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bringbackthomsmoustache replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
That is well said - and once again we are in need of an "agree to disagree" response. -
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Except Rand did not exhibit "immense respect for women" in either our modern world context or the world of the books - his attempts to prevent the maidens of the spear from participating in battles were not well received (to the point where they were willing to commit mass suicide rather than permit it to continue), his attempts to choose on behalf of women who loved him that they could not be near him had a similar effect and even in the last book Egwene had to speak severely to him about the right o each person to choose. He was taking away their choices, in effect objectifying them or infantalising them which is not much better (ethicaly) than the misogynist attitude of treating women as sex objects. -
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bringbackthomsmoustache replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
But creepy (or not in some cases, e.g. the relationship between Sleete and his Aes'Sedai) in very different ways. Conflating all of these into Alanna would rather reduce the green to the "orgy Ajah". -
Potential fix for the overpowered Moiraine issue:
bringbackthomsmoustache replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
Even if he still had it it would not be relevant (if book lore applies) - an angreal only helps prevent being shielded if you are already holding the source extra strongly through it when the shielding person/group strikes (and again if book lore were followed multiple independent shields would be no use there, it would need a single linked shield to overcome someone already holding the source with an angreal). Once shielded the possession of an angreal strength is not part of the equation as to whether the shield holds since the shielded person cannot reach out through it, they can only push against the shield. -
Did Elayne just Bond Rand?
bringbackthomsmoustache replied to Shawlee's topic in Wheel of Time TV Show
That was in Baerlon.- 4 replies
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- spoiler for book 7
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That looked like true power traveling rather than a gateway.
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yes, i noticed that. one possibility is that the girls were unconscious until they entered the ways, and in the ways they could not channel to avoid drawing machin shin. but what prevented them from breaking free as soon as they got out? at least in the books, while everyone was screaming "she's obviously black!!!!" at the pages, she was still officially a regular aes sedai, with actual power to command novices, and she didn't outwardly drop her cover until the end. plot hole. Alternatively the red's do know how to tie off weaves and keep it is an Ajah secret (in line with book lore about the Ajah's having their own secret weaves).
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But - the book lore is explicit that creating an effect at distance is much more effort than creating the same effect close up - hence Rand using an angreal wears himself out by acting as artillery support all day to the point where he nearly burns himself out. Egwene and Aviendha doing far less in total without angreal are worn out far sooner (but have the sense to stop at that point). Therefore at the distance of half a mile or so in book lore the shields even from the strongest Damane available to Suroth should have been so week that even 8 of them could not hold Rand. At the even greater distance Moiraine (who book lore is not strong in fire) should not have been able to blow up the front of one ship. The bowl of winds main benefit is to allow the channeling taking place close to the user to have an effect which extends to a much wider area avoiding this problem. Show lore clearly does not allow for this leveraging effect.