It seems that most Sisters who don't really know what to do join the Red Ajah. They've had the most specific and important function in the Tower for three millenia, and yet they very rarely get to do it. I wouldn't be surprised if most Reds had never even encountered a male channeler.
That's an interesting view, I never thought about it, but it could make sense. The Green and Yellow likely guide Accepted who are gifted with the right weaves to their Ajahs, while Brown, White, and Gray probably look for ones with the right aptitudes.
I think though that Tower politics plays some role in Ajah selection as well, probably most strongly with Red and Blue, since neither Ajah really needs to specialize in anything particular. Blue perhaps is more selective of the girls they guide to their faction, so they're one of the smallest factions. Red OTOH probably tries to aggressively get girls who don't show any particular aptitude for the other Ajahs, and they do seem to feel that they're the most important part of the WT as well. Red seems to be the most conservative Tower faction while Blue the most liberal, so it's not really surprising the two don't like each other at all. That makes Red a very good fit for Elaida, since she seems to have very conservative views about the AS and their place in the world, evidenced by her desire to restore the former influence the AS had on the Westlands.
Elaida's ajah
29/09/2010 11:39:53 PM
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Re: Elaida's ajah
30/09/2010 01:00:32 AM
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What has she done that shows she hates men?
30/09/2010 01:03:52 AM
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I don't think she hates all men
30/09/2010 04:39:00 AM
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Thanks for the confirmation about the vileness.
30/09/2010 04:49:50 AM
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Elaida's more like a Slytherin. I can't really think of any causes she has
30/09/2010 06:20:04 AM
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actually there's a bit where suian thinks that elaida's hated her since she beat her to
30/09/2010 08:59:01 AM
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I probably need to re-read
30/09/2010 01:09:55 AM
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Hehe... I need to reread too.
30/09/2010 01:13:05 AM
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I wonder if RJ ever planned on Thom getting revenge
30/09/2010 01:20:35 AM
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I have a secret fantasy/hope...
30/09/2010 01:26:07 AM
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I think that might happen anyway
30/09/2010 01:36:26 AM
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She thinks those that channel are unclean and have rejected the light IIRC.
30/09/2010 08:28:43 AM
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But she might not always have been like that
01/10/2010 03:44:57 PM
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seems to me that she would have been like this early on since she participated in the
01/10/2010 09:58:09 PM
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I always thought of it as a fall-back ajah
30/09/2010 05:32:19 AM
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To me, it seems more like Tower politics.
30/09/2010 07:23:19 AM
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Funny, I always considered the Bluye as the fall-back Ajah.
30/09/2010 06:35:18 PM
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see, and I've always seen the Greens as a the fall-back Ajah
30/09/2010 08:09:03 PM
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At least I guess we can all agree that the Yellow aren't a fall-back Ajah *NM*
01/10/2010 06:44:06 AM
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Thats because Yellows are superior *NM*
01/10/2010 03:42:45 PM
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Totally superior! 3000 years using 1 weave to heal the upper crust of society
02/10/2010 02:12:28 PM
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Elaida is pretty clearly a Red Ajah-link to great article that summarizes the point better included
30/09/2010 03:22:14 PM
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I think she's not a Blue because there's already an Ajah for her particular "cause. "
01/10/2010 05:13:53 AM
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