Moghedien was an idiot to engage Nynaeve the way she did. Reversed weaves to slice Nynaeves and a then a reversed shield of her own and she would have won in minutes.
As for the men, I agree with your thoughts mainly because I think Reversing is easier for women due to their naturally higher dexterity. Seems to me that Reversing with saidin takes a bit more effort so the men don't bother with is unless it's going to be an obvious advantage, like Demandred v. Flinn's circle.
As for the men, I agree with your thoughts mainly because I think Reversing is easier for women due to their naturally higher dexterity. Seems to me that Reversing with saidin takes a bit more effort so the men don't bother with is unless it's going to be an obvious advantage, like Demandred v. Flinn's circle.
as they have constantly assumed the AS of today are children. She had no way of knowing Nynaeve had resisted her compulsion. She should have been a non-threat.
We've seen that it doesn't take equal strength to cut flows, Moghedien could have sliced Nynaeve's weaves with part of her strength and simultaneously inverted some pretty nasty things to take Nynaeve down without Nynaeve even knowing what hit her.
Moghedien's counter attack was pitiful. Probably RJ hadn't worked out inverting etc when he wrote this particular battle, but it nevertheless highlights that Moghedien is no warrior. Graendal and Lanfear were easily the best fighters among the FS women ... from what we saw of them they at least lived up to the "top 6" billing RJ gave them.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
How did Cyndane defeat Alivia?
- 31/12/2010 08:03:39 PM
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As RJ said, Cyndane knows a LOT more about the OP
- 31/12/2010 08:33:47 PM
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Re: As RJ said, Cyndane knows a LOT more about the OP
- 31/12/2010 11:54:57 PM
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RJ said this .. Go look at his quotes *NM*
- 01/01/2011 05:59:37 AM
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Re: RJ said this .. Go look at his quotes
- 01/01/2011 06:43:09 AM
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Dude, he calls it out specifically. Cyndane beat Alivia because of her skill
- 01/01/2011 03:22:48 PM
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Search for "Alivia"
- 01/01/2011 05:58:53 PM
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nothing on either url *NM*
- 01/01/2011 11:02:05 PM
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Try spelling it correctly then
- 02/01/2011 01:30:23 AM
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Here are few other quotes establishing how little Alivia knows of the OP
- 02/01/2011 07:39:36 PM
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Damane don't know about reversed weaves
- 31/12/2010 09:56:51 PM
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How did *Alivia* survive?
- 01/01/2011 12:45:29 AM
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Re: How did *Alivia* survive?
- 01/01/2011 01:26:09 AM
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Yes, odd.
- 01/01/2011 01:45:01 AM
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Nicola wasn't the dragon reborn with the pattern bending around her
- 02/01/2011 12:24:50 PM
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Not really ... Rand has had LTT knowledge leaking into his head for a long time
- 02/01/2011 07:13:41 PM
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reversed weaves are only useful when dealing with someone who doesn't know they exist.
- 03/01/2011 07:51:01 PM
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Depends on the circumstances really
- 04/01/2011 02:17:29 PM
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but why would she have any idea that Nynaeve would be able to resist her.
- 10/01/2011 07:30:49 PM
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Well she did get attacked right off the bat... Pretty indicative that Nyn resist her compulsion
- 11/01/2011 12:56:51 AM
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Exactly. which is why she didn't have time to do any "fancy" and time consuming reversing.
- 11/01/2011 03:23:50 PM
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that's where she made her mistake
- 11/01/2011 04:47:56 PM
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It would be these memories, his t'a'veren nature & sheer luck/plot necessity that gave him the edge
- 03/01/2011 10:32:43 PM
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Well that was always going to happen
- 03/01/2011 11:41:22 PM
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Yes. As I said, it would have been a very different series. Thanks for going into detail 
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- 04/01/2011 04:47:51 PM
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!
- 04/01/2011 04:47:51 PM
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Small correction - It has not been established that Alivia is stronger than Cyndane unaided...
- 02/01/2011 06:02:53 PM
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Alivia has little experience fighting channellers, unlike Lanfear (most likely)...
- 03/01/2011 12:56:43 AM
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Demandred wasn't commenting on Cadsuane's paralis net, but on her little bird saidin detector...
- 03/01/2011 07:01:08 AM
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Where do you get this idea? *NM*
- 03/01/2011 07:19:50 PM
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Well, he's definitely right he was commenting on one of the specific ter'angreal in her "net".
- 03/01/2011 10:51:09 PM
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I'm thinking there are 2 items that break webs in different ways
- 04/01/2011 07:51:46 PM
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Very interesting point. I never noticed that before...
- 05/01/2011 08:02:52 AM
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Cadsuane has two types of weavebreakers...
- 05/01/2011 12:51:38 PM
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inconclusive ... the ornament may be the same one she used to disrupt Semirhage
- 05/01/2011 04:09:39 PM
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I'm confused...
- 05/01/2011 06:15:06 PM
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Why should Cadsuane's "distance" unraveler not also go cold at nearby channeling?
- 05/01/2011 06:51:49 PM
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I'd buy this.
- 05/01/2011 07:12:50 PM
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Except Cyndane had never heard of a ter'angreal that can unravel weaves...
- 05/01/2011 07:18:58 PM
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Not necessarily.
- 05/01/2011 09:26:49 PM
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I doubt it since LTT claims they created the "first" ones in the AOL
- 08/01/2011 05:23:53 PM
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The first paralis nets, not necessarily the first weave breakers.
- 09/01/2011 09:53:56 PM
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Maybe, but that's getting really convoluted
- 10/01/2011 03:36:17 AM
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Agreed
- 10/01/2011 05:14:45 PM
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I don't remember if the AS Symbol was used prior to the AOL ... if so then it's possible *NM*
- 10/01/2011 05:55:38 PM
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Because Demandred said so...
- 04/01/2011 07:28:56 AM
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Re: Because Demandred said so...
- 04/01/2011 08:45:38 AM
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Well there you have it, then...
- 04/01/2011 09:24:38 AM
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Contortions
- 04/01/2011 09:56:11 AM
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If anyone made a mistake, it was Sanderson, not RJ.
- 04/01/2011 10:07:30 AM
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Re: If anyone made a mistake, it was Sanderson, not RJ.
- 04/01/2011 10:35:45 AM
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I don't think Rand is referring to the system as an indivisible whole.
- 04/01/2011 10:45:24 AM
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Besides, he knew of the Well from their previous visit to Far Madding...
- 04/01/2011 11:18:39 AM
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It's also possible that a Paralis Net is simply a name for any personal system
- 04/01/2011 09:23:18 PM
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Re: Demandred wasn't commenting on Cadsuane's paralis net, but on her little bird saidin detector...
- 03/01/2011 10:01:00 PM
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I cannot remember Semirhage's reference to a paralis net, but if she did do so, it is problematic...
- 04/01/2011 07:31:24 AM
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I had the opposite view of the WO Dreamwalkers vs the Wolves in the Wolf-dream
- 04/01/2011 05:07:56 PM
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