Moiraine tells Siuan that the White Tower has to bend the knee to Rand or he will lose the Last Battle. Moiraine says that Siuan *cannot fail again.* So when Siuan gets couped, when she loses to Elaida, she finds a way not to fail. She becomes a mentor to Rand’s childhood friend and creates a new Tower under that girl’s leadership. She finds the person who can not only lead the Tower, who will not only do whatever it takes to win the Last Battle, but who knows Rand and cares for him as only family can. Who will give and take with him, will ultimately trust him even at his worst, as we do with those we love.

Through this Siuan finally accomplishes her half of her deal with Moiraine. She prepares the Tower to follow Rand. She succeeds.

THE WHEEL OF TIME
3.05 | Tel'aran'rhiod

Moiraine is so good with those oaths.

“We broke what we had, Siuan”

[The oath I swore to you is broken. Our plan for me to find the dragon and you to prepare the tower is broken. The version of us we used to know and depend on is broken. We broke it all.]

“It can’t be mended, not in this life”

[Because I am going to die. Even if I could forgive you, which god knows I want to do and possibly already have done, it logistically cannot be mended in this life. We simply do not have the time.]

Siuan Sanche waits for only one woman in this turning of the wheel, but Moiraine Damodred will wait for only one woman in every single lifetime.

Hand kissing is sacred, high romance and I think we need to revive it.

guys i know we’re traumatised by 3x05 but we’re sleeping on elaida confirming that (i quote) siuan used to fawn over moiraine like a lovesick puppy when they were novices which i think might be some of the best information to ever exist

I wanted to comment that tumblr calls it something else but I didn’t want to reveal my identity 🙃

doing my part by being in my 20s and not getting married HOLD THE LINE