Carlisle had (as was described in Book 1) really bad evidence. The way I’m cashing out Siobhan’s power (which is confirmed in canon only by an asterisk next to her name in the Breaking Dawn character list, not by any actual achievement of hers during the book… for some reason there’s not even a scene with her talking to Eleazar about it while they’re in the same house...) is that when she makes a good plan based on good info, it will tend not to fall prey to black swan events and will tend to fall into the outcome she envisions rather than turning out in some wacky unexpected fashion.
it will tend not to fall prey to black swan events and will tend to fall into the outcome she envisions rather than turning out in some wacky unexpected fashion.
Fascinating. So she’s immune to tropes. I could see that being very useful.
So does this extend as well to other people carrying out her plan? It could be some sort of generalized psychic ability that tries to make events go as she wills them to, but requires a level of concentration achieved by planning it out in detail. Whatever; it seems that the results are well enough defined, even if the implied method is odd.
does this extend as well to other people carrying out her plan?
Insofar as she makes plans that appeal reasonably well to the people carrying them out. Bella wouldn’t be significantly influenced here, but as long as Siobhan makes a plan of typical quality for her, Bella doesn’t have a reason to be contrary either.
Carlisle had (as was described in Book 1) really bad evidence. The way I’m cashing out Siobhan’s power (which is confirmed in canon only by an asterisk next to her name in the Breaking Dawn character list, not by any actual achievement of hers during the book… for some reason there’s not even a scene with her talking to Eleazar about it while they’re in the same house...) is that when she makes a good plan based on good info, it will tend not to fall prey to black swan events and will tend to fall into the outcome she envisions rather than turning out in some wacky unexpected fashion.
Fascinating. So she’s immune to tropes. I could see that being very useful.
So does this extend as well to other people carrying out her plan? It could be some sort of generalized psychic ability that tries to make events go as she wills them to, but requires a level of concentration achieved by planning it out in detail. Whatever; it seems that the results are well enough defined, even if the implied method is odd.
Insofar as she makes plans that appeal reasonably well to the people carrying them out. Bella wouldn’t be significantly influenced here, but as long as Siobhan makes a plan of typical quality for her, Bella doesn’t have a reason to be contrary either.