Thinking about all this makes me wonder one more thing:
does Rand need to get the Shadow to work against itself? The DO keeps trying to get The Light to kill itself, doesn't he? His servants focus on it intensely - the Dark does less of its own creation than it subverts what the Light already made. After all, the World Snake does eat its own tail...
When we look at the way the forsaken are acting, we see that Rand has no need to make the shadow work against itself, they are already doing that quite nicely and have been doing it all throughout the series.
As for the DO not creating, that does make sense what with him being the bloke who apparently wants to destroy the creation. Though he is willing to "create" and work towards this particular goal. He created Shaidar Haran for example to rein in the forsaken and try to force them to work together against the light, when before they were almost fighting more between themselves than they were against Rand.
Rand might be able to cause some chaos amongst the shadow ranks through his link with Moridin maybe, but I doubt he will seriously be able to harm the DO or his cause in this particular way.
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You should also remember that there was a city that believed they should use the tactics of the shadow against the shadow. Shadar Logoth.
Don't forget, though, that Rand has already paired evil against evil for his own positive purposes. He used the evil of Shadar Logoth to help cleanse the Dark One's taint on saidin. Right? I'm just sayin' ...
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Rand's two sides together - is the TGS scene the key to victory? As a man who uses a -sedai handle
13/05/2010 06:06:14 AM
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Completely ignoring your point- Callandor and the Eye both kinda sucked
13/05/2010 07:53:25 AM
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So you're writing like a crackhead and ignoring any actual points...
13/05/2010 02:25:26 PM
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Re: So you're writing like a crackhead and ignoring any actual points...
13/05/2010 04:28:27 PM
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I used a =) and you have an odd sense of manners
13/05/2010 05:27:55 PM
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Re: I used a =) and you have an odd sense of manners
13/05/2010 07:02:43 PM
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excellent points. & I can type like jerk even if my voice would sound nice or funny *NM*
13/05/2010 11:34:57 PM
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I re-read my reply, and sorry again. W/o the smiley it sounds way harsh. *NM*
16/05/2010 10:33:58 PM
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Re: I re-read my reply, and sorry again. W/o the smiley it sounds way harsh.
19/05/2010 03:59:35 PM
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I think the Eye forced Rand.
13/05/2010 03:46:53 PM
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agree sorta.
13/05/2010 04:08:24 PM
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Re: agree sorta.
13/05/2010 07:41:25 PM
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Thanks. I never thought about it that way, but I believe you are correct. *NM*
20/05/2010 08:41:11 AM
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How do you know that Callandor is flawed?
13/05/2010 06:11:53 PM
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Well, I replied.
13/05/2010 07:52:18 PM
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Re: Well, I replied.
21/05/2010 03:30:28 AM
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