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Ahh the old debate... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 17/09/2009 12:42:36 AM
I still think its weird that you take Asmodean's word over RJ's. He stated clearly that exactly the same number of men and women will be strong enough to be Aes Sedai if you consider the dexterity advantage women have. Which is as clear a statement as possible that the average male and the average female have the same capability.

What you're ignoring is that the average Aes Sedai is considerably weaker than the average woman. This is because the Tower's averages are extremely skewed due to their stupid policies.

Once they start recruiting from all over the world, not only will they have more channelers, their averages will improve too.

The best comparison between men and women comes from the Damane vs. Asha'man fighting in tPoD. Damane cannot link either, and are hardly the most skilled channelers in the world, yet they give the Asha'man a good run for their money. What does that say about male female parity?
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The top 6 Forsaken - similar in the One Power Sidious - 12/09/2009 09:27:20 PM 2008 Views
Some thoughts about Semmy Lordling - 12/09/2009 09:59:50 PM 1162 Views
Re: Some thoughts about Semmy Sidious - 13/09/2009 08:33:28 AM 1258 Views
Of course... Digital_Eon - 13/09/2009 08:36:39 AM 1016 Views
I've been thinking the same for years Dragonsworn - 12/09/2009 11:25:02 PM 1133 Views
The Big White Book says... Yvves - 12/09/2009 11:46:43 PM 1209 Views
Not Aginor Sidious - 13/09/2009 08:36:37 AM 1198 Views
Re: Not Aginor NaClH2O - 13/09/2009 03:16:13 PM 1105 Views
Re: Not Aginor Sidious - 13/09/2009 05:47:14 PM 1169 Views
Fact is, the bwb is untrustworthy Shannow - 13/09/2009 05:54:28 PM 1069 Views
We must either use all the quotes from the BWB or none of them Sidious - 13/09/2009 06:07:46 PM 1115 Views
Or... Shannow - 13/09/2009 08:41:23 PM 1051 Views
Re: Or... Sidious - 14/09/2009 04:46:52 AM 1044 Views
But, RJ himself said that the BWB was written from the standpoint of a scholar RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/09/2009 04:42:59 PM 1096 Views
Re: Not Aginor NaClH2O - 13/09/2009 08:17:28 PM 1030 Views
It all depends on how you define "powerful" Lanfear - 14/09/2009 02:30:31 AM 1124 Views
I agree 101%. *NM* Yvves - 14/09/2009 03:49:51 AM 560 Views
I think power is much more than raw strength Sidious - 14/09/2009 05:00:10 AM 1045 Views
I agree for the most part, but disagree on one thing. Lanfear - 14/09/2009 07:52:10 PM 1229 Views
Re: The top 6 Forsaken - similar in the One Power Bulgakov - 12/09/2009 11:48:03 PM 1054 Views
the other reason NaClH2O - 13/09/2009 03:24:24 PM 990 Views
So is graendal similar to lanfear then? Shannow - 13/09/2009 05:41:42 PM 988 Views
Graendal could fight Lanfear and win Sidious - 13/09/2009 06:01:57 PM 1568 Views
Graendal herself says... Shannow - 13/09/2009 09:08:46 PM 1022 Views
Re: Graendal herself says... Sidious - 14/09/2009 04:48:37 AM 1088 Views
Doesn't Graendal have an Angreal now? Rurouni_Kenshin - 17/09/2009 03:29:10 AM 1112 Views
Re: Graendal herself says... Lanfear - 15/09/2009 05:36:53 PM 948 Views
Lanfear was more powerful than Graendal, but Cyndane has less power beetnemesis - 13/09/2009 10:19:35 PM 1024 Views
Re: So is graendal similar to lanfear then? Watcher - 13/09/2009 06:05:11 PM 1195 Views
I agree with this Sidious - 13/09/2009 06:15:24 PM 1166 Views
Compulsion=any other deadly weave. Doesn't really change matters beetnemesis - 13/09/2009 10:23:40 PM 1056 Views
Excellent point *NM* Shannow - 13/09/2009 10:35:08 PM 576 Views
But it did give her an edge, and against two forsaken. *NM* fionwe1987 - 13/09/2009 11:12:09 PM 535 Views
Hm? When? *NM* beetnemesis - 14/09/2009 09:04:10 PM 483 Views
tPoD, when she compelled Cyndane and Moghedien. *NM* fionwe1987 - 14/09/2009 10:19:23 PM 524 Views
Not at all Sidious - 14/09/2009 04:51:48 AM 1104 Views
Using Compulsion on someone doesn't seem mechanically different beetnemesis - 14/09/2009 09:03:41 PM 949 Views
I'm not so sure about that Sidious - 14/09/2009 09:36:45 PM 1047 Views
Totally agree Shannow - 14/09/2009 10:26:07 PM 881 Views
I don't agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/09/2009 04:33:04 PM 1166 Views
Re: So is graendal similar to lanfear then? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/09/2009 04:34:24 PM 984 Views
But Graendal confronted her... twice! *NM* fionwe1987 - 13/09/2009 07:48:29 PM 493 Views
Apparently only the third time counts *NM* Sidious - 13/09/2009 08:00:37 PM 539 Views
But the third time's supposed to be lucky. So that won't count either. *NM* fionwe1987 - 13/09/2009 11:26:18 PM 557 Views
Really? Shannow - 13/09/2009 08:36:33 PM 1028 Views
No falsely... fionwe1987 - 13/09/2009 11:25:40 PM 1253 Views
That's pretty much my opinion in a nutshell Sidious - 14/09/2009 04:56:15 AM 1206 Views
And, of course, the male and female OP strength ranks might not even correlate that much RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/09/2009 04:41:58 PM 963 Views
They correlate on some critical points Sidious - 14/09/2009 06:57:43 PM 1167 Views
That's not exactly what I'm referring to. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/09/2009 04:36:29 PM 925 Views
But then we are discussing the same thing Sidious - 15/09/2009 06:59:04 PM 1068 Views
I think, outside of semantics, our main disagreement doesn't lie amid the higher tiers RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 03:53:09 PM 933 Views
Probably Sidious - 16/09/2009 06:31:27 PM 1075 Views
Re: Probably RugbyPlayingAshaman - 16/09/2009 07:19:03 PM 1034 Views
Re: Probably Sidious - 16/09/2009 08:59:31 PM 1034 Views
Re: Probably RugbyPlayingAshaman - 18/09/2009 07:03:09 PM 1364 Views
Ahh the old debate... fionwe1987 - 17/09/2009 12:42:36 AM 998 Views
Re: Ahh the old debate... Sidious - 17/09/2009 05:26:52 AM 958 Views
I only disagree on one point, I think they are all rather equal in potential, incl. Ishamael RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/09/2009 04:28:12 PM 1070 Views
I do think Ishamel is special Sidious - 14/09/2009 07:04:03 PM 1135 Views
He's special the same way any individual is special. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/09/2009 11:36:42 PM 1097 Views
Re: He's special the same way any individual is special. Sidious - 15/09/2009 08:36:20 AM 1047 Views
Re: He's special the same way any individual is special. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/09/2009 03:48:34 PM 1028 Views
Re: He's special the same way any individual is special. Sidious - 15/09/2009 04:39:39 PM 1036 Views
Re: He's special the same way any individual is special. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/09/2009 04:53:00 PM 1024 Views
Re: He's special the same way any individual is special. Sidious - 15/09/2009 06:47:45 PM 1061 Views
The more interesting question is... AgentOrange - 14/09/2009 06:34:11 PM 945 Views
Hmmm Sidious - 14/09/2009 07:04:34 PM 1040 Views
I think we'll see Graendal vs. Aran'gar. fionwe1987 - 14/09/2009 07:31:16 PM 1073 Views
Ah yes, that makes sense, and would be great! *NM* Sidious - 14/09/2009 07:40:29 PM 911 Views
Yeah. Though I think its no competition. Graendal has got to be better than a walking tree! fionwe1987 - 14/09/2009 07:50:09 PM 973 Views
They do imply that Graendal is a lot more dangerous than she looks beetnemesis - 14/09/2009 09:08:43 PM 990 Views
I've never underestimated Graendal Sidious - 14/09/2009 09:42:49 PM 1023 Views
Yeah... her frivolity was always a red flag for me too. fionwe1987 - 14/09/2009 10:18:40 PM 1073 Views
To me, she is the most lethal. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/09/2009 05:18:10 PM 813 Views
Yup... fionwe1987 - 15/09/2009 06:39:20 PM 866 Views
I still like Lanfear more Sidious - 15/09/2009 06:51:03 PM 956 Views
Bah! She's an idiot! fionwe1987 - 15/09/2009 07:06:06 PM 971 Views
only in love *NM* Sidious - 15/09/2009 07:23:29 PM 931 Views
Graendal did not beat me and Moghedien Lanfear - 15/09/2009 05:59:39 PM 1084 Views
Agreed Sidious - 15/09/2009 06:36:48 PM 938 Views
Ummm... how do we know? fionwe1987 - 15/09/2009 06:40:57 PM 1075 Views
Re: Ummm... how do we know? Sidious - 15/09/2009 06:56:21 PM 984 Views
Hmmm... fionwe1987 - 15/09/2009 07:07:45 PM 1178 Views
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