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TB
Mar 8, 2013, 4:52:29 PM3/8/13
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On Mar 7, 12:05 pm, Contro <contr...@aol.com> wrote:
> On 07/03/2013 11:00, Chucky @ Work wrote:
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>
>
>
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> > Spoiler space for The Last Book.
>
> > .
>
> > More spoiler space.
>
> > .
>
> > Not sure how much spoiler space we need.
>
> > .
>
> > That'll do.
>
> > So anyway, the Third Age ended and the Fourth Age began (heh, in the
> > middle of the afternoon, I liked that touch). The One Power didn't go
> > anywhere[1], so obviously if Chaggabaggawoggaland is Earth (as
> > suggested by fossilised skeletons and hood ornaments in the museum of
> > Tanchico), then the transition into nobody-can-use-the-One-Power[2] we
> > currently have on modern-day Earth is still a long way off around the
> > spin of the Wheel. Along with a whole mess of continental drift and
> > shit. Whatever.
>
> > But what was that other Power Rand used at the end of the story? He
> > himself seemed to have been burned out (without suffering gentled-man
> > syndrome, no less), but then he just wanted his pipe to be lit, so it
> > was?
>
> > What was *that*?
>
> > It wasn't the True Power, and it wasn't the Creator's version of the
> > same (which I assumed was the One Power all along anyway). So what was
> > it? Some sort of Perrin/Slayer-style Tel'Aran'Rhiod Power? Had Rand
> > strolled out of the world (possibly mid-body-swap, or sometime after
> > seeing Cadsuane) and into the World of Dreams in the flesh, and that
> > was how he was doing it?
>
> > Because "Rand wanted it to happen and so it did" seems completely
> > fucking irresponsible if you ask me.
>
> > Yeah, so that. Answer it.
>
> I'm not sure really. Why do you think it wasn't anything to do with the
> creator? He has been reborn in another body, a bit like the DO always
> did with his minions, so perhaps the Creator has done it with Rand, and
> given him his version of the TP.
>
> I don't know what the One Power is, but it may not be the Creator's
> version of TP because you'd imagine he wouldn't allow baddies to use it...
>
> Besides that though...it must be odd for the Wives of Rand to experience
> him in a Moridin's body...! I mean, well, let's just hope he's just as
> endowed, or more so, than Rand was! Or even if he is, well, you'd
> imagine some questions about them preferring Moridin's body! I think
> it'll all end in divorce, or whatever they have.
Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
> On 07/03/2013 11:00, Chucky @ Work wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Spoiler space for The Last Book.
>
> > .
>
> > More spoiler space.
>
> > .
>
> > Not sure how much spoiler space we need.
>
> > .
>
> > That'll do.
>
> > So anyway, the Third Age ended and the Fourth Age began (heh, in the
> > middle of the afternoon, I liked that touch). The One Power didn't go
> > anywhere[1], so obviously if Chaggabaggawoggaland is Earth (as
> > suggested by fossilised skeletons and hood ornaments in the museum of
> > Tanchico), then the transition into nobody-can-use-the-One-Power[2] we
> > currently have on modern-day Earth is still a long way off around the
> > spin of the Wheel. Along with a whole mess of continental drift and
> > shit. Whatever.
>
> > But what was that other Power Rand used at the end of the story? He
> > himself seemed to have been burned out (without suffering gentled-man
> > syndrome, no less), but then he just wanted his pipe to be lit, so it
> > was?
>
> > What was *that*?
>
> > It wasn't the True Power, and it wasn't the Creator's version of the
> > same (which I assumed was the One Power all along anyway). So what was
> > it? Some sort of Perrin/Slayer-style Tel'Aran'Rhiod Power? Had Rand
> > strolled out of the world (possibly mid-body-swap, or sometime after
> > seeing Cadsuane) and into the World of Dreams in the flesh, and that
> > was how he was doing it?
>
> > Because "Rand wanted it to happen and so it did" seems completely
> > fucking irresponsible if you ask me.
>
> > Yeah, so that. Answer it.
>
> I'm not sure really. Why do you think it wasn't anything to do with the
> creator? He has been reborn in another body, a bit like the DO always
> did with his minions, so perhaps the Creator has done it with Rand, and
> given him his version of the TP.
>
> I don't know what the One Power is, but it may not be the Creator's
> version of TP because you'd imagine he wouldn't allow baddies to use it...
>
> Besides that though...it must be odd for the Wives of Rand to experience
> him in a Moridin's body...! I mean, well, let's just hope he's just as
> endowed, or more so, than Rand was! Or even if he is, well, you'd
> imagine some questions about them preferring Moridin's body! I think
> it'll all end in divorce, or whatever they have.
Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
Chucky @ Work
Mar 11, 2013, 2:01:21 AM3/11/13
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:52:29 -0800 (PST), TB <tsbr...@dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:
>> I'm not sure really. Why do you think it wasn't anything to do with the
>> creator? He has been reborn in another body, a bit like the DO always
>> did with his minions, so perhaps the Creator has done it with Rand, and
>> given him his version of the TP.
>>
>> I don't know what the One Power is, but it may not be the Creator's
>> version of TP because you'd imagine he wouldn't allow baddies to use it...
>>
>> Besides that though...it must be odd for the Wives of Rand to experience
>> him in a Moridin's body...! I mean, well, let's just hope he's just as
>> endowed, or more so, than Rand was! Or even if he is, well, you'd
>> imagine some questions about them preferring Moridin's body! I think
>> it'll all end in divorce, or whatever they have.
>
>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
It has precedent in the real world.
- C@w
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
wrote:
>> I'm not sure really. Why do you think it wasn't anything to do with the
>> creator? He has been reborn in another body, a bit like the DO always
>> did with his minions, so perhaps the Creator has done it with Rand, and
>> given him his version of the TP.
>>
>> I don't know what the One Power is, but it may not be the Creator's
>> version of TP because you'd imagine he wouldn't allow baddies to use it...
>>
>> Besides that though...it must be odd for the Wives of Rand to experience
>> him in a Moridin's body...! I mean, well, let's just hope he's just as
>> endowed, or more so, than Rand was! Or even if he is, well, you'd
>> imagine some questions about them preferring Moridin's body! I think
>> it'll all end in divorce, or whatever they have.
>
>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
- C@w
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Dan Goodman
Mar 11, 2013, 7:01:57 PM3/11/13
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:01:21 +0200, Chucky @ Work wrote:
>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>
> It has precedent in the real world.
Well, in our world....
>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>
> It has precedent in the real world.
--
Dan Goodman
Chucky @ Work
Mar 12, 2013, 4:00:04 AM3/12/13
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:01:57 -0500, Dan Goodman <dsg...@iphouse.com>
Yes...?
wrote:
>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>
>> It has precedent in the real world.
>
>Well, in our world....
...
>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>
>> It has precedent in the real world.
>
>Well, in our world....
Yes...?
Sir F.A. Rien
Mar 12, 2013, 10:46:58 AM3/12/13
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>>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>Well, in our world....
>Yes...?
>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>Well, in our world....
Jordan marsh's on in time.
Dan Goodman
Mar 12, 2013, 3:54:59 PM3/12/13
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:00:04 +0200, Chucky @ Work wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:01:57 -0500, Dan Goodman <dsg...@iphouse.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>>
>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>
>>Well, in our world....
>
> ...
>
> Yes...?
>
Are you sure the two are the same?
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:01:57 -0500, Dan Goodman <dsg...@iphouse.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>>
>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>
>>Well, in our world....
>
> ...
>
> Yes...?
>
--
Dan Goodman
TB
Mar 12, 2013, 4:31:41 PM3/12/13
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then the Third Age, in which the WoT series occurs.
Chucky @ Work
Mar 13, 2013, 4:57:19 AM3/13/13
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:54:59 -0500, Dan Goodman <dsg...@iphouse.com>
world we live in, as opposed to the world of the Wheel of Time, with
due consideration for the fact that the author seemed to be hinting
that the two were in fact variations of the same world at different
points in the cycle of spacetime
wrote:
>>>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>>>
>>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>>
>>>Well, in our world....
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Yes...?
>
>Are you sure the two are the same?
In that I was using "the real world" as convenient shorthand for the
>>>>>Can Seanchan nobles divorce simply by saying so three times?
>>>>
>>>> It has precedent in the real world.
>>>
>>>Well, in our world....
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Yes...?
>
>Are you sure the two are the same?
world we live in, as opposed to the world of the Wheel of Time, with
due consideration for the fact that the author seemed to be hinting
that the two were in fact variations of the same world at different
points in the cycle of spacetime
Sir F.A. Rien
Mar 13, 2013, 11:25:07 AM3/13/13
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>>Are you sure the two are the same?
>In that I was using "the real world" as convenient shorthand for the
>world we live in, as opposed to the world of the Wheel of Time, with
>due consideration for the fact that the author seemed to be hinting
>that the two were in fact variations of the same world at different
>points in the cycle of spacetime
Oh well, for the Wheel, just ask Vanna!
>In that I was using "the real world" as convenient shorthand for the
>world we live in, as opposed to the world of the Wheel of Time, with
>due consideration for the fact that the author seemed to be hinting
>that the two were in fact variations of the same world at different
>points in the cycle of spacetime
Chucky @ Work
Mar 18, 2013, 3:23:28 AM3/18/13
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