Before modification by Dunstan at 31/05/2017 06:37:24 PM
I'm going to assume you're referring to Elaida splitting the White Tower and the resulting build-up of armies on both sides. At first, it seemed like an interesting storyline and something that should be fitting leading up to the Dark One's release and the return of the Dragon Reborn.
Established monarchies being overthrown everywhere, riots throughout Randland, the Seanchan returning: it only made sense that Tar Valon would have its own catastrophe to deal with at a critical time. I could totally get behind it, and was looking forward to the resulting complexity it would at to the story.
But then the rogue Aes Sedai set up their camp and sat there, and sat there, and sat there... it became hard not to skip chapters that shifted the book back to them. But I stayed faithful and said this is surely leading to something huge in the book. They finally start moving back to Tar Valon and then... I guess we're not fighting anymore because there are Seanchan and Black Ajah about.
It just left me wondering why we went on this round-about journey if it didn't progress the plot in a meaningful way and made the terribly painful chapters all the more worthless.
I mean... At the end of the day, it ties into the same issue as BS seeming to forget like 80%+ of the Light's channelers even "existed". Standing besides even just the upwards of four to five thousand or so Aiel channelers. The Aes Sedai's "better training"... Doesn't really matter all that much. Certainly not the whole Tower's worth of them.
The Shadow was seemingly just REALLY outnumbered and out gunned where it counted, and for all of the fans being all "when will the Towers unify?" it... Didn't really matter. Indeed, everything points to the White and Black Towers never merging, and the Aes Sedai never regaining their monopoly at that.