Moiraine is the character of all time. unflinchingly devoted to a cause. self-sacrificing. sad. sapphic. master manipulator. socially awkward. coldly angry and hard and ruthless, but still soft and loving and caring when she's able to be. queen of emotional repression. genuinely what more could you want
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Lan really said "That's it I'm telling your WIFE."
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So bc I like pain I'm going to share the WOT Prime theory I've kept closest to my chest.
I think Lanfear stilled Siuan.
I've felt this way since the scene first happened. The way the shield Siuan put around Rand had evaporated the moment Siuan was struck. The way Lanfear emphasised that a broken Amyrlin was more useful to her than a dead one. Broken how? Clearly Siuan wasn't grievously injured, or else Lanfear wouldn't have said that, and how else would you truly break an Aes Sedai if not by stilling them?
I think they're going to have Siuan stilled prior to Elaida's coup---instead using the event, Moiraine's apparent betrayal, and the loss of Rand when they'd had him in hand as her grounds for taking Siuan's place on the Seat. If Siuan is not even able to channel, she cannot lead, laying the groundwork perfectly for the alternate timeline version of the Tower schism. This also sets Siuan (and Leane, if they include her how she's included in the books) up for needing to catch up with Moiraine and Rand's group, as they have no other sanctuary. I presume the whole thing with Gareth Bryne is off the table, and putting Siuan and Leane immediately in Nynaeve's path sets up their stories (and Nynaeve's) nicely. Then they can lead into Salidar and Egwene and all that.
But ooooof the angst and circular storytelling of Moiraine losing her Power and not having Siuan to lean on versus Siuan losing her Power and not having Moiraine to lean on come on you see what I'm getting at right come on
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