Wow ... Not sure what is bringing out the aggression
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 30/05/2012 10:19:18 PM
I'm expressing a POV on how I read a storyline not trying to prove a case before the Supreme Court of WoT. It's a forum, as in a place to discuss our perspectives with others. My perspective is and has been that I believe Galad being a Damodred was a stupid political move. Not trying to pick up on some non existent "error" ... It's a observation that the Mantear Royals made a stupid move by allowing him to be a Damodred. There are many reasons how, some more plausible than others, I'm not all that interested in that piece ... I don't much care about the machinations behind the decision. I just think its an example of the crafty Cairhienin Damodred's getting one over on the more transparent Andoran family. But for the record I don't believe there has been a smart reason brought forward for his being a Damodred ... Only reasons that make the Mantears look stupid. And Taringail look even more stupid for marrying into Trakand. Maybe a ta'veren was involved.
Go ahead and question my intelligence I'm sure better men have done the same.
Matrilineal or not the Mantear line had recently run to males and the last son of the Royal line would in any instance be a valuable commodity to the house ... Perhaps married to another Mantear with strong ties to Ishara. They follow the female line, doesn't mean they don't value the males. If Galad had a daughter in such an arrangement Mantear is vastly better off than if they left him to the Damodred's.
Andor doesn't need anything from an insane King from a weaker nation and a declining House. Mantear could have put Galad to many good uses ... He would have been a good match for Tenobia for consort, or as I've already mentioned married to a female of the Mantear line to add legitimacy etc ... Children such as Galad were often married off, like his mother and father. This is not a difficult concept to understand. But I can see that you are more concerned with being correct than you are in having a discussion on the topic. My bad for trying to make it interesting on here.
Go ahead and question my intelligence I'm sure better men have done the same.
Matrilineal or not the Mantear line had recently run to males and the last son of the Royal line would in any instance be a valuable commodity to the house ... Perhaps married to another Mantear with strong ties to Ishara. They follow the female line, doesn't mean they don't value the males. If Galad had a daughter in such an arrangement Mantear is vastly better off than if they left him to the Damodred's.
Andor doesn't need anything from an insane King from a weaker nation and a declining House. Mantear could have put Galad to many good uses ... He would have been a good match for Tenobia for consort, or as I've already mentioned married to a female of the Mantear line to add legitimacy etc ... Children such as Galad were often married off, like his mother and father. This is not a difficult concept to understand. But I can see that you are more concerned with being correct than you are in having a discussion on the topic. My bad for trying to make it interesting on here.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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Thoughts...
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21/05/2012 09:35:29 PM
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Mat and the madness...
21/05/2012 10:30:09 PM
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Nynaeve's revelation may make the AS even more worried of Rand being mad
21/05/2012 10:58:37 PM
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Not Egwene though...
21/05/2012 11:02:41 PM
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Maybe, maybe not ... Nynaeve just gave everyone proof of the extent of his possible madness
21/05/2012 11:26:41 PM
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Re: Maybe, maybe not ... Nynaeve just gave everyone proof of the extent of his possible madness
22/05/2012 01:14:05 AM
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Re: Mat and the madness...
22/05/2012 02:29:31 AM
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Rand's dreams...
22/05/2012 02:42:36 AM
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She assumes he's mad just like most people assume a 19 year old boy is horney
22/05/2012 03:47:49 AM
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Everything Egwene's little pea-brain does not grasp has always been a sign of madness to her.
21/05/2012 11:05:44 PM
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Oh read the books will you?
21/05/2012 11:12:06 PM
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I'd rather not. For different reasons, it's kind of painful to read those by either author.
22/05/2012 04:46:20 AM
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What caught my eye there was "Trollocs seize Caemlyn."
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As much as I would love Moiraine to go with him to Ebou Dar
22/05/2012 07:20:40 PM
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At this stage, all roads lead to Rand.
22/05/2012 09:08:42 PM
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Re: At this stage, all roads lead to Rand.
23/05/2012 08:07:56 PM
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Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
23/05/2012 08:53:53 PM
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Re: Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
23/05/2012 09:01:10 PM
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It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
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Re: It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
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Re: It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
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Re: Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
24/05/2012 02:41:55 PM
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Aviendha's visions from Rhuidean indicate he will kneel...
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Re: Aviendha's visions from Rhuidean indicate he will kneel...
26/05/2012 09:42:20 PM
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Agreed...
26/05/2012 09:57:06 PM
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I think you are extrapolating some of his actions into more than he intends
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Re: Agreed...
27/05/2012 04:26:15 AM
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I think you're both wrong...
27/05/2012 08:41:50 AM
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I'm sure that is part of it, but I very much doubt he is thinking in terms of succession
27/05/2012 01:41:37 PM
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I can't believe Galad will be accepted as a ruler since he is the Lord Captain Commander
28/05/2012 02:48:26 AM
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Re: I can't believe Galad will be accepted as a ruler since he is the Lord Captain Commander
28/05/2012 04:54:46 PM
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That makes no sense
28/05/2012 05:50:16 PM
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Taringail was Laman's heir...
28/05/2012 07:20:07 PM
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You are answering the wrong question
29/05/2012 02:19:48 PM
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No. I've answered the exact question. You seem to have missed it.
29/05/2012 04:40:17 PM
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Yet not one of these things actually happened
29/05/2012 10:13:35 PM
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You're being absurd...
30/05/2012 01:04:36 AM
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Explain why Taringail didn't become King after Laman's death then
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30/05/2012 06:11:02 AM
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Why then would Taringail, an ambitious man, renounce a Throne?
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We don't fully know...
30/05/2012 06:43:30 AM
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You just flipped your last statement
30/05/2012 06:55:36 AM
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You seem extremely confused...
30/05/2012 09:56:30 AM
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Not confused, simply not satisfied with the information we have
30/05/2012 12:15:59 PM
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Re: Not confused, simply not satisfied with the information we have
30/05/2012 03:34:06 PM
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I am not contesting the information we have
30/05/2012 04:48:08 PM
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You're impossible...
30/05/2012 10:02:59 PM
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Wow ... Not sure what is bringing out the aggression
30/05/2012 10:19:18 PM
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Re: Explain why Taringail didn't become King after Laman's death then
30/05/2012 02:22:21 PM
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See this maps back to my original stance ... Thanks for pointing out that Fionwe invented that
30/05/2012 05:09:14 PM
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Good, now you have one last thing (a few inches long) to remember so everything becomes clear....
30/05/2012 10:50:33 PM
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Re: That makes no sense
29/05/2012 04:39:45 PM
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Only one other thing...
29/05/2012 04:53:29 PM
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No. If that was the case Taringail would have been King of Cairhien and not have married Morgase *NM*
30/05/2012 05:52:18 AM
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Bryne was Captain General not First Prince and Taringail was Prince Consort not FP
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Bryne was First Prince Regent.
30/05/2012 06:19:33 AM
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No Forsaken will go near that Ter'angreal
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Re: No Forsaken will go near that Ter'angreal
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Aviendha reprogrammed the ter'angreal
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Re: Aviendha reprogrammed the ter'angreal
27/05/2012 06:44:41 PM
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I'd have to re-read to be 100% certain, but the way I read the passage
28/05/2012 02:10:14 AM
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Re: I'd have to re-read to be 100% certain, but the way I read the passage
28/05/2012 03:33:18 PM
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I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one *NM*
28/05/2012 05:18:40 PM
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He might not literally kneel before the ter'angreal, but almost certainly must meet with Tuon soon.
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