Bel'al's thread was burned backwards in the pattern, say by 10 seconds. That means that the DO would have had to "catch" Bel'al's life 10 seconds ago to ressurect him.
However, the DO didn't catch him, because 10 seconds ago, Bel'al wasn't dead!
It's paradox, which pops up whenever balefire enters into the equation.
You COULD make some sort of justification that the 10-seconds-ago Dark One would have saved Bel'al, thus making Bel'al reincarnated in the present, and it'd make more or less sense in some other series... but that's not how things work in WoT.
However, the DO didn't catch him, because 10 seconds ago, Bel'al wasn't dead!
It's paradox, which pops up whenever balefire enters into the equation.
You COULD make some sort of justification that the 10-seconds-ago Dark One would have saved Bel'al, thus making Bel'al reincarnated in the present, and it'd make more or less sense in some other series... but that's not how things work in WoT.
We're probably talking about 3-4 seconds, tops. That's if Moiraine puts everything she's got into a balefire weave. More likely we're talking about a fraction of a second at a time when the DO would've been glued to what was going on in the Stone. In fact, now that I think of it, almost the moment Be'lal is killed and Rand has Callandor, what happens? Freaking Ishy shows up to fight Rand again; you think Ishy's watching but the DO isn't...?
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LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Dueling Theory II: Taim is Be'lal.
- 07/10/2009 03:37:59 PM
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I've always found this to be a silly theory
- 07/10/2009 03:49:53 PM
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Still like it though.
- 07/10/2009 03:55:47 PM
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Not possible
- 07/10/2009 06:44:04 PM
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RJ actually indicated...
- 10/10/2009 10:51:23 AM
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I don't think he'd have considered it at all without this aspect.
- 12/10/2009 12:45:26 AM
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Nope...
- 07/10/2009 04:09:52 PM
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Good points, but still not convinced.
- 07/10/2009 04:19:42 PM
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The other Forsaken...
- 07/10/2009 04:31:26 PM
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Except for mentions of the fellow pretending to be Sammael.
- 07/10/2009 04:56:11 PM
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And why..
- 07/10/2009 05:25:30 PM
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Honestly, I do think Graendal was posing as Sammael, but we can't know for sure.
- 12/10/2009 12:58:58 AM
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A few seconds is the same as a few hours, in this situation
- 07/10/2009 11:05:25 PM
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Not at all.
- 11/10/2009 11:59:14 PM
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timing doesn't fit
- 08/10/2009 01:03:01 AM
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