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Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM
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.

Cast off like a thing; Bela just kept trucking along throughout the series doing her job without complaint despite neglect and scorn from all she served so faithfully. Until Jordan had Trollocs butcher her right at the end.


When exactly was Egwene or Siuan supposed to pamper her? They did have a lot going on over the course of the 2 years of the series ... Just the fact that Egwene found time to see Bela at all is pretty impressive since most of her time in TV she wasn't allowed off the Tower grounds and would have had to make a special effort to go to the stables.

Yes, Bela was a hero in as much as a horse can be ... I like the idea that she was Jain/Noals horse as a Hero of the Horn... Would be a fitting end for her.
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now Joel - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 2881 Views
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She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1052 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1175 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 897 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 927 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 908 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 870 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1019 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 975 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 811 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 1015 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 873 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 465 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 838 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 442 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 729 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 761 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 762 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 864 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 902 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 861 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 849 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 933 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 1889 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 826 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1034 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 801 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 438 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 757 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 934 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 7647 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 487 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 904 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 895 Views
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The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 819 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 788 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1211 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1063 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 525 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 762 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 991 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 800 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1029 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 888 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 750 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 811 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 895 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 808 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 745 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 791 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 395 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 427 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 838 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 761 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 677 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 706 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 772 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 708 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 993 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 809 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 820 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 927 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 816 Views
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