Aran'gar had opportunity, ability, and motive to use compulsion on Egwene. Can anyone think of a reason why Aran'gar would not have at least attempted to control Egwene through compulsion?
My theory is Aran'gar was not very talented in the use of compulsion and Egwene was strong willed. Directives that Egwene partially of wholly agreed with were the ones that were effective. Examples of this would be 'The Dragon Reborn is Dangerous, and you must protect the world from him', The White Tower must be reunited and you are the one most able to achieve this', and 'Do not trust men especially those in the military'. An example of one that would not have work would be declaring Elaida a dark friend.
My theory is Aran'gar was not very talented in the use of compulsion and Egwene was strong willed. Directives that Egwene partially of wholly agreed with were the ones that were effective. Examples of this would be 'The Dragon Reborn is Dangerous, and you must protect the world from him', The White Tower must be reunited and you are the one most able to achieve this', and 'Do not trust men especially those in the military'. An example of one that would not have work would be declaring Elaida a dark friend.
Compulsion cannot be used on people easily. It provides a powerful, irresistible desire to do as you have been commanded, but overall it is more destructive than helpful to the person who wove it originally. The one exception would be someone who knows how to wield it skillfully and extremely subtely, and the only person I know with that extreme aptitude is Graendal. She can compel someone to the point that they can actually act normally to the casual eye.
Aran'gar seems like a relatively unskilled channeler and would not be able to pull off Compulsion on Egwene without causing significant destruction to her own plans. Masema is an example of a compelled person - he's feral in his desire to perform a command and it shows. We've had Egwene's PoV and there are no indications of Compulsion or her struggle to battle an abberant thought. When Moghedien used Compulsion on Nynaeve, we could see Nynaeve's internal struggle.
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Egwene under compulsion
17/05/2012 05:40:31 AM
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17/05/2012 08:27:50 AM
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To add to that
17/05/2012 01:46:02 PM
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Re: To add to that
18/05/2012 06:04:07 AM
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Re: To add to that
18/05/2012 08:58:23 AM
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Re: To add to that
19/05/2012 04:00:49 AM
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Re: Egwene under compulsion
18/05/2012 11:31:01 PM
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Except we know Aran'gar was punished in some way for "losing control of her charge"
18/05/2012 11:47:44 PM
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Re: Except we know Aran'gar was punished in some way for "losing control of her charge"
19/05/2012 12:31:10 AM
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Yes I know. That's the point we are discussing.
19/05/2012 12:44:27 AM
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Re: Yes I know. That's the point we are discussing.
20/05/2012 07:01:23 AM
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Fair point on Ishamael
20/05/2012 03:36:32 PM
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Re: Except we know Aran'gar was punished in some way for "losing control of her charge"
20/05/2012 06:54:40 AM
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Re: Egwene under compulsion
19/05/2012 12:05:32 AM
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The Headaches
19/05/2012 04:47:23 AM
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I always thought the headaches were just something Aran'gar did to get close to Egwene
19/05/2012 04:10:32 PM
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Re: Egwene under compulsion
20/05/2012 06:37:23 AM
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Like I said before...
20/05/2012 07:30:58 PM
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Re: Like I said before...
20/05/2012 08:57:17 PM
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Finding a weave and recognizing the symptoms are different things
21/05/2012 03:13:12 AM
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Re: Finding a weave and recognizing the symptoms are different things
21/05/2012 01:32:30 PM
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No argument that a subtle compulsion would be necessary
21/05/2012 01:48:06 PM
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Why bother? She's Egwene, and served the Shadow's end of her own free will
21/05/2012 11:13:26 PM
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Re: Why bother? She's Egwene, and served the Shadow's end of her own free will
22/05/2012 08:22:46 AM
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