Talk:Tam Song/@comment-174.109.158.107-20181218204440

Okay, any theories on what Quan and Mai's powers are? I hope Quan is a Guster, but what about Mai? For some reason, I have trouble seeing either of them as a Hydrokinetic/Shade. First of all, Quan has a thing for appearences, and he knows being a Shade isn't the best thing in the elvin world. That could be another reason he seems to dislike Tam more. And wouldn't Mai be a little more sympathetic towards Linh is she was a hydrokinetic? And I just have a really hard time seeing her as a Shade, I don't know why. Quan being a hydrokinetic...I mean, I suppose it's possible, but it just seems he would know Linh wouldn't be able to handle going under Atlantis at that age. And he'd probably work with Linh to gain control of her ability so they didn't experience any more embarrassment.

Also, I don't know why, but it seems like Tam has an abnormal amount of control over his ability, especially for someone of his age and power. I mean, it took Sophie years to master her telepathy. While you might argue that telepathy has many more things to master, and it's harder, I mean, I suppose that's true. But...to me, it seems like Tam is wary of his ability. And mastering all her abilities took Sophie a ton of practice. But I can see two reasons Tam wouldn't like using his power--because he's hurt someone with it (as I've talked about) or because he relies mostly on his instincts, which can't be taught and therefore can't really be practiced. and if he didn't practice...

And i think we can assume that once they manifest, Shades know (with a little instruction) how to control shadowvapor. Lady Zillah and Tam have both said repeatedly how instinctual shadowvapor is. But the real question is how far were Tam and Linh into their foxfire year when Linh flooded Atlantis and was banished, and when Tam manifested. Because if he manifested after they left, he'd have to teach himself--and again that massive amount of control.

This all may seem totally invalid and just crazy ramblings, but I've got one more thing--the shadowvapor.

Let's look at what we know. Before he even knew what it was, he already knew how to deal with it. He was strong enough and had enough control to move it out of Sophie and Fitz and save their lives. Once he learned what it was, learned how to just feel it, he started training. Then, a few weeks later, he was almost fully commanding it (when Sophie and Fitz walked in on him training at Foxfire). That's pretty crazy, in my opinion.

Another question though--do the Neverseen know the extent of his power? Because if they don't, then Tam can get awya with not committing as much to his studied, like he did in Exillium.

Just saying.

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