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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 1632 Views
Re: Egwene - hypocrite Elvira_Sedai - 10/12/2009 01:33:00 PM 1152 Views
Not the same at all really Sidious - 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM 889 Views
How do you explain the BA Hunters? Taer - 10/12/2009 02:21:28 PM 835 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM 785 Views
Agreed Sidious - 10/12/2009 04:01:40 PM 684 Views
Disagree Taer - 10/12/2009 04:50:13 PM 783 Views
Just Agree to Disagree *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 11/12/2009 12:53:46 PM 313 Views
What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM 799 Views
Well... Sidious - 10/12/2009 03:58:48 PM 779 Views
Don't be ridiculous Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:05:46 PM 677 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM 687 Views
She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM 671 Views
Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM 713 Views
It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM 727 Views
I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM 618 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 665 Views
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone redhand - 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM 730 Views
Re: Let he who has no sin cast the first stone Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:41:33 PM 650 Views
Leane too darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 06:09:31 AM 644 Views
Not really DomA - 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM 769 Views
But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. redhand - 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM 700 Views
Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. DomA - 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM 731 Views
Really Taer - 10/12/2009 04:52:10 PM 662 Views
Re: Really DomA - 10/12/2009 11:56:30 PM 775 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 845 Views
Sure. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 05:03:00 PM 655 Views
Actually, I agree. Lord Haart - 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM 666 Views
I like Egwene Taer - 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM 713 Views
That really disappointed me. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM 749 Views
funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM 666 Views
Not the problem. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM 613 Views
I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM 677 Views
Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM 751 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM 708 Views
You have no basis for that assertion. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM 692 Views
Not really the case darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:43 PM 670 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 794 Views
Ah, true that. Fanatic-Templar - 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM 693 Views
Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM 643 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM 683 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM 733 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM 642 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 08:27:53 PM 614 Views
Not true. Fanatic-Templar - 14/12/2009 02:41:28 AM 730 Views
I agree with most of your point darius_sedai - 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM 755 Views
Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... randfandom - 11/12/2009 12:57:49 AM 638 Views
Re: Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:18:33 AM 657 Views
The main differences between the two oaths randfandom - 10/12/2009 07:00:55 PM 980 Views
Of course she is a hypocrite Knightscape - 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM 699 Views
The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM 700 Views
Probably because they're all human Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM 613 Views
darius_sedai - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM 701 Views
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