To bore a few holes in the theory... (more thoughts on this interesting and unusual idea)
Tom Send a noteboard - 12/12/2010 04:09:25 AM
And really, do fix the "Aiels" part. It detracts from the theory.
Let's assume that your point about sealing the bore with threads (lives) from the Pattern is the way to seal it. The theory raises as many questions (if not more) than it answers, namely:
1. How does a "life" seal the Bore? Does it kill the person? How many lives are needed? What exactly does it mean to be "sealing" the Bore? You provided some fairly groundless speculation on that point. It may be correct, but there's not really a massive level of support for it as I see it.
2. What, then, happened when Mierin and her friend (was that Beidomon?) broke through in the first place? Since "the Wheel" is cyclical, it would imply that the lives sealing the Bore were...lost? Did the people go insane? Did it just "push them away"? What?
3. What happens if a person's life is helping to seal the Bore when that person dies? Do they not get spun out again? Are they like Heroes of the Horn? Are Heroes of the Horn the people who need to seal the Bore, and hence they don't get spun out the same way as others?
The general theory is good...once you go into depth it starts to lose me (particularly with this ter'angreal you just made up randomly). Despite that, it is a well-thought out theory and deserves more attention.
Let's assume that your point about sealing the bore with threads (lives) from the Pattern is the way to seal it. The theory raises as many questions (if not more) than it answers, namely:
1. How does a "life" seal the Bore? Does it kill the person? How many lives are needed? What exactly does it mean to be "sealing" the Bore? You provided some fairly groundless speculation on that point. It may be correct, but there's not really a massive level of support for it as I see it.
2. What, then, happened when Mierin and her friend (was that Beidomon?) broke through in the first place? Since "the Wheel" is cyclical, it would imply that the lives sealing the Bore were...lost? Did the people go insane? Did it just "push them away"? What?
3. What happens if a person's life is helping to seal the Bore when that person dies? Do they not get spun out again? Are they like Heroes of the Horn? Are Heroes of the Horn the people who need to seal the Bore, and hence they don't get spun out the same way as others?
The general theory is good...once you go into depth it starts to lose me (particularly with this ter'angreal you just made up randomly). Despite that, it is a well-thought out theory and deserves more attention.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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What to do to Seal the Bore?
- 07/12/2010 10:34:02 PM
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there are a lot of things I really like about this theory
- 08/12/2010 01:49:19 AM
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i agree with this gal....me likey your theory, love the attention to detail too. *NM*
- 08/12/2010 06:04:14 PM
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I enjoyed reading until. . .
- 09/12/2010 02:16:41 PM
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I enjoyed the entire theory, but putting an -s on "Aiel" is wrong. It's like "sheep".
- 11/12/2010 07:20:50 PM
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