I agree with your reasoning on this. Only one problem, really.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 07/12/2009 03:19:14 PM
It seems to work out too perfectly for this not to be the case.
The only problem is that all three of the Aes Sedai you named were members of the Rebels. It might need to be more balanced in favor of a grouping that sided neither with the Rebels nor the Loyalists to make it past the Hall. Egwene may be the strongest Amyrlin in heart, intelligence, wisdom, the Power and courage we've seen since the series started, but she's still only the Amyrlin. She needs to work through a draconian representative system that will fight her more often than they will blindly agree with her.
What wasn't lost on me was that she still swore the Oaths knowing that her lifespan would be significantly reduced, possibly irrevocably as we don't know if being released from the Oaths returns your full potential lifespan, and also knowing that the strees of being the Amyrlin might mean an early demise for her.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was the first of the heroines to die in the fulness of time.
The only problem is that all three of the Aes Sedai you named were members of the Rebels. It might need to be more balanced in favor of a grouping that sided neither with the Rebels nor the Loyalists to make it past the Hall. Egwene may be the strongest Amyrlin in heart, intelligence, wisdom, the Power and courage we've seen since the series started, but she's still only the Amyrlin. She needs to work through a draconian representative system that will fight her more often than they will blindly agree with her.
What wasn't lost on me was that she still swore the Oaths knowing that her lifespan would be significantly reduced, possibly irrevocably as we don't know if being released from the Oaths returns your full potential lifespan, and also knowing that the strees of being the Amyrlin might mean an early demise for her.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was the first of the heroines to die in the fulness of time.
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This message last edited by RugbyPlayingAshaman on 07/12/2009 at 03:24:37 PM
Egwene's embassy
- 05/12/2009 01:17:30 PM
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Re: Egwene's embassy
- 05/12/2009 03:48:27 PM
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Egwene will have the Hall under control
- 05/12/2009 04:03:39 PM
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Re: Egwene will have the Hall under control
- 05/12/2009 04:16:23 PM
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Re: Egwene's embassy
- 05/12/2009 05:58:12 PM
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The whole Strength thing needs to be scrapped anyway.
- 06/12/2009 01:13:10 AM
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Makes you wonder how viable the Oaths will be in the upcoming months
- 06/12/2009 02:07:38 AM
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- 06/12/2009 10:08:07 AM
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Just don't be too surprised....
- 06/12/2009 10:01:14 AM
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Re: Just don't be too surprised....
- 06/12/2009 12:10:51 PM
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- 06/12/2009 10:08:07 AM
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That was a not a policy statement, it was a parable.
- 07/12/2009 11:32:56 AM
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Re: That was a not a policy statement, it was a parable.
- 07/12/2009 11:51:38 AM
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Yep. That's why she probably WOULD tell him, but she'd be reluctant at best. *NM*
- 07/12/2009 05:02:34 PM
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Reread the scene
- 07/12/2009 12:00:36 PM
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I took it as Egwene offering a canned answer
- 07/12/2009 12:47:30 PM
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Wow, great point in the advice vs guidance
- 07/12/2009 10:53:33 PM
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Some presidents had spiritual advisors who offered guidance on moral & policy issues.
- 08/12/2009 03:19:35 PM
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I agree with your reasoning on this. Only one problem, really.
- 07/12/2009 03:19:14 PM
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