I'm Thinking About How Moiraine Always Has To Become The Person She Was Never Ready Nor Taught To Become.

I'm thinking about how Moiraine always has to become the person she was never ready nor taught to become.

She left the Tower in a very young age, knowing nothing about living on the road, she was a noble woman, not a wanderer, but there she was, on the road, learning everything, with no one to show her.

She was an Aes Sedai for only few months, she had no experience, she left before she was able to learn.

And after all these years, when she finally managed the role or an Aes Sedai, the searcher of the Dragon, she had to become a mentor, she had to lead. And that was another thing she was not prepared for. The only two people in her life for 20 years were Siuan and Lan, she never had to lead them, teach them, protect them from their own naivety, show them the way. Suddenly she became a mentor, and again there's no time for her to learn, no space for mistakes.

And every conversation with the kids, every argument they have, every worry and uncertainty we see on their faces, those are the emotions Moiraine has all the right to feel too, to know them well, but she could never show them. She had to overcome them on her own, with no one to guide her, no one to look up to. What is happening is as new to her as it is for the kids but she has to be strong not only for herself this time but also for them. Being a guide is difficult, and she became one suddenly, despite the fact she never wanted to be one. Just like she didn't want to give up her life and people she loved for endless travels from village to village, for constant fear of being caught, of failing, of being too late.

But the wheel called her, and she has to bear it now.

WHEEL OF TIME 1.06 || The Flame of Tar Valon

“There’s a lot to catch up on, I know…”

“ name yourself stranger ”

“ lan mandragoran … ”

“ … this is Moiriane ”

the wheel of time season one episode one

Moiraine’s little ’:)’ before they go down to the eye has the same vibe as her “hey come on down to the docks”. she’s just… amused by the ‘fact’ that she’s not coming back from this alive

ROSAMUND AND DANIEL NATION HOW ARE WE FEELING ??

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