Re: Still, Cadsuane is near 300 years old and unless she drops the oaths she's going to be dead soon
DomA Send a noteboard - 23/01/2013 11:58:57 PM
So the pattern just picked a bully? Please. The purpose of Egwene's death was about sacrifice. We was willing to die to save the friggin pattern which was about to collapse thanks to all the Balefire.
The pattern picked someone who didn't believe in the absolute authority of the white tower, while at the same time strong enough to provide solid leadership after the turmoil of the last battle.
That the pattern was able to sacrifice Egwene for the greater good of the world was just a good bonus.
Killing Egwene was sad to me, and something of a waste. Much like damane remaining enslaved and the BT being without direction/stable leaders
The pattern picked someone who didn't believe in the absolute authority of the white tower, while at the same time strong enough to provide solid leadership after the turmoil of the last battle.
That the pattern was able to sacrifice Egwene for the greater good of the world was just a good bonus.
Killing Egwene was sad to me, and something of a waste. Much like damane remaining enslaved and the BT being without direction/stable leaders
I know. I just pointed out Brandon's answer on the Oaths isn't as definitive and conclusive some made it out to be. It's far more likely there was nothing about the future of the Oaths in RJ's notes (and in the past Brandon's "I'm not sure/not that I know" often got contradicted later by Maria, incidentally). In another answer Brandon suggested it's up in the air how long Cadsuane would live. RJ would probably have given us many more little clues later, writing the outriggers, so it's probable a few things in the resolution of the series he turned into hooks. It's unlikely his "two sentences" synopsis for the outriggers includes developments at the WT. Not only his timeline of 5 to 10 years after TG left time for things to develop, but outlining and writing those books also left him a lot of time to figure out himself how he wanted some of the loose ends like this to have developed during that timeline. Bottomline: Brandon doesn't seem to know much more about the future of the world that's not in the books.
This message last edited by DomA on 24/01/2013 at 12:00:09 AM
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Well since Cadsuane won't abolish the oaths she'll be dead before she can accomplish much
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Re: Well since Cadsuane won't abolish the oaths she'll be dead before she can accomplish much
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I disagree about Cadsuane. Her entitlement issues are pretty significant.
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Re: I disagree about Cadsuane. Her entitlement issues are pretty significant.
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Age was never a limit to Cadsuane...
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Cadsuane was able to adapt in her dealing with the DR
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Huh?
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Re: Well since Cadsuane won't abolish the oaths she'll be dead before she can accomplish much
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Still, Cadsuane is near 300 years old and unless she drops the oaths she's going to be dead soon
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Re: Still, Cadsuane is near 300 years old and unless she drops the oaths she's going to be dead soon
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*NM*
The Pattern doesn't pick Amyrlins.
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Nope...
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Humility is a Huge Difference
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Who would Egwene ever have knelt to?
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Exactly why does she have to kneel?
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Why does Egwene expect people to kneel and kiss her ring
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She did become Dragon Sworn *NM*
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Where did you get that idea from?
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Re: Where did you get that idea from?
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Don't confuse your opinion with fact *NM*
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This coming from you?
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Its a sad truth...
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Re: Its a sad truth...
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They are both equally arrogant in different ways. Nothing in it *NM*
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