Moiraine & Siuan + their uncles
study group is not going so well
Chapter 28 is going to hit even harder after 3x05 ๐ซ
Little teaser:
She told herself it was nothing. That ache in her ribs, the scratch in her throat; it was the bullet wound, still grumbling weeks later. It had to be. That bastard in Strawberry had aimed to kill, and near succeeded. One shot to the gut and a near-death scrape had to come with lasting consequences - that was just common sense. But that hadnโt satisfied Moiraine, whoโd stared her down like she could see straight through the excuses and the grit.
Like Orpheus, I am not strong enough to not look at what I want
Moiraine & Lan | The Wheel of Time 3x05
What really affected me with Egwene's dreamwalking is that this is a woman who has lost a bit of herself and her connection to others due to trauma. She uses Tel'aran'rhiod to reach out to her loved ones, whether they are physically or emotionally cut off from her. They cannot see or hear her though, so Egwene is haunting them, content in seeing them at peace again. In turn, we see through the characters' dream that sleep is the space where we can find again those we lost, those who are far away from us, those we will lose, even those we can never be.
Sleep becomes the last refuge from grief. Unlike memories it is a world in its own right where the people we lost persist and where we can meet them.
And that might be one of the truest, kindest depictions of grief I've seen recently.
Siuan and her fish metaphors:
Siuan Sanche watercolor based on 3x01
The golden designs are mix of patterns found in the show credit opening and of Siuan's own tattoos.
# the wheel of time is a comedy
Hand kissing is sacred, high romance and I think we need to revive it.