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No, it wasn't obvious. eucatastrophe Send a noteboard - 26/11/2010 03:25:09 AM

From the book one we've been told that rats and ravens are spies for the Shadow. How do you figure they do it? Now we know the answer that was bugging me from day one - special TP weave. And when I read this it was so "intuitively obvious" that it made me smile.


And that's why I dislike it. There was no mention of a dove or anything in the TGS chapter. You don't think Min would have noticed a dove flying about in winter?

Even the people who came up with the outlandish "Graendal survived!" theories did so on completely different reasoning (that she premeditated it).

Back to the bird - Aran'gar recognises what Graendal's doing... so why haven't Forsaken mentioned this trick in passing over the 12 books?

I loved the scene in ToM. It was very well written and fun to read but it was anything BUT obvious.
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read DomA's review. BullShit ruined the series. *NM* - 25/11/2010 04:31:56 PM 445 Views
Links or it didn't happen. - 25/11/2010 04:53:24 PM 905 Views
oh but, bookwyrm, now they have such a nice easy scapegoat!! *NM* - 26/11/2010 01:35:53 AM 401 Views
And DomA is such infallible authority on the all things WoT why? *NM* - 25/11/2010 06:00:42 PM 431 Views
I'd say that DomA is one of the most thoughtful posters here. He researches his comments and gives - 25/11/2010 06:47:58 PM 928 Views
You got me wrong - 25/11/2010 07:11:43 PM 1054 Views
That doesn't mean he has any actual evidence as to BS tampering with RJ's notes - 26/11/2010 01:33:08 AM 839 Views
Re: That doesn't mean he has any actual evidence as to BS tampering with RJ's notes - 26/11/2010 03:47:38 PM 841 Views
Okay, what would you have had him do? - 27/11/2010 01:54:19 AM 761 Views
Interesting question. - 27/11/2010 02:58:55 AM 927 Views
Re: Interesting question. - 27/11/2010 07:56:38 PM 926 Views
Re: Interesting question. - 27/11/2010 11:52:53 PM 717 Views
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Re: Okay, what would you have had him do? - 27/11/2010 06:02:22 PM 726 Views
clearly the timeline is wonky, but it's easy enough to keep track of - 04/12/2010 05:32:34 PM 944 Views
A minor aside - 26/11/2010 02:49:03 PM 756 Views
oops minor omission, i meant the last 3 books were meant to be one big tome *NM* - 26/11/2010 04:40:53 PM 379 Views
Meh, even that is pretty ridiculous - 26/11/2010 06:32:20 PM 706 Views
Well - 26/11/2010 03:01:46 PM 808 Views
Lots - 25/11/2010 04:38:52 PM 985 Views
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I imagine it is both. - 25/11/2010 11:37:21 PM 850 Views
No, it wasn't obvious. - 26/11/2010 03:25:09 AM 785 Views
Well, it was after I read it. - 26/11/2010 02:03:20 PM 798 Views
Yes, she was useless to this storyline. - 25/11/2010 11:40:57 PM 881 Views
If it hadn't been Graendal, it WOULD have been rather contrived... - 26/11/2010 01:35:12 AM 746 Views
Well, we were under the impression that Moridin alone had access to the True Power. - 26/11/2010 02:36:31 AM 955 Views
I was under the impression other Forsaken had access as well, something pointed out by their POVs .. - 27/11/2010 09:09:17 AM 738 Views
No, only Moridin - 27/11/2010 06:43:17 PM 745 Views
Please. - 26/11/2010 03:16:36 AM 865 Views
Hmm? - 26/11/2010 06:56:01 AM 788 Views
NM *NM* - 26/11/2010 07:29:40 AM 436 Views

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