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Just off color Nargs Send a noteboard - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM
I do not buy that regardless though; her dad never plays those kinds of juvenile manipulative games with Rand. I would say she behaves like a spoiled teenager, but the simile is ruined by her being literally rather than figuratively just that.

Her father is not a female in that culture. So many of her POVs refer to her culture as the reason for her behavior.


"There was nothing to be done" is a CLASSIC attempted excuse for passively and silently watching tragedies unfold. We can never be sure nothing she did could have prevented it because "nothing" is all she attempted. I might cut her some slack for trying and failing, but NOT trying and failing is inexcusable.
Had she jumped in and tried to stop him - that would not have been believable. Imagine the emotions and shock and disbelief running through her at that moment. I cannot fault her for freezing. Maybe you can.

Going south would have taken longer, but at least would not have been marching up to the DOs doorstep and hoping an ally found her instead of him or his Shadowspawn legions.
Thats the point! It would have taken longer. She fails. She knew that.

Oh, gee, marching the Horn of Valere straight toward Shayol Ghul during Tarmon Gaidon got me captured by Shadowspawn; gee, who could have foreseen THAT? :rolleyes:
She didn't get captured on her way to Shayol Ghul.

No, she did NOT "happen[] upon a situation that would allow them to get back immediately," and the proof is that THEY DID NOT; when Perrin found her under a pile of bodies later she was still in the middle of Shayol Ghul.
You have it all wrong. (Page 752,753 - Faile ended up at Merrilor) & (Page 902 - Perrin found her at Merrilor) Maybe you should reread the book... a little slower.

Taking warhorses to a warzone is not exactly attention getting. Neither is a courier taking a racehorse. Taking Bela only makes sense for the reason I said: Greater carrying capacity and endurance. Still, a bred military packhorse would have been far better, and a pack animal in a baggage train is as pedestrian as it gets.
Wow. No response.

Yes, because that is the ONLY circumstance under which a ta'veren wife might need to make a fast getaway while carrying the Horn of Valere to ANOTHER ta'veren during Tarmon Gaidon. But then, Faile does not seem familiar with the better and more discrete part of valor; often, that is precisely her problem.
You know what? I am done.... no more.
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now Joel - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 3389 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting Isaac - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 1355 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1452 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1679 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 1249 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 1329 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 1277 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 1226 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1383 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 1352 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 1213 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 1357 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 1252 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 662 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 1240 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 620 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 1103 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 1118 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 1109 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 1264 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 1280 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 1350 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 1232 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 1316 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 2236 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 1196 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1428 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 1159 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 616 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 1138 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 1347 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 8003 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 680 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 1279 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 1304 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 1114 Views
The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 1269 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 1167 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1661 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1454 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 710 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 1116 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 1401 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 1151 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1419 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 1280 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 1123 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 1176 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 1267 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 1170 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 1150 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 1116 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 595 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 621 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 1227 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 1120 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 1032 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 1090 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 1154 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 1115 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 1399 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 1187 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 1169 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 1298 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 1194 Views
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