Re: I don't understand your point - Edit 1
Before modification by Sidious at 03/09/2009 09:24:52 PM
A lot of this work was done by Moiraine and Siuan as well as Cadsuane and co. and lets not forget Verin either. The Wondergirls would not have existed but for Moiraine and wouldn't have become ready so fast but for Siuan.
So throw Moiraine, Siuan, Verin, and Cadsuane into the mix. That leaves you with 7 Aes Sedai out of roughly one thousand who have done little else but get in the way or make problems for the main characters in the series.
Why must everyone be a hero? Who can set the example... the Whitecloaks, the Aiel, the Sharans, the Seanchan? Every group has a bunch of achievers and legends. You can't expect 1,000 Sisters to all be special. They're mostly normal people who can channel and go about their daily activities.
My point is they aren't toted up to be normal people who can channel and they definitely don't mind their own business and go about their daily activities like normal people. I agree not everyone can or even should be heroes. But other groups that you reference aren't 100% composed of individuals who think they should be in charge of everything and everyone. The fact of the matter is, the majority of Aes Sedai (even those that aren't Black Ajah) negatively impact the war against the Shadow by meddling with everything they can on the grounds that they are Aes Sedai and should be in control. Very few Aes Sedai have had a positive impact in the series, and those that have done something positive have mostly had their actions negated by the rest of the Aes Sedai.
Yes, but remember that over 2/3 of Aes Sedai are permanently in the Tower - so it's not a fallacy to think that they are normal people who go about their lives. While most of them consider themselves to be queens on a level of royalty, they only act that way outside of the Tower, which is quite uncommon. Most Sisters stroll the halls and go about their daily activities.
The 'series' as you put it is a giant soup of good and evil deeds. It's very one dimensional to say that the Aes Sedai have had a minimal positive impact on the series. They do good things which are countered by Elaida's stupidity or the evil of the Black Ajah, but the same is really true of any group... Jaichim Carridin is sure counterproductive to any Whitecloak efforts to battle the Shadow, as is Suroth for the Seanchan.