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Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM
She created a Bela in TAR for her trip to Salidar and willed the mirror image to "live" for as long as she could before she left her behind. After that real life Bela was passed to Siuan.

Its interesting that Bela "ran like the wind" there too, and Egwene does show a great deal of affection for her. It was Dom, I think, who said that as soon as Bela died, Egwene's death was certain too.

And you can see why. Bela ran with great speed for Egwene... always for her. First, in the Two Rivers. Second, in the Dream world, third, from the Rebel camp to the shore of the Erinin... all three major transitions for Egwene: from Village girl to Novice, from Accepted to Amyrlin Seat, from Amyrlin Seat of the Rebels to true Amyrlin of the Tower.

The last time, they did not run together. But Bela ran to her death, paving the way for Egwene to hers.
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now Joel - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 3228 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting Isaac - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 1193 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1292 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1517 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 1116 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 1158 Views
You just hit on probably the major structural weakness of the series with respect to characters. Tom - 15/01/2013 02:54:59 AM 1148 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 1079 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1241 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 1194 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 1047 Views
Rand certainly flirted with the moral Event Horizon a few times, so did some of the others Isaac - 15/01/2013 10:33:23 AM 1228 Views
Mostly it's because it's clear in RJ's eyes that doing something like the things you suggest is wron IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 12:41:03 PM 1137 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 582 Views
We are introduced to them as they choose between abandoning home w/ a stranger v. staying to die Joel - 15/01/2013 04:46:02 PM 1073 Views
Joel, I just said I disagreed with you. I didn't want to debate this series for the sake of debate. *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 05:43:55 PM 555 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 975 Views
Because they had only a strange witchs word they would die, and leaving w/ her was perilous, too. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:17:16 PM 991 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 994 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 1114 Views
Jordan said he put some of himself in all the ta'veren, but its clearly strongest with Perrin. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:27:10 AM 1124 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 1174 Views
It was neck and neck with her and Min for a long while, but Min finally saw past her own nose. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:09:13 PM 1099 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 1174 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 2123 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 1046 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1268 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 1021 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 542 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 1004 Views
I think she fed her an apple once in TV or somewhere, too, but otherwise she ignored her. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:12:26 AM 1196 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 7869 Views
Actually, I never understood why people LOVE that horse so much. She is just a horse! *NM* aragornital - 15/01/2013 07:52:29 AM 604 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 1134 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 1157 Views
The whole series is based upon the love of Bela and Narg and her struggle to come to terms with his MightyYT - 16/01/2013 04:01:59 AM 974 Views
The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 1116 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 1037 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1530 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1327 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 636 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 982 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 1253 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 1022 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1279 Views
Not to argue, but I think RJ created a world where women had the power darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:17:11 AM 1125 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 971 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 1039 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 1129 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 1037 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 990 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 1012 Views
LOL - that's funny, coming from you, one of the most pathetic fanboys around here. *NM* Tom - 19/01/2013 02:32:18 PM 512 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 541 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 1073 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 989 Views
Because her kidnapping was the reason Perrin led his hodge podge army to rescue her, and got trapped Joel - 19/01/2013 01:00:26 AM 908 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 937 Views
I said outright I do not fault her as a character for that (only Jordan for writing it that way. ) Joel - 19/01/2013 07:35:57 PM 997 Views
No it wasn't ... The dreamspike plot would have happened even had she not been kidnapped darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:24:25 AM 951 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 1240 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 1060 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 1046 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 1150 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 1042 Views
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