I don't think he'd have considered it at all without this aspect.
Joel Send a noteboard - 12/10/2009 12:45:26 AM
That the DO could theoretically transmigrate the soul of a balefired person, if the amount of balefire was very small. We don't know exactly, though, if Moiraine's balefire was such a "very small amount".
Besides that, this information only came from a Tor Q&A outside the books. For a "normal" reader, who just knows the books, it's a rule that the DO can't transmigrate a person, who was balefired. It would be very sloppy writing, if RJ suddenly reveals in one of the last books that a balefired person can be transmigrated, without indicating at all in the books that this is possible (but actually stating that this isn't possible). And if it's supposed to besome twist, RJ certainly wouldn't already give it away in a Q&A.
Therefore I believe the "very small amount of balefire"-exception to the transmigration-rule is just an academical information by RJ for interested fans; it isn't supposed to hint at a transmigration of Be'lal.
Besides that, this information only came from a Tor Q&A outside the books. For a "normal" reader, who just knows the books, it's a rule that the DO can't transmigrate a person, who was balefired. It would be very sloppy writing, if RJ suddenly reveals in one of the last books that a balefired person can be transmigrated, without indicating at all in the books that this is possible (but actually stating that this isn't possible). And if it's supposed to besome twist, RJ certainly wouldn't already give it away in a Q&A.
Therefore I believe the "very small amount of balefire"-exception to the transmigration-rule is just an academical information by RJ for interested fans; it isn't supposed to hint at a transmigration of Be'lal.
I don't think it would be sloppy writing anymore than allowing Forsaken to be resurrected; that was a helluva lot more unexpected, don't you think? That's kind of the point of such things. I don't think Jordan would deliberately give it away in an interview, but if he's directly asked, what can he do, really? "RAFO"? That's tantamount to saying, "yes. " If it's not possible there's no reason not to say so, and that it is, that he's even bothered to consider it, suggests to me that Taim is Be'lal.
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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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*NM*
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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timing doesn't fit
- 08/10/2009 01:03:01 AM
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