Thank you. I couldn't put a finger on why that bothered me.
CatherineSedai Send a noteboard - 09/11/2010 08:27:26 AM
Now I understand my nervousness. I think I like Egwene and Elayne so much that I tried to rationalize behavior that was decidedly... unsettling. Elayne having cannons is going to be good during the LB, but after... Well, clearly after the world is going to have a lot of problems.
For book upon book we've scorned the nobles from various nations for putting their own ambitions above the Last Battle, for trying to use the chaos to expand their own influence, but now we're supposed to approve when Egwene and Elayne do it?
Until now they were trying to restore a Tower or Andor fallen in chaos, so I could get behind their politicking, restoring order so that they could adequately contribute to the Last Battle was one thing, but in this book they were just out seeking an aggrandisement of their power.
It's funny that when a person steals from another, that person is generally viewed poorly, but when a nation steals from another, it gains esteem. Makes sense of course, the people giving the credit are part of the thieving nation, so it's just self-congratulatory. It's just curious that there is no shame in it at all.
Anyway, Elayne's exultation at getting cannons creeped me out to a significant extent. Given her already demonstrated expansionism, I do get a feeling that Andor is about to enter a glorious new era. Andor's neighbours perhaps less so.
Until now they were trying to restore a Tower or Andor fallen in chaos, so I could get behind their politicking, restoring order so that they could adequately contribute to the Last Battle was one thing, but in this book they were just out seeking an aggrandisement of their power.
It's funny that when a person steals from another, that person is generally viewed poorly, but when a nation steals from another, it gains esteem. Makes sense of course, the people giving the credit are part of the thieving nation, so it's just self-congratulatory. It's just curious that there is no shame in it at all.
Anyway, Elayne's exultation at getting cannons creeped me out to a significant extent. Given her already demonstrated expansionism, I do get a feeling that Andor is about to enter a glorious new era. Andor's neighbours perhaps less so.
I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips. ~Birgitte
So about the nobility.
- 09/11/2010 06:53:34 AM
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Thank you. I couldn't put a finger on why that bothered me.
- 09/11/2010 08:27:26 AM
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I don't have any problems with this - they are trying to get more power to survive.
- 09/11/2010 04:08:22 PM
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If that power is needed to survive, how will those she takes it from survive?
- 09/11/2010 09:23:15 PM
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I disagree
- 09/11/2010 07:28:39 PM
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Re: I disagree
- 09/11/2010 09:29:11 PM
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Re: I disagree
- 10/11/2010 12:30:33 AM
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Re: I disagree
- 10/11/2010 01:07:19 AM
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Yes, of course...
- 10/11/2010 01:36:30 AM
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If you can stay on subject, yes.
- 10/11/2010 03:22:49 AM
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*Scratches head*
- 09/11/2010 10:59:29 PM
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Re: *Scratches head*
- 09/11/2010 11:50:00 PM
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Damn...
- 10/11/2010 01:27:28 AM
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