For all her love of the status quo, Siuan showed no inclination to hold back or force Rand in any way at all. That's what got her deposed, remember?
People forget... she loved the status quo, but she had sense enough to send three Accepted she trusted after Black sisters so that Rand would not be captured. While it would have been infinitely better if she used the Oath Rod on some sisters and sent them to deal with the BA, what she did showed that she was ready to bend rules and traditions for the DR. The picture isn't as bleak as you paint it.
I doubt any of the wondergirls would have been motivated to remove Siuan. Even Nynaeve respected her too much.
Had Siuan actively started hampering Rand, then you have a case. But I see nothing which points to that. She might have been naive enough to want the world to be totally unharmed, but she never showed signs of letting that make her oppose Rand or control him (a la Elaida).
People forget... she loved the status quo, but she had sense enough to send three Accepted she trusted after Black sisters so that Rand would not be captured. While it would have been infinitely better if she used the Oath Rod on some sisters and sent them to deal with the BA, what she did showed that she was ready to bend rules and traditions for the DR. The picture isn't as bleak as you paint it.
I doubt any of the wondergirls would have been motivated to remove Siuan. Even Nynaeve respected her too much.
Had Siuan actively started hampering Rand, then you have a case. But I see nothing which points to that. She might have been naive enough to want the world to be totally unharmed, but she never showed signs of letting that make her oppose Rand or control him (a la Elaida).
Did the characters come too easily to power?
- 16/03/2010 11:37:31 PM
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Yes, and for Rand at least IMO, playing nice has cost dearly
- 17/03/2010 04:59:32 AM
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Not necessarily
- 18/03/2010 03:17:10 PM
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Good post.
- 27/03/2010 01:43:24 PM
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Unfortunately, no.
- 31/03/2010 10:23:58 AM
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Re: Unfortunately, no.
- 02/04/2010 07:54:10 AM
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All the way through, up to ripping her self-delusional assessments of her "achievements" in KoD
- 02/04/2010 09:27:54 PM
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- 17/03/2010 05:43:01 AM
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Cmon ppl pls reply to this, Cannoli has spent such a long time writing it.... I couldn't be bothered *NM*
- 17/03/2010 10:31:38 AM
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Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall...
- 17/03/2010 02:49:55 PM
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Re: Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall...
- 17/03/2010 06:15:18 PM
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I usually read Cannoli's epic-length posts...
- 17/03/2010 04:08:33 PM
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Ha! Imagine if I didn't double-space the paragraphs. That is a fairly new practice on my part.
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- 18/03/2010 03:36:13 PM
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- 18/03/2010 03:36:13 PM
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I'd suggest you had more paragraphs......with a lot of spacing.....
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- 19/03/2010 04:42:05 AM
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- 19/03/2010 04:42:05 AM
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Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points.
- 17/03/2010 05:35:08 PM
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Re: Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points.
- 17/03/2010 10:08:34 PM
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Oh and I forgot to add
- 18/03/2010 01:41:28 AM
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I would say those cases are both examples of aknowledging their own limitations and priorities
- 18/03/2010 04:02:13 PM
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Re: Did the characters come too easily to power?
- 17/03/2010 06:10:22 PM
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I was more focussed on the cost of GETTING power, not the prices of discharging it responsibly
- 18/03/2010 04:27:18 PM
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While most of this is true...
- 19/03/2010 06:47:19 AM
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Siuan's failure to properly help Rand should motivate Egwene to overthrow...oh, right. Egwene.
- 19/03/2010 11:52:10 PM
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- 19/03/2010 11:52:10 PM
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What do you mean by "properly"?
- 20/03/2010 07:57:26 AM
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Re: The To'Raken
- 06/04/2010 06:00:07 AM
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