Agreed. Elayne's actions were in the best interest of Andor
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 03/04/2011 05:14:15 PM
The issue is that Aes Sedai are supposed to do what is best for the White Tower. Always. Sure there is the belief Aes Sedai have that whatever is good for the White Tower will then trickle down and be good for the rest of the world, but ultimately it is White Tower interests that they wish to preserve and enforce.
As far as we know, there have either been no rulers that were also Aes Sedai, or they were very, very, very few. So such a conflict of interests as Elayne represents has never occurred before. And her actions show that between her homeland and the Aes Sedai, she chooses the former. And, she has basically become the second most powerful Aes Sedai due to her actions. Any Amyrlin beside Egwene would be sweating when she found out about this, due to the huge threat it poses to her authority. With Egwene being the Amyrlin, and her and Elayne being friends, it just makes the situation even more muddled and confusing.
So basically... Either Elayne is still in the Aes Sedai organization, and has simply grabbed power for herself when she had the chance (maybe do some sort of penance as punishment, etc, and establishing a new and uneasy balance of power within the Tower), or she has become a "rogue" Aes Sedai. At least that is how the world would see this, and the other Aes Sedai.
As far as we know, there have either been no rulers that were also Aes Sedai, or they were very, very, very few. So such a conflict of interests as Elayne represents has never occurred before. And her actions show that between her homeland and the Aes Sedai, she chooses the former. And, she has basically become the second most powerful Aes Sedai due to her actions. Any Amyrlin beside Egwene would be sweating when she found out about this, due to the huge threat it poses to her authority. With Egwene being the Amyrlin, and her and Elayne being friends, it just makes the situation even more muddled and confusing.
So basically... Either Elayne is still in the Aes Sedai organization, and has simply grabbed power for herself when she had the chance (maybe do some sort of penance as punishment, etc, and establishing a new and uneasy balance of power within the Tower), or she has become a "rogue" Aes Sedai. At least that is how the world would see this, and the other Aes Sedai.
I wonder how she'll spin it to Egwene and then to the world ... if Egwene is smart she'll realize there isn't much she can do and what Elayne did can be spun as "an AS managing the Kin until a time when they can be fully reintegrated into the Tower" or something similarly round about ... make it look like some kind of master plan to the Hall. In any case they will do what they can to keep the relationship as quiet as possible to the other rulers since Egwene certainly doesn't want other non-AS rulers establishing Channeling organizations.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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