Thanks for this, was an interesting read!
I don't think the Blues are necessarily politicians, they are idealists and activists, and it is an indicator of the current state of the Tower that idealism and activism translates into political scheming and power games. The political focus is hardly unique to that Ajah, either. How many Yellows do we see running around the world looking to Heal? All of them seem far more oriented toward the Tower than might be expected, and only the Reds have the excuse of being on top of things, what with the world remaining unbroken for three thousand years, and even RJ giving them credit for being so effective at hunting men that they have culled the trait from the population. Every other Ajah's chosen specialization seems to have a negligible effect on the world, except maybe the Whites, who explicitly don't care. What matters in choice of Ajah is how and why you use whatever skills, regardless of with which Ajah they are generally associated.
The Reds find one or two male channelers a year. Effective perhaps but not efficient, what with 200 sisters whose raison d'etre it is to seek them out. And what about the Green? You imply they spend plenty of time in the Borderlands, but what are they doing there? Aisling Noon was the king's advisor in tEotW but there were no Greens at the Gap. Even the White, despite their avowed interest in philosophy, seem to treat it as almost nothing more than some vaguely defined notion of being unemotional (I'm thinking of Alviarin's disdain for the two mathematical logicians).
Noticed something odd
13/10/2016 09:31:54 PM
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Familiarity breeds contempt?
14/10/2016 12:41:44 AM
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17/10/2016 06:35:20 PM
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Ironically, that was a rather ill-informed comment
18/10/2016 11:25:44 AM
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18/10/2016 03:54:23 PM
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Well the Seanchan. even more than the Aiel, are a completely alien culture
19/10/2016 12:09:01 AM
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Possible, yet we know there are also "arms men" throughout every nobles lands
19/10/2016 04:38:39 AM
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18/10/2016 04:02:54 PM
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18/10/2016 05:03:58 PM
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18/10/2016 07:18:13 PM
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I think politics keeps women away from the Blue
18/10/2016 10:20:50 PM
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I think it's RJ's gender commentary - Blue are ambitious, which is not a stereotypical female trait
19/10/2016 02:57:51 AM
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By and large agree ... more thoughts on this tomorrow when I'm in front of my computer, on iPad now *NM*
19/10/2016 05:19:20 AM
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Re: I think it's RJ's gender commentary
19/10/2016 01:01:14 PM
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Sorry, I am gonna ramble a bit
19/10/2016 09:19:01 PM
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19/10/2016 09:48:17 PM
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20/10/2016 06:13:27 PM
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20/10/2016 07:14:51 PM
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I guess that's my issue with it
20/10/2016 09:53:38 PM
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Technically men would only be a threat up to a certain age(which they should know) unless trained..
21/10/2016 08:47:20 AM
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The Seanchan are not a military culture. That's why they are so good at it.
19/10/2016 12:21:36 AM
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Forget the "locals"... IIRC Aes Sedai have kids "rarely" not "never".
14/10/2016 06:40:56 AM
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Another good point!
14/10/2016 03:28:44 PM
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... Oh! I get it it now. The Tower likely just sends sisters out of the city to have their kids. lol
14/10/2016 04:38:30 PM
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I think the numbers of Aes Sedai mothers really are very very low, or secret
15/10/2016 01:10:11 AM
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