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Well, that's partially the point I'm bringing up. RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 09/02/2011 03:19:07 PM
In ToM, when Rand is destroying the Trolloc horde, he raises his hands, and then bends them into fists to finish the weaves.

It seems to me that combat weaves do have some gestures, since it may be difficult for people in a fight to keep their hands still. But it may well be that all those hand gestures aren't strictly necessary, and Semirhage could throw a fireball without hand gestures if needed. Maybe the fireball wouldn't be very precise, though.


It seems to be quite a leap to infer that every weave, such as a wall or club of Air, would require a gesture, if gestures aren't necessary for weaving in general.

I think the overall best explanation is that she had wards up to detect saidin, with perhaps other wards to detect various flows, but it doesn't look like she had any warning from his body-language or how much power he had as to what he was doing (perhaps it required so little saidin that she didn't think he was attacking her with anything of significance) - it seems to me that she reacted to his weave, not to him.
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Re: Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s Cannoli - 04/02/2011 01:52:55 AM 1713 Views
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You're misapplying practices. Cannoli - 07/02/2011 01:08:22 PM 1131 Views
Still disagree... _Big_Easy_ - 08/02/2011 06:11:38 AM 1046 Views
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Have YOU? Cannoli - 15/02/2011 12:47:39 AM 1308 Views
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There are ways of detecting a man's weaves. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/02/2011 04:49:55 AM 1092 Views
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So what stopped Lanfear from flicking him against the skull with a surprise club of Air... Shannow - 04/02/2011 02:33:53 PM 1125 Views
nothing Sidious - 04/02/2011 02:45:52 PM 1077 Views
Gestures and Weaves go hand in hand and since flows originate from the body you can logically darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:45:00 PM 1064 Views
In general, only third age Aes Sedai gesture when they weave - it's a block imposed by training. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 07/02/2011 06:20:33 PM 1139 Views
Not true darius_sedai - 08/02/2011 01:54:17 PM 889 Views
Your example proved my point - LTT only said that it was needed for certain weaves. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 04:20:28 PM 1864 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 08/02/2011 05:38:13 PM 1012 Views
It's a flawed and incorrect given all the examples we've seen in the books. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 08:36:32 PM 962 Views
Verin could not see the weaves darius_sedai - 08/02/2011 10:16:56 PM 1004 Views
Also... fionwe1987 - 08/02/2011 11:35:20 PM 918 Views
Well, that's partially the point I'm bringing up. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:19:07 PM 967 Views
I disagree that the better assumption is that she set complex and renewing wards darius_sedai - 10/02/2011 06:12:07 PM 1112 Views
I never said she could - I said she sensed them, and felt the woman's channeling. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:04:00 PM 950 Views
I think this is the crux of the matter Sidious - 09/02/2011 03:32:18 PM 996 Views
I think she had a ward to detect saidin, and when it was triggered, she guessed it would be Air RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:40:46 PM 971 Views
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