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KSB snow owl
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posted March 27, 2003 11:13 AM
Must the
origin and termination of a gateway be oriented 'parallel' to
each other? If I remember correctly, at some point in Rand's
POV, he realizes that gateways do not have to face the
direction that you are heading. (thus you could walk east into
a gateway, and come out 500 miles to the west.) My question
is, does this 'disorientation' go further? Could you walk east
into a gateway and exit the gateway heading west? And
pertaining to the original question; could you walk east into
a gateway and come out heading north, or even down? So, to
restate the question, must corresponding gateways be oriented
in the same direction (eg- parallel planes)?
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Xythlord
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posted March 27, 2003 02:59 PM
It has been
many pages since the beginning of the series, and my memory if
full of more holes than Matt's ( ). Do you know where the POV for Rand's realization
is?
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Xythlord
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posted March 27, 2003 08:44 PM
Thanks, I
thought it might be in there too, around chapter 22 or so. If
I find it first I will post it and try to come up with a
reasonable answer.
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Moon-Hawk
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posted March 28, 2003 05:11 AM
I would say
no, they don't need the same orientation. For one thing, from
the way RJ describes them, I really see no reason why they
should have to be in the same orientation. The other thing has
to do with the world being round. If they really had to be in
the same orientation, when anyone made a Gateway a significant
way around the world the corresponding gateway would have to
be leaning in order for the two to be parallel. When Aviendha
made a gate to Seanchan I bet that was at least a good eighth
of the way around. That would put a 45 degree lean on the
other gate. The only real limitation I would put on gateways
would be that you can't weave a gateway so close that they
ends touch. (the edge of the exit touches the edge of the
entrance) I would rule that that unravells the weave, with
ensuing potentially nasty aftereffects. I figure it's that or
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KSB snow owl
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posted March 29, 2003 03:33 PM
Indeed, the
text to which I was referring is at the beginning of chapter
22 in TPOD(the first paragraph in fact). Good point about the
world being round Moon-Hawk. I guess it would've been better
to say 'the same degree from tangent to the world' rather than
'parallel planes'; either way I don't think it matters 'cause
I don't think they need to conform to each other in any
way.
Imagine opening a gateway directly in front of you
that terminates directly behind you. You could reach through
and tap yourself on the shoulder. You would also see an
infinite number of you's in front of you - kind of like that
'instant video casettes' scene from
'Spaceballs.'
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