Re: The 2 sides are not balanced equally, they are anathema to each other.
saidarisnowtainted Send a noteboard - 10/08/2010 09:00:32 PM
The Creator has given the OP to mankind as a gift. Only a corrupted soul can access the TP, so while it may seem like they have the advantage, they've fallen very far to gain it.
But it doesn't make sense to me that the DO can grant or deny access to his essence (the TP) yet, if the OP is the Creator's gift, a corrupted soul (even so far as one that uses the TP) still has access to the Creator's gift. Why should the DO be able to grant and deny access, but the Creator cannot? IMO it indicates that the OP is not the Creator's essence gifted to a person because there would be an imbalance between the two sides.
The dark one grants or denies the power as he wishes. The dark one can also directly influence the world, speak to his followers, and give them new bodies.
The creator can't or won't exert this kind of influence on the world. He cannot deny his power to any one any more than he could have fixed the weather the DO broke, or have a conversation with Rand, or put Moiraine in a new body and send her back to Rand's side.
I think the fact that less than 2% of the population can channel the OP at all is enough restriction.
regarding the two being anethma to eachother, i think it's more accurate to describe the two as matter vs. antimatter. So far, they have been perfect opposites exerting against eachother in perpetual balance (if not interfered with) and the result of this struggle is the OP
True Power, One Power, and possibly a third power?
- 22/07/2010 07:12:07 PM
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FWIW, don't forget the third power that we do know about: Fain's. *NM*
- 22/07/2010 07:37:49 PM
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The OP is the good guy power
- 22/07/2010 07:45:03 PM
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Re: The OP is the good guy power
- 22/07/2010 08:46:19 PM
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The 2 sides are not balanced equally, they are anathema to each other.
- 23/07/2010 12:14:53 AM
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Re: The 2 sides are not balanced equally, they are anathema to each other.
- 10/08/2010 09:00:32 PM
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According to BS, there are other "more instinctual" powers
- 22/07/2010 08:28:43 PM
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Re: According to BS, there are other "more instinctual" powers
- 22/07/2010 08:42:04 PM
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It isn't. The Creator bought the True Source (the OP) into being to drive the Wheel of Time.
- 22/07/2010 10:58:44 PM
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Why should there be? The Creator doesn't seem to be an ultimate Good Guy
- 22/07/2010 08:53:41 PM
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