#moiraine's fatal flaw is her need to isolate herself when things are at their worst

[lookingforcactus]

btw I know a lot of people didn't like it but with "We tried your approach," Siuan did kind of have a point!

Like, obviously there are extenuating circumstances. Like the fact that, when Rand left, they (I think????) had no idea that he would still urgently be needed because they didn't yet realize what had actually happened

Also, the fact that Moiraine is a mess who WISHES she had something as strong as duct tape to hold herself together (or would, if she knew what duct tape was)

but like... as soon as Moiraine realized what had really happened, arguably, in terms of the big picture, she ABSOLUTELY should've gone to Siuan about it

She thinks the fate of the world requires her protecting Rand, and she's having a giant crisis about the fact that she doesn't think she can do that (especially alone and without the One Power)

And....yeah, I do think that as soon as Moiraine realized she probably couldn't protect Rand - or even that they were fucked and she needed to FIND him - she should've gone to someone with the power to actually help her about it

Tactically, she SHOULD have availed herself of the massive resources that were 1) Lan's help, and 2) the much more massive resource of the Amyrlin Seaet being her co-conspiritor

But she didn't. Because she was emotionally compromised.

Her reasons for not doing that are understandable. Clearly, her response when in this much pain is to lock everything down and trust no one and give nothing away, which, like, fucking relatable tbh

But tactically, letting herself indulge that, and continue indulging it for so long, esp when she had to go on the run with Rand and wasn't sure she could protect him? That was a mistake

She could've probably got Siuan's help setting them up somewhere hidden for training boot camp (though it seems like the show is saying they maybe need a male magic user to train Rand??? but not sure), and actually used some of those six months getting him trained

But she didn't. And now Lanfear has got Rand, and just about all the cards, too

Siuan obviously didn't handle things perfectly either. But she was also right, at least about this part of things

#wheel of time #wot show spoilers #wot season 2 #wot s2 spoilers #moiraine damodred #moiraine x siuan #siuan sanche #rand al'thor #lanfear #moiraine's fatal flaw is her need to isolate herself when things are at their worst #and Rand totally has/is developing the same #and I think a lot of this season #esp in the second half #is about the repercussions of that #of them both isolating themselves when they need help the most