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Oh well then I agree with you Sidious Send a noteboard - 26/01/2016 08:50:55 AM

Berowin directly says in her quote that her secret is practice. She's probably good with Spirit but she's clearly a woman who has spent decades playing with this weave and making it more efficient. It's possible that many different shields are possible. I don't think anyone, including the Forsaken, have taken the time to practice shielding to that degree but they do perhaps know of ways to weave stronger lattices that exceed Aes Sedai shields. We know from Elayne that practicing with Air made her very powerful with it, and Leane/Suian learned to work more efficiently with less saidar. Demandred said that he's had so much time to study war and dueling that no mortal man can match him, so there's a general theme of practice making perfect. It likely extends to the Power too.

Berowin probably found something new... A soft shield that bends. I suspect the standard weave is like a net made of rope and that perhaps some AOL individuals know how to weave shields made of metal wire. This is why Osan'gar says he can get around any shield.... The knot is where the flaw lies.

I think your theory is original and explains many shielding dilemmas in the series.

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Or we can choose to assume Elayne is incorrect - 11/01/2016 03:50:14 PM 1292 Views
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random thought on Shielding - 19/01/2016 07:34:20 PM 1287 Views
You're forgetting the other side, though. - 19/01/2016 08:19:59 PM 1370 Views
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it's a visualization thing really - 20/01/2016 04:39:08 PM 1177 Views
Not the crux of the debate... - 21/01/2016 03:37:40 AM 1267 Views
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I always explained it as - 21/01/2016 09:26:35 PM 1274 Views
There's not much to go on since all the shields except Berowyn's are the same - 21/01/2016 09:55:14 PM 1160 Views
That's precisely my point - 21/01/2016 10:09:02 PM 1249 Views
now you are speculating based on a lack of evidence - 21/01/2016 10:39:13 PM 1075 Views
There's actual evidence: - 22/01/2016 06:25:25 AM 1262 Views
what's dense here is that you keep putting in quotes that don't support your position - 22/01/2016 03:28:16 PM 1427 Views
Whoa.. - 22/01/2016 04:24:19 PM 1336 Views
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yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 22/01/2016 06:46:23 PM 1097 Views
Re: yup that's my argument. that and you're a dick so I'm done with this - 23/01/2016 02:35:33 PM 1507 Views
Petty much *NM* - 24/01/2016 02:50:32 PM 674 Views
Hmmm.... - 23/01/2016 03:06:15 PM 1473 Views
Let me clear this up - 25/01/2016 04:19:51 PM 1506 Views
Some more quotes - 25/01/2016 05:10:51 PM 1270 Views
none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 25/01/2016 07:19:48 PM 1578 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 03:45:52 AM 1284 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 09:00:55 AM 1581 Views
Re: none of which I've denied or tried to prove otherwise - 26/01/2016 10:39:49 AM 1256 Views
from the very beginning of this conversation I've been saying I'm theorizing - 26/01/2016 04:09:19 PM 1159 Views
Oh well then I agree with you - 26/01/2016 08:50:55 AM 1474 Views
thanks - 26/01/2016 04:26:46 PM 1514 Views
Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 16/01/2016 08:56:15 AM 1081 Views
But additive doesn't explain buffers and being able to overdraw - 16/01/2016 03:02:33 PM 1120 Views
Don't those two facts explain each other? - 16/01/2016 03:24:44 PM 1143 Views
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Simple - 19/01/2016 08:21:11 PM 1213 Views
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agree to disagree I suppose ... I don't see it this way *NM* - 20/01/2016 04:41:16 PM 670 Views
I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. *NM* - 21/01/2016 12:01:16 AM 634 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 02:07:21 AM 1106 Views
Re: I didn't sense disagreement so much as confusion over my position. - 21/01/2016 03:32:59 AM 1130 Views
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Uhhh... - 22/01/2016 06:51:11 AM 1278 Views
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The very first chapter (the Prologue) disproves this - 03/10/2016 06:56:28 AM 1050 Views
No it doesn't - 05/10/2016 12:47:03 AM 961 Views
Re: Don't those two facts explain each other? - 08/10/2016 05:06:53 AM 914 Views
Re: Yes, but that's not what I'm arguing... - 08/10/2016 04:52:06 AM 1104 Views

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