Unless, and this is a BIG unless, you are the ruler, ie the Empress. So what you are defending here is not justice but rather what you see as a benevolent dictatorship.
Benevolent dictatorship is a lot better than the tyrants of Tear, for example. The Empresses have their Truthspeakers and their idea of honor to keep them in line. It's at least better than nothing.
Oh, and you better hope that your baby daughter isn't born with the Spark or she'll be taken away to live life as a possession.
Man, I'm glad that for a thousand years it has been taught that that is the only decent thing to do, eh?
The Seanchan order comes at the price of a slave-nation mentality. One necessitates the other. Remove the slavery and order will begin to break down as people realize the Empire is not always right.
I don't really see this. Tuon is going to be in control even after she frees the Damane (if that happens) and the damane are the most important aspect of their slavery. That's how I believe, but others can disagree.
Not that the feudalists in Randland are better, but to say Seanchan society is perfect is blinded at best and delusive at worst.
Did someone say it was perfect? It's glaringly obvious to every one of us that it isn't perfect. The Seanchan have been described as monsters by the main characters often enough. But it's nowhere near the worst.
Character discussion 10 : Tuon
18/07/2010 06:08:30 PM
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Most annoying, unlikeable, incomprehensible, irredeemable character in the books.
18/07/2010 06:44:14 PM
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I disprove your argument with one word. Coincidentally, it is a character.
18/07/2010 07:50:17 PM
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Re: Most annoying, unlikeable, incomprehensible, irredeemable character in the books.
19/07/2010 05:57:29 PM
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Re: Most annoying, unlikeable, incomprehensible, irredeemable character in the books.
20/07/2010 01:01:50 AM
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Re: Most annoying, unlikeable, incomprehensible, irredeemable character in the books.
20/07/2010 06:36:11 PM
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I really like Tuon.
18/07/2010 07:45:11 PM
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Re: I really like Tuon.
18/07/2010 07:56:22 PM
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I guess I should have said she and Egwene share positive personality traits
18/07/2010 09:01:50 PM
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Re: I guess I should have said she and Egwene share positive personality traits
21/07/2010 01:26:03 PM
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Cool character but has major flaws
19/07/2010 06:22:15 AM
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The a'dam and the 3 Oaths are a lot alike.
20/07/2010 01:01:49 AM
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Re: "She is a better ruler than most". Really? Can you provide the examples?
19/07/2010 06:58:46 PM
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Re: "She is a better ruler than most". Really? Can you provide the examples?
20/07/2010 12:39:15 AM
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Re: "She is a better ruler than most". Really? Can you provide the examples?
20/07/2010 03:59:30 PM
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You meant to say Graendal used Arad Doman as her base & destroyed it, right?
20/07/2010 04:14:41 PM
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There are plenty of examples
20/07/2010 08:59:19 PM
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Re: There are plenty of examples
21/07/2010 02:21:01 PM
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Tuon carries out enlightened absolutism, then
22/07/2010 11:24:22 AM
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Does Tuon know sul'dam can channel or not?
18/07/2010 10:56:40 PM
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I'm laughing out loud. AS are normal women? Have you been paying attention to the AS she's with?
19/07/2010 01:35:08 AM
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A horrible woman
19/07/2010 07:02:45 AM
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Yes - and the Seanchan Empire is ten thousand times worse than a White Tower-like organization
22/07/2010 03:24:28 PM
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I think she has the most potential for evil
19/07/2010 03:24:28 PM
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Tuon and omens plus other thoughts.
20/07/2010 05:20:26 AM
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On that note, I think she is a bit uncanny because she sometimes seems a bit insane
20/07/2010 03:52:58 PM
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One thing among many that really bothered me about Tuon
21/07/2010 08:07:57 AM
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