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Ugly, IMO, but a keen political manuever Yondaime Send a noteboard - 12/01/2010 09:31:48 PM
Technically, Egwene was wrong to scold the rebels for splitting - the split was the right and necessary thing to do, and that doesn't just change because the Tower is whole now. The WT AS were wrong in their support of Elaida; misguided and ignorant, true, but still in the wrong.

However, pointing out this fact would achieve nothing. If anything, it would tick off the remaining WT Aes Sedai, and threaten Egwene's grip on authority. What she needed to do was demonstrate that she was impartial to sides - neither the rebels nor loyal Aes Sedai mattered; her loyalty was to the Tower. To achieve that end, it was a wise political move to 'scold' the rebels a bit.

She was effectively reassuring those Aes Sedai who stayed in Tar Valon, that there wasn't going to be a radical change in hierarchy. She was telling them that she could see things from their point of view.

I would liken it to a mother who scold her children when they get in a fight. It doesn't matter who was right or wrong, you shouldn't have been fighting.
"Take the Gleeman!" Rand and Mat cried, throwing Thom to the Myrddraal. Then they ran away as fast as they could, and Thom's screams quickly faded into the distance along with any inconvenient feelings of guilt.
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She was right, as long as she never mentions it again - 12/01/2010 05:19:38 PM 796 Views
Exactly - 13/01/2010 04:21:50 AM 814 Views
I was just tired of reading about the Tower civil war - 19/01/2010 01:11:54 AM 683 Views
I didn't expect it, but it was absolutely the right thing for her to do. - 12/01/2010 06:13:42 PM 795 Views
perhaps a bit too harsh, but she was in the right *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:31:58 PM 350 Views
She was absolutely right and I love to hear good beratings. - 12/01/2010 06:49:56 PM 753 Views
Like you'd say anything else. *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:22:13 AM 298 Views
I think she was right. - 12/01/2010 06:57:34 PM 723 Views
Re: Was Egwene wrong to berate both Halls after the reunification? - 12/01/2010 06:58:40 PM 728 Views
Reasonable in terms of power politics, but still somewhat deceitful. - 12/01/2010 07:06:33 PM 763 Views
I'm not sure deceitful is the right word for the circumstances - 12/01/2010 07:10:57 PM 798 Views
Yeah.. - 12/01/2010 07:23:11 PM 672 Views
One of your reasons is simply wrong. - 12/01/2010 07:16:56 PM 766 Views
I agree. *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:08:37 PM 283 Views
Re: Was Egwene wrong to berate both Halls after the reunification? - 12/01/2010 07:20:30 PM 782 Views
I doubt it. - 12/01/2010 09:58:40 PM 673 Views
Or... - 13/01/2010 12:10:33 AM 688 Views
Re: Or... - 13/01/2010 12:24:19 AM 638 Views
Re: Or... - 13/01/2010 12:47:12 AM 675 Views
me too *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:10:11 AM 275 Views
Re: I doubt it. - 13/01/2010 02:41:04 PM 619 Views
Ugly, IMO, but a keen political manuever - 12/01/2010 09:31:48 PM 658 Views
It was very clear where her sympathies lie. A lot of it was superficial. - 12/01/2010 10:41:09 PM 807 Views
She didn't mention/berate the 300+ AS who ignored this whole facade of a plotline. - 13/01/2010 01:27:02 AM 692 Views
*NM* - 13/01/2010 03:13:59 AM 293 Views
it's not like they were there to berate! *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:10:49 AM 277 Views
Wait until they come back and she slams them for "ignoring the Tower in its hour of need." *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:20:55 AM 280 Views
She should - 13/01/2010 04:22:13 AM 747 Views
Re: She should - 13/01/2010 04:33:27 AM 682 Views
okay so 5 or 6 women actually looked at the greater good - 13/01/2010 04:39:49 AM 717 Views
I agree! *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:34:21 PM 277 Views

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