Matt and Moraine, hate-love?

[Caelan Arendor]

Mat and Moiraine share a relationship that is far from uncomplicated. Mat harbors a deep mistrust of an Aes Sedai’s magical abilities and has little patience for Moiraine’s secrecy. Moiraine, for her part, sees in Mat a perpetual troublemaker—someone capable of provoking unforeseen problems for her and her companions. What begins as an unwilling association gradually evolves into a reluctantly acknowledged respect, born of a slow and hard-won growth of trust between them.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

5 hours ago, Caelan Arendor said:

Mat and Moiraine share a relationship that is far from uncomplicated. Mat harbors a deep mistrust of an Aes Sedai’s magical abilities and has little patience for Moiraine’s secrecy. Moiraine, for her part, sees in Mat a perpetual troublemaker—someone capable of provoking unforeseen problems for her and her companions. What begins as an unwilling association gradually evolves into a reluctantly acknowledged respect, born of a slow and hard-won growth of trust between them.

But what is that interests you about their relationship? Mat is the anti-authority poster boy, and Moiraine even for an Aes Sedai is authority personified. They could have starred in their own spin-off called "the Odd Couple", lol.

 

But your post reads like you are advertising the books rather than discussing them. What did you want to discuss?

[Caelan Arendor]

You are certainly right to some extent. 

Perhaps I am simply hoping to have a misunderstanding of my own—born of an imperfect grasp of the text - see to be corrected by others and set right. It may be that I have viewed the tense dynamic between our main protagonists through the wrong lens, and that the reality is quite different. For that reason, I would be deeply grateful for any correction of my views, should they be flawed due to my limited understanding of the language. I come to you not as a teacher, but as an eager student.

To illustrate the kind of difficulties I struggle with, I have to admit that I was, unfortunately, unable to fully comprehend the procedure necessary for inscribing as a “Novice” on the path to becoming a Warder in the White Tower; the intricate initiation process and its accompanying questionnaire proved too much for me, and I was unable to complete it. That has left me a little sad.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Well, it would probably help if you highlighted which parts you were unsure of, or what other interpretations could there be. 

 

I'll send you a PM about signing up - it should be pretty straightforward, and I have just been made the Assistant Mistress of Novices/Mistress at Arms. So it is kind of my problem if people cannot sign up.