Yes, too bad the viewing was wrong and she died...oh, wait....
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 06/05/2012 07:34:43 PM
If Elayne did not go, the jailbreak would have happened cleanly, and everyone would have escaped, and it is possible they would not know about Master Lounalt being a Darkfriend, with access to Master Norry's intelligence-gathering apparatus. Every Black sister and Darkfriend who died in that incident, died because of Elayne's "impulsive" behavior! Also, who says it was only a jailbreak they were after? Every time Black sisters are involved in prisoner escapes in this series, they do lots of damage on the way out, like steal Horns of Valere, or put Dominion Bands on the Dragon Reborn, or sneak into Caemlyn and play 10 Little Indians with the Kinswomen. Elayne might have diffused a preliminary strike to soften Caemlyn up for the Trolloc invasion.
Your summation is wrong - she shows a great deal of heroism "when it comes to dealing with dangerous situations." What you call over confidence is actually calculated risk-taking (she is one of the most self-critical characters, with the least amount of confidence in herself) and her gambles almost always pay off. Furthermore, she sucks at "the art of governing," unless you consider that art to consist entirely of accumulation of personal power, regardless of the rights of the people you trample over.
Your summation is wrong - she shows a great deal of heroism "when it comes to dealing with dangerous situations." What you call over confidence is actually calculated risk-taking (she is one of the most self-critical characters, with the least amount of confidence in herself) and her gambles almost always pay off. Furthermore, she sucks at "the art of governing," unless you consider that art to consist entirely of accumulation of personal power, regardless of the rights of the people you trample over.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Elayne
02/05/2012 11:36:52 PM
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03/05/2012 02:36:14 PM
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03/05/2012 02:47:58 PM
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Yes, I posted a proposition with that solution years ago.
06/05/2012 07:25:55 PM
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With the new healing technology
07/05/2012 12:08:50 AM
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So it's better to not bother?! At least by stilling, you force them to make the effort.
08/05/2012 06:53:17 AM
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Not to mention that Elayne KNOWS that Stilling them would also have broken their Oaths
08/05/2012 01:11:31 PM
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Not that much
08/05/2012 10:07:24 PM
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Sorry, meant she could have more effectively questioned them in "normal" means
08/05/2012 11:26:13 PM
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Re: Sorry, meant she could have more effectively questioned them in "normal" means
09/05/2012 01:24:41 AM
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Ispan was still bound by her oath to not betray the Black Ajah
09/05/2012 12:32:45 PM
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Re: Ispan was still bound by her oath to not betray the Black Ajah
09/05/2012 03:57:11 PM
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All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
10/05/2012 01:35:42 PM
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Re: All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
10/05/2012 08:02:20 PM
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Yes, too bad the viewing was wrong and she died...oh, wait....
06/05/2012 07:34:43 PM
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I agree
07/05/2012 02:25:06 AM
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I don't know that we agree about Elayne...
08/05/2012 06:40:56 AM
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Actually, I think we do on most a lot of points
08/05/2012 08:53:43 PM
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Seriously, I haven't read any Elayne chapters since book 9/Winter's Heart.....
06/05/2012 08:01:05 PM
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