Elohim and the Power of Command
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thewormoftheworld'send
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As for Elena being the one to grant Troy the power of command (the highest rank in the eoward), certainly not all but many high lords would have done the same thing. But I find more meaning in Troy's blindness as a metaphor for the pride that blinded him.
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I think this also relates to the many different ways Donaldson points out the consequences of unearned knowledge.wayfriend wrote:It seems to me that Donaldson must have intentionally put a message in here for us somewhere. Perhaps the message is, whether your Power of Command comes from Earthroot itself, or it's just from being responsible, you cannot foresee all ends of your actions. And a fair amount of experience is needed to even think about playing in the game.
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yea...both undecidability and unearned knowledge pop up in other places. But SRD is the only one I know of that has done both at once, and made them both truly important, not just a "plot hook." Choice is another one he elvevated a bit: any number of works deal with the results/effects of choices, whether char's. had a choice or not, but rarely [a few are around] with the necessity of freedom/choice as a basis.Relayer wrote:I think this also relates to the many different ways Donaldson points out the consequences of unearned knowledge.wayfriend wrote:It seems to me that Donaldson must have intentionally put a message in here for us somewhere. Perhaps the message is, whether your Power of Command comes from Earthroot itself, or it's just from being responsible, you cannot foresee all ends of your actions. And a fair amount of experience is needed to even think about playing in the game.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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thewormoftheworld'send
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Now if only someone would explain what Troy's unearned knowledge consisted of.Vraith wrote:yea...both undecidability and unearned knowledge pop up in other places. But SRD is the only one I know of that has done both at once, and made them both truly important, not just a "plot hook." Choice is another one he elvevated a bit: any number of works deal with the results/effects of choices, whether char's. had a choice or not, but rarely [a few are around] with the necessity of freedom/choice as a basis.Relayer wrote:I think this also relates to the many different ways Donaldson points out the consequences of unearned knowledge.wayfriend wrote:It seems to me that Donaldson must have intentionally put a message in here for us somewhere. Perhaps the message is, whether your Power of Command comes from Earthroot itself, or it's just from being responsible, you cannot foresee all ends of your actions. And a fair amount of experience is needed to even think about playing in the game.
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