- Most weaves would have been forgotten in the Westlands
- Nobody would be able to teach the girls with the spark, leaving most (if not all of them) with some kind of Block like Nynaeve had before Ebou Dar or even dead or burnt out
- Nobody would be able to teach those without the spark reducing the number of Channelers by 80% or so
- plus everything Salty already mentioned
Of course you could say there's the Aiel and Windfinders, but they're not interested in the Westlands. And don't say "There's the Kin", as this group would not exist either without the Tower!
- Nobody would be able to teach the girls with the spark, leaving most (if not all of them) with some kind of Block like Nynaeve had before Ebou Dar or even dead or burnt out
- Nobody would be able to teach those without the spark reducing the number of Channelers by 80% or so
- plus everything Salty already mentioned
Of course you could say there's the Aiel and Windfinders, but they're not interested in the Westlands. And don't say "There's the Kin", as this group would not exist either without the Tower!
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You know... it feels like the Aes Sedai are pretty superflouous
- 02/09/2009 09:48:19 PM
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Y'know, the paralells betwen the Aes Sedai in the White Tower...
- 02/09/2009 10:46:29 PM
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That is the inspiration for the Aes Sedai that RJ used - I can't find the article, though.
- 03/09/2009 02:39:14 PM
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When I was reading this I was thinking of the paralells between the white tower and
- 03/09/2009 02:47:33 AM
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And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization.
- 03/09/2009 03:37:14 AM
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Re: And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization.
- 03/09/2009 05:46:13 AM
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Really?
- 03/09/2009 05:52:38 AM
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Re: Really?
- 03/09/2009 06:03:13 AM
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So lets add a few more
- 03/09/2009 11:42:48 AM
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most of these are accounted for above
- 03/09/2009 02:18:01 PM
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Just because we don't know all their names, doesn't mean their effectiveness on the Pattern was less
- 03/09/2009 03:19:41 PM
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But who did the work?
- 03/09/2009 05:37:00 PM
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While these are good, none of it is because of the White Tower
- 03/09/2009 05:43:56 PM
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So if Elaida didn't order it, it doesn't count?
- 03/09/2009 07:29:20 PM
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Re: But who did the work?
- 04/09/2009 01:32:19 PM
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Only one point because obviously your mind is made up.
- 05/09/2009 06:13:23 AM
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well, yeah
- 05/09/2009 02:33:51 PM
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In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous.
- 05/09/2009 03:03:07 PM
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Re: In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous.
- 05/09/2009 04:57:44 PM
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I don't understand your point
- 03/09/2009 04:25:22 PM
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Re: I don't understand your point
- 03/09/2009 09:09:38 PM
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I was talking about the WT specifically, and only during recent years. It's Gotta be the Shadow,
- 03/09/2009 05:39:11 PM
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So what you are really saying is that if you ignore over 2/3rds of the AS the rest aren't doing much
- 03/09/2009 06:07:23 PM
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I'm talking about the organization as a whole
- 03/09/2009 10:07:37 PM
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You just made our point...
- 04/09/2009 12:49:44 AM
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WT has been THE single greatest force for stagancy and lack of development.
- 09/09/2009 08:58:58 AM
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Like I said earlier the AS are superfluous except the ones who aren't superfluous.
- 09/09/2009 11:55:47 AM
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- 09/09/2009 11:55:47 AM
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To a certain extent
- 03/09/2009 11:33:30 AM
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Without the Tower
- 03/09/2009 02:05:09 PM
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Actually, I think Verin is a good metaphor here.
- 03/09/2009 07:59:46 PM
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Agrees with Nossy
- 03/09/2009 10:44:06 PM
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