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anifestation of Saidin and Saidar

by Saran: 1998-09-07 | Not yet rated

Before Winter's Heart - Archive Only: Using the True Power

I might be shooting in the dark here, but what if the True Power is actually a manifestation of saidin and saidar, working together in an elaborate pattern? The probable reason why only saidin was tainted and not saidar is because, they are two different types, being that saidin requires brute force to do something with it and saidar requiring whatever, and the dark one not being able to perform both at the same time when he tainted the male half... ???Anything to add ? Not being able to sense when someone is channeling, could mean that s/he is probably using the other, and furthermore who says that the dark one is male or female, only that DO uses the male form more?
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Tamyrlin: 1998-09-07

Question then...before the backlash of the taint was it such a struggle for men to 'reach' for the OP, did it require brute force before the taint to channel saidin?

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Km: 1998-09-30

just to point out a quote from ACOS - the "TP is drawn directly from the DO". Therefore, it is not a manifestation of Saidin and Saidar working together. Wielded together, S and S (which comes from the creator) power the wheel and weave the pattern but the DO cannot affect the pattern or the Wheel at all without surrogates in the world to work the TP through. This shows that the OP and TP are totally different.