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Bullshit... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 04/02/2011 12:39:42 AM

Women grow gradually in strength, except when they are forced.

Egwene was forced by the Seanchan in the first two books of the series. That jumped her strength up to close to her full strength. She is not forced again after that.

Yet, in her own words, she isn't much beyond Moiraine...

“I am stronger than Moiraine,” she told him firmly. “She would be whimpering on the floor, or insensible, if she tried to hold as much as I hold now.”

If Egwene were as close to her potential as you claim, Moiraine would simply burn out or die if she attempted to channel as much as Egwene. Yet, that is not what Egwene claims...

Most likely, the Seanchan took her straight to her full strength in one go. But even if they did not, then her growth subsequent to the forcing would revert back to the normal gradual basis again.

Says who? Forcing implies using the power way more than you usually would in your growing stages. When the wondergirls return from Falme, Siuan says that they have all</> grown much in strength. Elayne makes the same claim to Elaida with no contradiction.

Yes, Egwene was forced way more by the Seanchan, but Elayne and Nynaeve ended up being forced too. Which means that even post Seanchan, Egwene was being forced, though at a lower rate, since she wasn't living the cosseted Accepted's life.

Further, Siuan apologizes to Egwene for forcing all three of them. Which again indicates that just fending for themselves forced all three women, and all three of them were indeed forced.

One book after tSR, Aviendha states that Egwene is strong enough to overwhelm Amys and Melaine combined.

Yet in the same book, Amys hold Egwene's shield, though she's exhausted by it. By any stretch of the shielding rules, Egwene cannot be nearly twice as strong as Amys and still be held by her!

It is not possible for her to have jumped significantly from tSR to FoH, since no additional forcing took place between the two books.

First, she was indeed forced. Second, no jump took place, because you're completely overemphasizing Aviendha's remark. Egwene being nearly twice as strong as Amys is not at all supportable by the text.

Therefore, Egwene is already very close to her full strength at the time when Rand shields her and Elayne.

Yeah right. So women can nearly hold twice their strength and just wimper on the floor or faint, and not burn out or die. Quite an amazing new ability, this. Wonder why I've never heard of it...
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Proof that Asmodean's effective One Power strength is greater than Moghedien's... Shannow - 03/02/2011 03:22:42 PM 2593 Views
Huh? fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 04:08:29 PM 1594 Views
Why do you deliberately misquote the text? Shannow - 03/02/2011 04:12:50 PM 1716 Views
You're deliberately being obtuse... as usual... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:07:09 PM 1583 Views
Right. So Egwene can shield someone of Egwene's own strength, plus Elayne, AND weave a dozen flows.. Shannow - 03/02/2011 10:26:27 PM 1597 Views
fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:46:40 PM 1410 Views
No. Egwene is very close to her full potential at the time... Shannow - 03/02/2011 11:44:20 PM 1643 Views
Bullshit... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 12:39:42 AM 1373 Views
Unbiased view... Nargs - 04/02/2011 01:46:40 AM 1511 Views
The WoT Board in a nutshell. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/02/2011 02:34:32 AM 767 Views
Yeah, thats unbiased... *NM* fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:23:17 PM 682 Views
Don't agree Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:30:02 AM 1455 Views
Fair comment, but my question then is: Shannow - 04/02/2011 11:26:25 AM 1391 Views
I think the WO and Moiraine also Force Egwene as they know what's coming and need her darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 03:55:46 PM 1500 Views
It is specifically stated that Egwene was forced by the rigours of the damane training... Shannow - 04/02/2011 05:15:20 PM 1525 Views
Egwene has been continually forced... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 06:02:08 PM 1421 Views
The direct quotes contradict you... Shannow - 04/02/2011 06:23:03 PM 1519 Views
actually the quote substantiates that Egwene is only slightly stronger than Moiraine in TSR darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 07:51:10 PM 1550 Views
here ya go they were all Forced darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 07:59:40 PM 1332 Views
Nope... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:23:00 PM 1381 Views
I think you may have misused the term - RJ meant 'effective' to mean something a bit different. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 04:40:41 PM 1644 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Shannow - 03/02/2011 05:30:15 PM 1460 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Master Ablar - 03/02/2011 05:45:30 PM 1476 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 06:31:34 PM 1411 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Kieran - 03/02/2011 07:06:50 PM 1441 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 07:17:25 PM 1369 Views
We still don't know who is effectively stronger, and not sure if Asmo was equal to Rand by the end. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 06:58:14 PM 1274 Views
See my post above, I would say Asmo is Weaker than Moggy... *NM* Kieran - 03/02/2011 07:10:07 PM 741 Views
I'm not certain either way. I think it all depends on the terms being used. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 07:22:01 PM 1421 Views
Effective strength means who can make the bigger fireball, the stronger shield, the thicker balefire Shannow - 03/02/2011 07:42:17 PM 1366 Views
I still hold to the point that your analogy is false. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:20:05 PM 1342 Views
My impression of your view, in general, is that... Shannow - 03/02/2011 07:33:37 PM 1420 Views
How... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:15:34 PM 1290 Views
If Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did to them, then I rest my case... Shannow - 03/02/2011 10:36:46 PM 1521 Views
Re: If Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did to them, then I rest my case... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:50:57 PM 1468 Views
Got you now... Shannow - 03/02/2011 11:32:49 PM 1353 Views
You're clearly delusional... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 12:59:26 AM 1413 Views
You sound ridiculous Nargs - 04/02/2011 02:05:18 AM 1458 Views
Re: You sound ridiculous Kieran - 04/02/2011 02:23:50 AM 1500 Views
Ok... Nargs - 04/02/2011 04:13:34 PM 1280 Views
Elayne is not stronger than most AS at this point in the books darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:14:41 PM 1416 Views
Where on earth does it say Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did? darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:06:48 PM 1430 Views
Re: How... Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:34:21 AM 1478 Views
They're very close now... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:46:48 PM 1499 Views
That is unfortunately not true... Shannow - 04/02/2011 06:02:34 PM 1434 Views
It is... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 06:05:05 PM 1271 Views
Re: It is... Sidious - 04/02/2011 06:31:32 PM 1500 Views
Yup... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:20:33 PM 1282 Views
Semirhage hated Lanfear, but dared not act against her strength... Shannow - 04/02/2011 08:29:24 PM 1765 Views
yet Graendal showed a lot of respect for Semirhage ... even assumed she was the most darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:53:05 PM 1449 Views
Graendal on Semirhage and Demandred... Shannow - 04/02/2011 09:23:50 PM 1662 Views
No Sidious - 04/02/2011 11:10:00 PM 1414 Views
CLAPS *NM* darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:15:21 AM 765 Views
We will just have to disagree on this one... Shannow - 05/02/2011 06:57:36 AM 1252 Views
Indeed Sidious - 05/02/2011 07:38:10 AM 1262 Views
I agree with you ... especially abou the perpective issue darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:00:58 PM 1501 Views
I agree with you here darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:19:35 PM 1335 Views
I don't think that's true.. fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:21:38 PM 1284 Views
the evidence is that Aginor burnt out trying to channel the Eye and Rand didn't darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:23:50 PM 1320 Views
Considering that Asmodean and Rand were using a sa'angreal... ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/02/2011 04:55:03 AM 1578 Views
I think this is a no brainer Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:22:00 AM 1526 Views
The nice fact which is proven is the magnitude of the gap between Moghedien and Semirhage... Shannow - 04/02/2011 11:32:00 AM 1332 Views
Nynaeve could be at 90% or 80% when she faced Moghedien we have no way of measuring that darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:42:03 PM 1319 Views
Disagree... Shannow - 04/02/2011 08:51:55 PM 1423 Views
spin it all you like... I'm tired of this arument and your creative quoting. darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:56:14 PM 1315 Views
The creative quoter is Fionwe, not me. You quote correctly, but your interpretations are way off... Shannow - 04/02/2011 09:05:43 PM 1200 Views
Nynaeve has grown in strength, but she started nearly as strong as Moiraine! darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:35:05 AM 1385 Views
Starting out at Moiraine's strength meant starting out at barely 30% of her full potential... Shannow - 05/02/2011 07:05:46 AM 1398 Views
Nynaeve's strength Sidious - 05/02/2011 07:49:07 AM 1514 Views
Agree, Egwene has never been as strong as Nynaeve at any stage. *NM* darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:03:25 PM 806 Views
I disagree that Moiraine is 30% of Nynaeve. Much closer to 50% of Nynaeve. EDIT darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:02:06 PM 1466 Views
Minor quibbles aside... fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 04:05:30 PM 1526 Views
Agreed, the exact numbers are arbitrary, I place Egwene a tad higher than you ... EDIT darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 04:30:00 PM 1323 Views
Re: Agreed, the exact numbers are arbitrary, I place Egwene a tad higher than you ... EDIT fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 06:09:41 PM 1417 Views
shrugs darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 06:46:02 PM 1428 Views
Re: shrugs fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 08:03:37 PM 1366 Views
I don't recall the Merise quote you are refering too and they have not been together in the series darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 09:20:56 PM 1296 Views
I'm sorry, I meant the glossary entry... fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 10:29:46 PM 1265 Views
Thanks for clarifying darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 11:12:19 PM 1230 Views
Re: Thanks for clarifying fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 12:42:51 AM 1328 Views
fair enough ... I can agree to Cadsuane and Bode both being 70 with Egwene and co at 80 *NM* darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 04:29:49 AM 668 Views
Cool! *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:18:52 PM 673 Views
Sorry, but here your entire Bell Curve goes up in smoke... Shannow - 06/02/2011 01:13:15 PM 1220 Views
In fact, Moiraine is even STRONGER than I postulated in the above post... Shannow - 06/02/2011 01:22:11 PM 1671 Views
well... Sidious - 06/02/2011 02:11:02 PM 1406 Views
Only a separate Bell Curve for the Age of Legends - when the average strength was higher - will work Shannow - 06/02/2011 03:29:49 PM 1287 Views
Or, you know, the Aes Sedai aren't a representative sample... *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:19:22 PM 784 Views
I don't think Strength was higher in the AOL I think there were just more channelers darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 04:50:42 PM 1370 Views
Yup. fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 05:30:54 PM 1331 Views
Trivial darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:10:55 PM 1320 Views
Uhhh... no... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:18:19 PM 1228 Views
Read these facts slowly, maybe you will grasp the implication then... Shannow - 06/02/2011 04:41:02 PM 1304 Views
you are missing the fact that women like Sharina have no interest in the Tower darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 05:05:10 PM 1366 Views
You equate random exclusions with the deliberate block exclusion of 37.5% weakest women... Shannow - 06/02/2011 05:41:47 PM 1335 Views
wrong darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:08:20 PM 1491 Views
That is weak logic in the extreme... Shannow - 06/02/2011 06:16:46 PM 1344 Views
what I'm saying is that a representative sample of the entire population darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:40:51 PM 1356 Views
Yes. *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:47:59 PM 742 Views
Yes. *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:48:00 PM 662 Views
But you don't prove that the undiscovered women are stronger. They may well be weaker... Shannow - 06/02/2011 07:26:27 PM 1154 Views
Amys is far from the strongest WO! fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 07:37:14 PM 1572 Views
Explain the 1000 women they found in Murandy then... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:26:46 PM 1357 Views
And a 1000 years ago... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:33:29 PM 1267 Views
The only implication I grasped is that you don't grasp math... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:21:12 PM 1478 Views
Circular reasoning... Shannow - 06/02/2011 07:03:53 PM 1441 Views
No, reasoning based on facts and what RJ said, both of which you ignore... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 07:34:21 PM 1602 Views
If you're going to ignore direct quotes, then we may as well stop right now... Shannow - 06/02/2011 08:42:40 PM 1397 Views
Agreed. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:32:05 PM 1381 Views
Agree. *NM* fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:49:05 PM 751 Views
agreed *NM* darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:27:22 PM 806 Views
off tangent question: Has Nynaeve yet to reach full potential or did she already after being ... Bookwyrm - 04/02/2011 08:39:29 PM 1304 Views
I think the general concensus is that after the CK she was forced to her full potential darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:44:29 PM 1324 Views
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