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Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit Send a noteboard - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM
There is an ancient celtic legend of Epona, the Everriding Goddess and her misterious horse, who could travense the Bond between Living World and Unseen one (or the World of Dead). That scene in TAR when Egwene riding ghosty Bela arrived to Salidar was exactly how Epona is usualy pictured.
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now Joel - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 3579 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting Isaac - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 1496 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1613 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1846 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 1394 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 1467 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 1426 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 1378 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1542 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 1516 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 1376 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 1513 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 1398 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 759 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 1403 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 707 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 1234 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 1282 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 1258 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 1414 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 1460 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 1507 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 1375 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 1496 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 2382 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 1340 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1596 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 1315 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 698 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 1292 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 1505 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 8183 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 765 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 1429 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 1480 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 1265 Views
The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 1427 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 1353 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1828 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1618 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 803 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 1278 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 1569 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 1312 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1580 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 1424 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 1268 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 1327 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 1439 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 1321 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 1294 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 1264 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 677 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 702 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 1374 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 1280 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 1183 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 1247 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 1298 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 1267 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 1538 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 1345 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 1323 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 1518 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 1380 Views
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