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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 3509 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting Isaac - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 1439 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1543 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1776 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 1330 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 1409 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 1360 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 1307 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1481 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 1445 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 1305 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 1447 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 1339 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 709 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 1337 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 660 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 1178 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 1219 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 1185 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 1348 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 1370 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 1437 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 1319 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 1422 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 2325 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 1279 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1512 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 1250 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 661 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 1222 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 1433 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 8102 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 726 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 1368 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 1417 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 1202 Views
The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 1364 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 1270 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1754 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1545 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 761 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 1212 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 1499 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 1239 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1512 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 1367 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 1208 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 1263 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 1370 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 1261 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 1239 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 1202 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 635 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 660 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 1309 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 1214 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 1126 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 1185 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 1239 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 1203 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 1479 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 1276 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 1262 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 1419 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 1314 Views
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