I know it doesn’t make sense, but a blacksmith fighting is the worst thing a nation can allow.

every minute he is working in the forge he is creating the weapons and armor that multiplies the effectiveness of warriors. Arrowheads and spearheads, long knives, other accessories.

After Faile’s kidnapping, Sulin tells Perrin that everyone would pick up spears if needed except for the Blacksmiths. This doesn’t contradict what Rand said when he first saw an Aiel Blacksmith hefting a newly made spear. 

It is very possible because everyone hates Shaido, that Shaido men have a much stronger in clan preference than typical Aiel. And Aiel are known for their in group preference.

Many Maidens stayed with the Shaido and Maidens have a immediate family group preference for Rand (especially after Couladin died). Family before Clan, Clan before Nation, Nation before Wetlander, Wetlander before OathBreaker. 

Rand is a parallel to the Messiah and I have heard multiple religious people who are supposed to be moral people say things like everything will be permitted after.

Many people didn’t like what the Shaido were doing, but were willing to overlook horrible behavior because of what Rand said about the origins of the Aiel (also paralleled today). 

Yoniy0 I think Faile is older than Perrin. She is slim and short, that is what Davram is referring to when he says weak. Farmers breed out slight, weak bodied in a way that Royalty can’t (unless spouses are chosen for physical robustness versus political connection, also men sometimes prefer petite women).

Lucky I hate manipulative people like Faile. We never were told why she liked him. Perrin being insecure around her is unattractive of him, but telling of her, even after marriage. 

Rereading the books I noticed Min loves horses like Perrin does. They share upsetness over horses being caught up by men’s schemes (Perrin at Dumai, Min at The Mist cameo in Cairhein hills). I know Perrin isn’t Min’s type either, but it would have made more sense Min to fall for Perrin, his gentleness in general, she could have seen him caring for his horse... Perrin and Min could have ended up on a Horse ranch in the Westwood at the end. 

It didn’t make sense for Rand to have unlimited promiscuous sex with Min for the second half of the series which is a complete dismissal of Rand’s upbringing and dismissive of his relationship with the other two women.   I know Elayne is white trash, but she could have married Rand in a small private ceremony with Aiel wise women. 

Berelain is all wrong for Perrin, she never loved him. There was a physical attraction, but that came after. 

Yeah Sabio, Shaido were always like that. First meet with Couladin? He was their chosen leader, not some rando.

Yeah, Chad some people on the light side are annoying. I’m guessing you never read any of the Darkies talking? They are all annoying.

#TeamNarg ?

The are countless herbal remedies and many drugs today originate from herbal remedies of yesteryear. Lavender was used by Native Americans for fever, Willow bark is the natural form of aspirin, pain killers come from poppies, toxic plants are uniquely used to kill diseases as well without poisoning the patient... Silver, mint, eucalyptus, blueberries, olive oil and many other things have some antibacterial properties. Also remember with no drug company antibiotics, there are no superbugs. 

Presuming cancer comes from pollutions, Randland should be fairly safe. And if an Aes Sedai were to get cancer, there is an easy fix for that, Saidar based healing.

What is interesting is that a more orderly combination of two genes can’t combine successfully, but a more chaotic weave can. You can’t shuffle in two different genomes to get a living creature, but if you allow life to coexist with Chaos, life tries to build while chaos tries to disrupt and presuming many many attempts, something living should result. All the other evil creatures in the Blight may have been failed attempts.

Fades, by contrast seem externally human-like, but deep inside they are different. It would seem that the animal genomes were completely suppressed. The Fades don’t attain animal abilities. Their abilities seem specifically to do with DO. So it would seem that the True Power itself displaced the animal’s dna and created new information, the result being that they are more magical than typical carbon based life forms.

Hazarding a guess, Fade’s teleportation can be the wolf’s ability to touch the dreamworld only the Fade can instantly travel. The Shadow slip allows them physical access to the dreamworld, they just think where they want to go and seamlessly slip back into the real world in one thought/motion. Isam/Luc can slip into the dream, though it doesn’t describe him doing a full Fade Shadow slip teleportation, the dual personality may slow transitions, or Isam/Luc hasn’t mastered the ability. How Isam/Luc was formed? No idea. 

The funny thing is, there was no reason for Rand’s body to die.

I think his body disappearing and him living on in another body is some Prophet Elijah/Jesus stuff.

The prophecy only said his blood on the rocks. At some point his wound could break open one more time and Nynaeve could heal him fully this time, end of story. That body swapping is something weird. 

Is RJ/BS saying that a man can heal himself if he is mentally ill?

Yeah, the problem is Ashaman don’t seem to wear traditional clothing. All about that unrelenting black. Mustache will pass tho.

Was gonna say Eastern Andor has some blondes, redheads, but Mae beat me to it and has a more extensive list, didn’t know Tarian.

Rereading now, almost halfway thru

The ferryman.

Nynaeve channeled inside Far Madding outside the innermost circle. Anyway, the Far Madding Terangreal works inside its own stedding, that is not proof, but...

Far Madding proves that you can’t channel inside a Stedding even with a Well.

Outer ring men can’t sense the Source.

Second ring women can’t sense the Source.

Inner ring is like a stedding where no one can channel even with a Well.

An Adam once put on outside the stedding, should prevent the capturee from opening the catch inside a Stedding, because it is a sort of conditioned response, nausea, not magic.

Since the Adam is like Linking. Ask yourself what would happen if two women Link, the one controlling the Link stays outside the Stedding and the second woman steps into a Stedding. The books never explored this type of exercise. Logic dictates they would still be linked, she can go to the other side of the world and the link wouldn’t break... But the woman outside would be unable to access the inside woman’s power. 

Everyone knows so much was lost after the Breaking. I think Nynaeve rediscovered some things thru unconscious use of the power and genetic memory like her 5 Element use which is far better than the 3 Element simpler weave more suited to weaker women with less talent.

But Nynaeve also discovered new things two, most obvious, healing stilling, a function of being too old to conform to Tower rules, general headstrongness, etc. 

Nynaeve can see inside people really well, kind of like a talent. The young women all are very openminded about using power to fix things, discover new techniques. No one else would try. 

Andor is clearly England, but Two Rivers can represent anyone. Wales, Scotland, Ireland, US, Australia, many more.

The locations don’t matter. Arad Doman has Chinese food, but Saldean has Italian personality (but slanted eyes? (East Asia, Calvary, Mongols?)), and Shienar (despite being a biblical name from the Middle East?) is as Japanese as one culture can get in the books.

It is worth splitting madness into categories.

Saidin evil based sickness should be able to be healed just like Saidin was healed, just like Egwene could counter Demandred with reverse Balefire.

I would admit that hearing the voice of a real person you were reborn from is spiritual in nature and far more complex. Grendel said exactly that. But Modhegien did remove Brigitte from the wheel, and that is purely spiritual. I’m not taking for granted Grendel was wrong, but I can easily imagine a simple fix whereby the voice is muffled by a weave and the person undergoes regular therapy to get them noticeably better.

I take for granted physical mental illnesses like chemical imbalances, physical damage to the brain which result in mental illness should be able to be healed. 

Even tho Grendel said the type of madness in which the person hears the real voice of the person he was reborn from is the hardest to heal, it doesn’t mean it can’t be healed (she didn’t think stilling could be healed either).

And while the 3rd age is in our distant future (and past) the universe mechanics are different, mental illness is still fixable, even tho we barely scratched the surface of what can be fixed (excepting people who hear real voices of the people they are reborn from).

Elantris, his good stand alone book.

And Mistborn... first three books goodish, universe is really cool, but I’m not a fan of the indefinitely unending stories.

I think Robin Hobb did a better job in her universe, because each culture used different magic, different culture, etc. 

Around Iceland there are chains of volcanos, much like the Ring of Fire surrounding the Pacific Ocean. But Yellowstone is a stand alone volcano, and perhaps the biggest granite volcano on the planet.

Basalt volcanos like the island of Hawaii are completely different. 

Whether the Companion says so or not, there is no better alternative.

Lanfear was helping back then. Selene was also a character she acted out, tho admittedly she didn’t have to act as much with that character.

Sylvie last 30sec

99% of Aes Sedai had access to basic tactical know how in their warders. Greens know some tactics. Any sane human with average IQ would see the problems. 

My claim isn’t that Salidar was slightly worse than a dozen other options. Salidar was perhaps the worst of almost all possible options. 

Is Mary Poppins Returns canon? Or fan fiction?

Nah, maybe men can channel further than women, but how far we the girls firing outside Cairhein? And that was without the special long reach mod.

Even healing and delving shouldn’t require touch, it is just how they always did it. I won’t deny that it is easier to be closer and easier to focus one’s mind while touching a subject, but it shouldn’t be necessary.