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wvlr

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  1. Well we have examples of 2 different devices that worked in FM  -  the 2 Wells and the actual FM ter'angrel.

     

    And we have an example of one device that speciffically does not - Ter'angrel of Growing.

     

    Now using such a small sampling of objects to make general predictions is inherently foolish - but that never stopped me before.

     

     

    The Wells seem to work by collecting sadin/saidar (we can not be sure about both but I am allowing the possibility)and transporting it inside where it is then used by the Channeler inside.

     

     

    My best guess using the limited data we have would be that in order for a Terr'angrel to work inside it would either have to be linked via Channeler to a Well or contain it's own Well (Unlikely but possible).

     

    The Seals, A'dam and Ter'angrel are power wrought items but they are not destroyed by taking them into FM/Steadings.   But in order to preform anything more than a static function (like the Seals) they would require Power.

     

    The A'dams specifically would surely loose their "Linking" capability, but as to wheather the Damane could trip the "release" would depend on wheather the "release" used Power to break the thing apart.    That, again I doubt.     So most likely a Damane could free herself.

  2. Glad that you like Goodkinds work DuDZiK.    Like I said it does have some good stuff.    I have seen MUCH worse authors get more praise.    Most authors admit that they get things from other authors or historical references or whatever.    The fact that Goodkind has so, so many obvious take-offs from WoT but denies ever having read the series is just not believable.    That is what irks most people.

     

    I am not one of the poeple that think that he is without some talent.    I actually liked what he did with many of the things that he got from WoT.    He created something unique.  I just wish that he would stand up and admit the obvious AND I also wish that he would have put the same effort in the later books that he put in the first half.

  3. Yes Jelly,

     

    The Sword of Truth books (mainly the first few) had a pretty good side to them even though they borrowed a lot from WoT.    I actually liked some of the things that he did with the things he borrowed, he took it all in pretty much his own direction and added a few things of his own to make them unique.

     

    If it had not degrated in the later books he could have been well up there overall.  Unfortunately, for me at least, the last few books took a dive getting overly diverted into political ranting without maintaining the plot and flow of the earlier books.

     

    That said, I think that what really sinks Goodkind is his refusal to admit to borrowing things from other authors, especially RJ.    Yes!  Many/most authors do borrow either intentially and unintentially from other authors.    The difference is that most do admit to it.    RJ has stated that he got a lot from Tolkin and others.

     

    I think that Goodkind's refusal to admit this when it is so, so obvious, that really turn people against him.

  4. Because television (at least in the states) is the medium of the mundane.

     

    You rate it much higher than I do.    Mundane is about eight levels above what I would give it, and in election years it gets even worse.

     

    Cartoons and comedy are the excruciating right now.  If they don't have at least 60% burping and farting they can't seem to come up with anything to make people enjoy them.

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