4. Rand: As he did in Path of Daggers, he could have easily seized the source in private in order to hide his weakness. He does have some legitimate concerns about Lews Therin taking control, which is why Rand clocks in at #4
3. Cadsuane: She has a ter'angreal that blocks flows just like Mat's medallion. She wants Rand to be alive for the last battle. Despite these two facts, she does not lend the ter'angreal to Rand as the group walks into a situation everyone believes may be a trap. This has bugged me since it was revealed that she had this ter'angreal (she knows that Rand will fight the forsaken), but I digress. If the meeting is an ambush, there are pretty much two options: the Seanchan want to capture Rand or the Seanchan want to kill Rand. Either way, Rand is the obvious target*.
2. Nynaeve: She's on this list for the same reason as Cadsuane. The main reason Nynaeve annoys me more is that she would want Rand to live even if he was not the dragon reborn. Also, as a minor point, Nynaeve has shown herself willing to lend out her weave-breaker ter'angreal to Alivia - Nynaeve's PoVs show that she isn't exactly buddy-buddy with Alivia.
1. Min: Almost everyone is annoyed with Min for demanding to be present during this event, but I'll elaborate anyway. In Min's defense, her ability to view the Seanchan would be useful. On the other hand, if the meeting is a trap she would be a liability. I'd be more sympathetic towards Min if everyone but Admiral Akbar wasn't claiming that the meeting was a trap.
* Earlier in the series, Mat actually does this. As soon as he finds out about Moghedien, he goes to Eylane, who by the way isn't exactly #1 on his friends list, and offers her or Nynaeve the medallion.
- Note on 2 and 3: Yes, if either of these scenarios happened then Rand would have to wear girly jewelry. If that really bothered him, he could always wear the piece on a necklace hidden under his shirt.
3. Cadsuane: She has a ter'angreal that blocks flows just like Mat's medallion. She wants Rand to be alive for the last battle. Despite these two facts, she does not lend the ter'angreal to Rand as the group walks into a situation everyone believes may be a trap. This has bugged me since it was revealed that she had this ter'angreal (she knows that Rand will fight the forsaken), but I digress. If the meeting is an ambush, there are pretty much two options: the Seanchan want to capture Rand or the Seanchan want to kill Rand. Either way, Rand is the obvious target*.
2. Nynaeve: She's on this list for the same reason as Cadsuane. The main reason Nynaeve annoys me more is that she would want Rand to live even if he was not the dragon reborn. Also, as a minor point, Nynaeve has shown herself willing to lend out her weave-breaker ter'angreal to Alivia - Nynaeve's PoVs show that she isn't exactly buddy-buddy with Alivia.
1. Min: Almost everyone is annoyed with Min for demanding to be present during this event, but I'll elaborate anyway. In Min's defense, her ability to view the Seanchan would be useful. On the other hand, if the meeting is a trap she would be a liability. I'd be more sympathetic towards Min if everyone but Admiral Akbar wasn't claiming that the meeting was a trap.
* Earlier in the series, Mat actually does this. As soon as he finds out about Moghedien, he goes to Eylane, who by the way isn't exactly #1 on his friends list, and offers her or Nynaeve the medallion.
- Note on 2 and 3: Yes, if either of these scenarios happened then Rand would have to wear girly jewelry. If that really bothered him, he could always wear the piece on a necklace hidden under his shirt.
The first three (4,3,2) don't bother me that much although they are interesting points. It may be that they don't bother me because I didn't think about them at the time. My guess is that they were unintentional oversights. Hindsight is 20/20.
Smart people make mistakes all the time. I trust that both Cadsuane and Nynaeve have the best interests of Rand at heart. Perhaps they thought that they could best serve Rand with those ter'angreal on. More then likely they didn't think it dangerous enough or they simply did not think about lending Rand their ter'angreal as an option.
Your last annoyance bothers me a little more then the others because Min has endangered Rand on more then one occasion by not being aware of her situation. (Another example was when she let Cadsaune know that she was bonded to Rand. She almost also blurted out the Elayne and Aviendha were as well in public.) I like Min, but she is going to get Rand in serious trouble if she doesn't become more aware of the danger.
RabidWombat
The 4 people who annoyed me the most in the Semirhage incident
- 07/10/2009 12:38:01 AM
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1. Maybe the ter'angreal only work for women. 2. Mat is a better person than any of them *NM*
- 07/10/2009 02:14:30 AM
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I always assumed that the ter'angreal only worked with women, as well.
- 07/10/2009 04:15:02 PM
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You ruined my fun with that last note.
- 07/10/2009 04:43:06 AM
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As far as Rand goes, I blame Min.
- 07/10/2009 06:54:27 PM
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