When I last left you, we had just finished Perrin's segment and moved onto NEE's.
Not much to say on this, really.
NEE have learnt how to use the One Power as a weapon, and even go so far as using it to frighten off some Whitecloaks, which we are told is a very bad thing.
The Three Oaths have come into the forefront for a time.
I sort of disagree. Yeah, they shouldn't have done it to Whitecloaks, but these are dangerous times, and I don't neccessarily like many of the Oaths.
Speak No Word That Is Not True. - Considering how much they twist their words, why they even bother with this one is beyond me.
No Making Weapons With The One Power - Fair enough, I suppose.
No Using The One Power As A Weapon Other Than Against Shadowspawn or in Defense of Your Own Life, Your Sister's Life Or That of Your Warder. - Its this one I really have a problem with, because it means you can't use it to defend Someone Else.
Then again, their are ways of circumnavigating even that last one. Hell, it wouldn't be surprising if the whole Warder system is designed to cover up these holes in the system.
Continuing on, I have a piece of news for you that will startle, maybe even shock you to your core. Brace yourselves.
Aes Sedai are a bunch of scheming Bitches
No wonder everyone hates them.
In my eyes, Nyneave's stock has risen exponentially as she, one after another, spots, calls out and/or plans around their scheming.
Where Elayne and Egwene trust Aes Sedai. More or less. Nyneave doesn't. She hates and distrusts them at the same kind of level as Mat. In her eyes, every word they say is something to be examined and questioned, every action watched and noted.
And I love it.
As the A-Seat considers letting Mat die to free up the Horn, Nyneave has already realised as such and prepares to do the Healing herself.
Then it turns out that they really are going to help Mat, and you get a scale of just how strong Nyneave is. Ten full Sisters and the stongest sa'angreal they have on hand in a circle = 2 Nyneave's.
Beastly.
So to summerize - NEE's come home, Mat is healed, and now NEE are going to try and route out the Black Ajah, because they are the only one's the A-Seat can trust not to be Black. Oh, and they've already had one assination attempt from a Gray Man. It seems the Dark One wants them dead, most likely because of their connection to RMP than their own powers, but you never know.
And a more
t: question. Do you know the original plan to seal the Dark One. The one that split men and women. Which side do you think had the right of it?
I think that the women had the better plan, but they held onto it too long when they should have switched to Plan B. The men had a plan right then, but the women were being bloody stubborn, and it cost lives every day until Lews decided - Fuck it boys, let's do this shit.
And then, you know, it all went horribly wrong.
I'm curious what other people think.