My point is they aren't toted up to be normal people who can channel and they definitely don't mind their own business and go about their daily activities like normal people. I agree not everyone can or even should be heroes. But other groups that you reference aren't 100% composed of individuals who think they should be in charge of everything and everyone. The fact of the matter is, the majority of Aes Sedai (even those that aren't Black Ajah) negatively impact the war against the Shadow by meddling with everything they can on the grounds that they are Aes Sedai and should be in control. Very few Aes Sedai have had a positive impact in the series, and those that have done something positive have mostly had their actions negated by the rest of the Aes Sedai.
I think the Whitecloaks are much more harmful to society as a whole than the AS. If you don't agree with them you die. Period. When Valda was marching back to the Fortress of the Light and he found the roads clogged he cleared them...by killing everyone in sight.
NaCl(don't know about you but I'd much rather have the AS around than the Whitecloaks)H2O
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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Re: I don't understand your point
- 03/09/2009 09:49:58 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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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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