Why do they not like Moiraine?

[Sabio]

One thing that always bugged me was they seemed to always mistrust Moiraine yet seemed more willing to believe the man with fire eyes in their dreams.  I understand mistrust of Aes Sedai and wondering what Moiraine's motives might be sometimes, but at times they seemed way too willing to accept the evil man showing up in their dreams version.

[Philo Ollie]

The way Moiraine deals with problems and life sort of reminds me of Doris Day singing Que Sara Sara.  I find her annoying.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

On 8/21/2022 at 12:03 AM, Sabio said:

One thing that always bugged me was they seemed to always mistrust Moiraine yet seemed more willing to believe the man with fire eyes in their dreams.  I understand mistrust of Aes Sedai and wondering what Moiraine's motives might be sometimes, but at times they seemed way too willing to accept the evil man showing up in their dreams version.

I think it is not about them trusting Ba'alzamon, but that he is feeding their doubts. He claims to be being honest, and is telling them that Moiraine and the Tower are not being. 

 

Moiraine is playing into this of course by not telling them anything, keeping secrets and bullying them where they show too much initiative. 

 

It is like when they are talking about the dreams in Baerlon, it is not that they believe him but once they have told her they cannot take it back and for all they know she will kill them because of it or do something terrible with the Power. 

 

They don't trust Aes Sedai and Moiraine is not giving them a lot to go on to trust her fully, as she is definitely keeping secrets. I'd say they are just hesitant to bet everything on the fact that Moiraine has their best intentions at heart, which I would say is fair, as she has the best intentions for the world and not them personally. I think also it is understandable in a period of such confusion and upheaval to want to keep your options open for as long as you have no idea what is going on but clearly your very life is at stake.