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Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom Send a noteboard - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM

Nothing Myrelle did with Lan is against Tower law, and her fear of punishment does not prove her guilt, only the likelihood of her being punished, justly or not.


She bonded Lan against his will. This violates Tower Law, although as I understand it, it is permissible in the context of an Aes Sedai's death. We've seen one or two other incidents where the Aes Sedai died and her warder was bonded by another (Myrelle again...) in save his life.

In what sense is it possibly just to punish the "crime" of bonding a man against his will, by making four other men have their bonds passed to different sisters, equally against their will, and more obnoxiously so, because they had no share of the guilt of the crime?


I agree with that, but I don't have the book in front of me to verify that Egwene in fact threatened to do just that. I don't much like Egwene as a person, but I think she is a powerful and determined leader. She was given a position of power in a way that ensured she has no real power. I can't blame her to grab the opportunity presented her to even the scales, even if it involves manipulation and some hypocrisy. It was the fault of the Aes Sedai that chose her to be Amyrlin, at a stage and an age where she was clearly unsuitable and then refused to give her the tools to govern. Would you have preferred she remained a puppet?
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Egwene - hypocrite Taer - 10/12/2009 01:20:24 PM 1730 Views
Re: Egwene - hypocrite Elvira_Sedai - 10/12/2009 01:33:00 PM 1240 Views
Not the same at all really Sidious - 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM 974 Views
How do you explain the BA Hunters? Taer - 10/12/2009 02:21:28 PM 922 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM 872 Views
Agreed Sidious - 10/12/2009 04:01:40 PM 774 Views
Disagree Taer - 10/12/2009 04:50:13 PM 867 Views
Just Agree to Disagree *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 11/12/2009 12:53:46 PM 365 Views
What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM 886 Views
Well... Sidious - 10/12/2009 03:58:48 PM 862 Views
Don't be ridiculous Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:05:46 PM 754 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM 776 Views
She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM 749 Views
Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM 800 Views
It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM 812 Views
I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM 712 Views
I have doubts about RJ's brain if he actually believed some of the crap he has characters spew Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:26:52 PM 771 Views
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone redhand - 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM 809 Views
Re: Let he who has no sin cast the first stone Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:41:33 PM 735 Views
Leane too darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 06:09:31 AM 733 Views
Not really DomA - 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM 851 Views
But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. redhand - 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM 779 Views
Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. DomA - 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM 807 Views
Really Taer - 10/12/2009 04:52:10 PM 757 Views
Re: Really DomA - 10/12/2009 11:56:30 PM 858 Views
No she was right, and even her blackmail, as reprehensible as that was, was not an act of tyranny Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:56:41 PM 941 Views
Sure. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 05:03:00 PM 727 Views
Actually, I agree. Lord Haart - 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM 749 Views
I like Egwene Taer - 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM 789 Views
That really disappointed me. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM 831 Views
funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM 745 Views
Not the problem. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM 704 Views
I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM 751 Views
Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM 822 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM 808 Views
You have no basis for that assertion. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM 787 Views
Not really the case darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:43 PM 780 Views
They refuse to reveal the Ajah Heads to Egwene, despite her express orders. Doubt Meidani could... fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:44:23 AM 904 Views
Ah, true that. Fanatic-Templar - 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM 792 Views
Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM 717 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM 768 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM 807 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM 721 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 08:27:53 PM 690 Views
Not true. Fanatic-Templar - 14/12/2009 02:41:28 AM 818 Views
I agree with most of your point darius_sedai - 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM 845 Views
Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... randfandom - 11/12/2009 12:57:49 AM 724 Views
Re: Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:18:33 AM 752 Views
The main differences between the two oaths randfandom - 10/12/2009 07:00:55 PM 1166 Views
Of course she is a hypocrite Knightscape - 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM 787 Views
The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM 799 Views
Probably because they're all human Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM 706 Views
darius_sedai - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM 783 Views
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