Any questions about why I live in Savannah?

[Steel Axe]

*pulls up a comfy couch and waits for the next temporary topic to start*

[twinflower]

*flops on the couch with Steelie and waits*

[Steel Axe]

Good thing I have basketball while I wait. Go Florida.

[twinflower]

*rolls eyes and crochets*

[Steel Axe]

wooohoooo Florida won.

[twinflower]

yippee. do you want some popcorn while we wait?

[Steel Axe]

mmm popcorn is good. we should start a book discussion on this couch since we are already here.

[twinflower]

ok. *leans back and stretches out legs, getting comfy*

 

Now what book shall we discuss? WoT in general perhaps?

 

For instance..who do you think Mesaana is in the White Tower?

[Steel Axe]

Oh starting out with hard ones that involve small details that I forget. I think she is disguised as a brown. Which one I'm not sure about.

[twinflower]

Really? *tilts head* I wasn't even thinking brown..figured one of the more active ajah's hmmm..Ok then you come up with a general discussion question we can all jump in on...*sigh* gates and balefire theories perhaps? *grins* been thinking about that..

 

*tucks toes under Steelie's legs and keeps crocheting*

 

why don't you write it out so other's can jump in?

[Steel Axe]

hmm lets see my balefire theory *thinks for a little bit* ah yes the one with gateways. Ok what if when someone was firing balefire at you you opened a gateway between you and them. Would this be a possible way to shield against balefire by redirecting it to another location. The timing would be really hard but lets not debate that now.

[twinflower]

wait..that's different..*pokes steelie with crochet hook* but thats ok...

 

Hmmm it should be..because the balefire would go through the gateway which is occupying a different space or opening up a space not there before...but then we get into what it would do to the castor of the weave if the balefire hit the gate itself...

[Steel Axe]

So the question is would the balefire pass through the gateway in the same way a person does or would it hit the weave and cause crazy stuff to happen.

[twinflower]

yeah..and? Ok we talked a bit and maybe someone else will have a perspective..is the entire gate the weave or just the frame holding open the space...

[Steel Axe]

hmm maybe if we didnt hide our discussion so well... *grins*

[twinflower]

you're a big help....*grins*

[Steel Axe]

You know me I live to serve. *bows*

[twinflower]

*continues to crochet* did you ever make any popcorn?

 

Still want to talk? I think the three rules of the aes sedai are annoying...

[Steel Axe]

*goes to get popcorn* the three rules hurt them more then help them, because that just makes them sneakier. not only do they not follow their rules but they arent even honest about not following their rules.

[twinflower]

hmm I should find them and post them...they are restrictive, but have loopholes...and it does hold them to certain standards..remember Siun talking to Egwene about it in Salidar? I will look that up..

 

*grins, and grabs some popcorn, tossing it and catcing on her tongue*

 

Good stuff hon...

[Steel Axe]

I'll stick with talking about the rule about telling a lie right now, since it is the best known and most used oath. Everyone knows an Aes'sedai cant tell a lie. But everyone also knows that the truth you hear is not the truth they speak. This causes an enormous amount of distrust for anything an Aes'sedai says. They have been trained to work around their oath so everything they say is unclear to hide the truth. I believe this leads to less trust for them then if they had no oath about telling no lie.

[twinflower]

First and foremost..nowhere is it ever stated that they are trained to work around this oath..it is an assumption that they are and that they even do...

 

The other thing is that..what if they are using people's general deafness..it is not an Aes Sedai's fault if people do not listen...and the oath says nothing about lies of omission only of commission...and people always want to believe that those in power or position are lying if they do or not..so they are mistrusted even without reason.

[F Horn of Valere]

if you balefire yourself, what happens?

[twinflower]

nonono that was the last topic...keep up babe *grins*

 

and you can't it would create paradox thereby ripping the pattern...causing a destructive ripple..

[F Horn of Valere]

ok then... in back to the future, how was old biff able to return to the future when the timeline had already split?