of such a feat, and is not yet strong enough to do so.
Those are the first explanation that came to mind, I'm sure there are better ones. Obviously the DO is not capable of tainting the OP at the moment. The Cleansing would have been a very small, momentary setback at best if that were true. And he WAS pissed off that the Cleansing was a success. Mesaana knows exactly how displeased he was for losing the very great advantage of tainted saidin.
Also, I don't think that it can be assumed that the DO didn't know he could taint the OP until he was about to be sealed, because, like the creator, he exists out side of time. This means that he would remember from the previous turning of the wheel when he was sealed by the Dragon.
Long story short, I didnt like the explanation of the taint on saidin.
Who knows what he remembers and what he doesn't? Your fact sounds more like a guess to me.
Ability to Taint Saidin
- 15/05/2010 07:36:41 PM
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Re: Ability to Taint Saidin
- 15/05/2010 10:34:14 PM
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I think it was almost accidental...
- 15/05/2010 10:48:39 PM
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Shai'tan CANNOT taint the One Power at will.
- 16/05/2010 04:40:53 AM
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Why not?
- 16/05/2010 06:55:34 AM
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No, the DO can't taint the source at will through the Dreadlords.
- 17/05/2010 03:37:41 PM
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You are right in not liking it - because I also think it is a crappy explanation.
- 17/05/2010 04:21:07 PM
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Re: Ability to Taint Saidin
- 24/05/2010 11:13:46 PM
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