I'm being pissy for a number of reasons. I'm both tired and stressed due to the ending semester, and this subthread is a constant source of annoyance. I've had to treat Sidious, someone I've discussed WoT with on this site for close to ten years, like he didn't understand one of the major plots of the series because he failed to actually read my posts. And despite repeating it thrice, fionwe still either did not catch it, or pretends not to for some unknown reason. Most of the subthread is ranting about perennial details completely irrelevant to the actual subject. I'm sorry if I was insulting or condescending.

And I'm not going to respond to your post, because this thread just isn't worth it. Maybe try again at some future date, but I think the best thing I can do with this topic from this point is to stop participating in it.