Talk:Machin Shin

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Did Machin Shin on my Wii's internet channel, so I apologize already if it is mangled beyond salvaging. I'm thinking that this needs a section on the interaction with Padan Fain and then machin shin's resulting obsession with Rand al'Thor. Also, maybe at the start of the article could be a quote of whatever ghastly thing it is that machin shin constantly whispers/screams at people. It's just too tough for me to do on the Wii's Opera browser, even with a keyboard. Sorry :( --DanceTheSpears 10:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origins

Hm. I'd always seen it reasoned that Machin Shin was an offshoot of Mashadar, seeping through the Waygate in Shadar Logoth. Personally, I'd think it's a combination of the Taint's influence on the Ways and Mashadar oozing around the Gate...which would explain why it resembles Mashadar so much, and why it didn't harm Fain (both of them are half-way servants; part Dark One evil, part Shadar Logoth evil).

Also, as housekeeping (since I don't want to register), could somebody fix the origin section's formatting? There's an italics bleed in the opening, and it lists three possible origins despite the opening saying there are only two. Not big things, but things. 129.237.90.15 05:32, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• I really like the theory of Mashadar bleeding into the Ways to for Machin Shin. I don't know why that never occurred to me, but it makes a lot of sense, especially considering Padan Fain's affinity to Machin Shin.--DoctorNordo 07:08, November 11, 2009 (UTC)