I believe that the OP never "harm" SL at the Cleansing.
It most definitely did not, but my impression from the scene is that the conduit of saidar and saidin standing between the taint and SL is what prevented the dome of Taint from collapsing. It was like a glass plane between two rabid dogs. As soon as Rand and Nynaeve stopped, the two forces tried to occupy the same space/dimension, and they destroyed one another.
IRRC, Jordan spoke of the forces of SL/DO repelling and attracting each other at the same time. The collapse of the dome created a crater of no doubt the exact same volume as the Dome.
During the Cleansing, the two forces never came in direct contact (if they did, they would have destroyed each other right there. There was saidar between them. What Rand did was having saidin close enough to Mashadar/SL to cause the taint to separate from saidin.
Darius implies without the OP pressuring SL and the Taint together the two forces would not have come in contact, but that contradicts what Jordan explained.
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What's so special about Callandor?
06/03/2012 07:31:40 PM
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Honestly, I'm more curious about the "Dragon-only" barrier that surrounded it
06/03/2012 09:16:15 PM
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I also think the flaw might be deliberate
06/03/2012 09:56:02 PM
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Re: I also think the flaw might be deliberate
07/03/2012 04:11:21 AM
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RJ addressed this ... I had a similar thought several years back and this quote was floated my way
07/03/2012 04:18:01 AM
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Using the True Power to win Tarmon Gai'don goes against every moral in the series.
07/03/2012 07:00:02 AM
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actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
07/03/2012 10:36:03 AM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
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10/03/2012 06:40:00 PM
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Have to agree with you on this
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Re: Have to agree with you on this
12/03/2012 02:36:13 PM
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Fain has become so much more than human. We have no real sense of the limits of his power
18/03/2012 11:21:54 PM
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Shai'tan is the opposite half of the Creator.
19/03/2012 01:44:31 AM
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I actually don't see it that way
19/03/2012 03:37:26 AM
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depends how you look at it
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Re: depends how you look at it
19/03/2012 01:07:21 PM
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The DO did not not destroy Mashadar alone
19/03/2012 11:42:21 PM
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That's not correct.
20/03/2012 01:55:05 AM
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Saidin and the True Power both touched Mashadar
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Re: Saidin and the True Power both touched Mashadar
20/03/2012 04:57:08 PM
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You explantion is
20/03/2012 06:17:52 PM
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RJ Quote:
19/03/2012 06:52:12 PM
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Exactly
19/03/2012 08:54:22 PM
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Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
19/03/2012 11:48:20 PM
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
20/03/2012 01:06:20 PM
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My point with imagination is simply that destruction only does 1 thing
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
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14/03/2012 12:15:36 PM
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I totally agree with you on both issues Ben
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No, I don't agree
10/03/2012 12:11:37 PM
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That makes no sense...
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Re: That makes no sense...
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Name an existing well that has that much power, though.
11/03/2012 01:11:40 AM
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He makes a good point though.
11/03/2012 05:49:59 AM
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Yes, but...
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Re: Yes, but...
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How the Three can become One using the True Power...mindtraps of Moggy and Cyndane...
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Whether it happens or not, it might explain the choice of mind trap victims
13/03/2012 06:43:45 AM
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Re: Whether it happens or not, it might explain the choice of mind trap victims
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