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Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 25/04/2012 06:06:53 AM
... just that I found it incredibly strange. From the columns we know that channeling is noticeably absent from Rand's ancestry in the patrilineal line, and from the Queens of Andor's relationship with the Tower and Elayne's status as first channeling Queen in however long, we can deduce that Rand also has no noticeable channeling ancestry in the purely matrilineal line. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be able to channel, as you point out, I just find that to be a peculiar choice on RJ's part since he intended channeling to be genetic.
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Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Fanatic-Templar - 24/04/2012 08:48:40 PM 1532 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Tor - 24/04/2012 10:53:22 PM 1030 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns darius_sedai - 24/04/2012 11:43:53 PM 954 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 05:29:45 AM 1068 Views
The hair... DomA - 25/04/2012 05:14:52 PM 1076 Views
Yeah, that was bothering me too. Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 07:12:31 PM 845 Views
Yup ... Suppose the Moridin body switch theory would explain the dark hair darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 12:28:42 AM 882 Views
That's the biggest problem with B-Sand... Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:44:40 AM 969 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns DomA - 25/04/2012 05:57:02 AM 1037 Views
Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 06:06:53 AM 965 Views
Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation darius_sedai - 25/04/2012 11:15:09 AM 1001 Views
Re: Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation DomA - 25/04/2012 04:11:55 PM 965 Views
Well the Sharans seem to know as they breed channelers and kill the male offspring darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 12:26:39 AM 836 Views
Re: Well the Sharans seem to know as they breed channelers and kill the male offspring DomA - 26/04/2012 01:42:19 AM 1059 Views
Indeed darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:25:23 AM 879 Views
Re: Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... DomA - 25/04/2012 03:49:08 PM 1245 Views
Answer to the first question. Palatine - 25/04/2012 04:41:40 PM 1241 Views
I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:38:32 AM 1083 Views
I believe the soul of the Channeler is also a factor darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:29:07 AM 835 Views
I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:39:05 AM 1192 Views
Re: I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook DomA - 26/04/2012 02:17:17 AM 848 Views
True, but the odds of Channelers having children with the ability are vastly higher darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 10:48:00 AM 931 Views
But in that very revelation, Nynaeve claims that "mother following daughter was rare" Cannoli - 27/04/2012 03:24:21 AM 986 Views
I'm agreeing with you darius_sedai - 27/04/2012 10:27:05 AM 846 Views
Re: I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Sidious - 26/04/2012 01:30:54 PM 864 Views
I believe there is a quote that the soul is only part of what determines the Channelers strength darius_sedai - 27/04/2012 10:31:22 AM 876 Views
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