Gaul was more embarrassed letting his guard down and getting captured then shame. There is no shame, just like an Aiel would never "touch" a wetlander in combat and expect them to surrender. Spanking was usually seen as an embarrassment/ humiliation. Novices were spanked becuase they were viewed as children and that was how one disciplines a child. It was rare for Accepted. It wasn't something the Aiel went right to, it was usually something someone asked to be done. When *forgot her name" was punished by the maidens for stealing, they welted her all over so she would itch, they didn't spank her as punishment.

When people talk about how it makes no sense experienced Aes Sedai would be in awe or even let her take charge are forgetting how important strength in the power is to Aes Sedai. You see again and again in the books how they defer to the strongest. To me Egwene is the worst character, but she does see how Aes Sedai are too into "well this is always how it's been done" so they are pretty easy to manipulate.

The rumor I read said there wasn't much writing started for season 4. maybe they suspected there might not be a season 4 so didn't bother. It would be interesting to see whatever they had started or discussed,

RJ never discussed the Seanchan continent much. Maybe had he finished the Outrigger series. I think it's what the blight should be, but the DO presence is corrupting the area.

Early in Two Rivers she shows no respect to the village council and I think and even hits Cein Blue with a stick. She was the show me respect as Wisdom but never felt she had to show others. I ended up liking her but early on she was a bully.

The White Tower has covered up a lot worse than Liandrin possibly killing Rand. Look up the Male channeling program where the Reds went out gentled and killed men suspected of being able to channel on the spot. The WT covered it up since had word of it leaked the other nations would never trust an Aes Sedai again and would have ruined the White Towers reputation.

Because early on she is simply a bully, throwing tantrums, talking down to others, and using threats to get her way. Later she is much more likeable as she grows, but early in the series she is simply someone who tries to bully her way through things.

We don't see a higher % of White Cloak Df's then in any other place. Just becuase they do bad things doesn't make most Df's. RJ said the Whitecloaks were based off of groups like the Nazi's, Teutonic Knights etc. Where there is only one truth and that is their truth. "Any group that believes they know the Truth with a capital T and want you believe the same". 1. Most places don't trust the Aes Sedai, many places they are simply tolerated. Only Andor and the Borderlands have Aes Sedai advisors or openly accept them. 2. Most nations are weak without a strong army or government. Even Andor doesn't control half their claimed territory. We see in stronger places like Tear and Ilian the WhiteCloaks avoid. 3. The White Cloaks control a nation and have a strong military, 4. As has been stated in the book, just because they are vile doesn't mean Aes Sedai can "quash" them. Aes Sedai also lacks an army, the tower guard is mostly meant to defend Tar Valon. The Whitecloaks justify doing a lot of bad things in the name of the light, but there is no indication many are DF's.

Weakness is punished. If some Darkfriend screws up why should the DO care or aid? Carridin was pretty much screwed over by the Forsaken and the BA. But they are tools to be used, and when they are of no use they get tossed aside. The fact so many Forsaken got a second chance was due to there really being no replacements, so he couldn't simply toss them aside like he might have in the war of power. Semi was sacrificed in an effort to break Rand.

If you know where they will attack and have time to get there. Without traveling it's all on horseback. Moiraine even commented how long it would take Aes Sedai to arrive in the Two Rivers had she known she would find Trollocs there. The border is too large and too few Greens to worry about every Trolloc raid. I'm sure if a nation said a large group is forming the Greens would be coming to help. A few Aes Sedai would've made little difference in Book 1, sure it would've been a morale boost, but how many Aes Sedai are truly that powerful? Rand blasted so many due to the amount of power he was able to draw. There is sure to be some Aes Sedai in the borderlands but Kiruna (??) was related to a king in one of the nations and even she didn't stay put up there. I think its more of a let the armies handle the raids and Aes Sedai will try to help if it looks like something major, assuming they have time to arrive in numbers.

Exactly, few would allow an "animal" to heal them or wish the power to be used on them.

Rj always denied Taimandred, but in his notes Taimandred was real and RJ had him killing Asmo, but he left no notes or anything as to why he changed him mind,

At the time of the dragons birth the Green had roughly 190 members. The biggest issue is there simply aren't enough of them to go patrolling the blight border etc. Plus if a bunch of them die stopping trolloc raids then how many will be left for the Last Battle?

I don't think their portrayal is unfair, reds have a certain mentality. Which is why they make such bad leaders, They hate the rules and laws that don't allow them to simply gentle on the spot, which is why the Ajah fully went with the male channeler purging. The black ajah started it but the Red kept it going even after the black stopped. They see the other ajahs as being soft,

Greens ready themselves for the last battle, not every battle. There aren't that many, so chances are there are few in a pot when an attack happens. Without traveling abaility they aren't going to get anywhere very fast. Not to mention Malkier fell because of betrayal. They don't go seeking fights but hold themselves ready for the Last Battle. Every ajah readies themselves to fight evil.

It would be too hard to simply pick up where the last show left off. You would need all the same actors etc. I think someone would have to start over from the beginning.

You have to remember with streaming it's about how many new members did they add, if WOT wasn't really boosting subscriptions then it doesn't matter. It's great if current members are watching it, but they need new people to join.

They might not have known but my guess is they at least suspected it was coming. The person at Amazon responsible for signing WOT was fired, so that's never a good sign. Not to mention the longer the delay is agreeing to a new season the more worry there should be. Finally, Amazon was already talking about cutting expenses.

I honestly don't see someone picking it up. Is it worth the cost? Look at how much 3 seasons of this cost. I don't think season 3 costs have been released. But the production costs for the first two was something like $260 million. Season three had to be at least $130 million. Not to mention if someone else picks it up, do they start where this left off or at the beginning? How many seasons would be needed to finish this? Supposedly the rights have gone to /WOT Production Limited, and they do not have a very good history with things.

It was RJ, Brandon might have put his own spin on it but it was RJ's idea. It also couldn't take place until Mat was ready. Which would've rushed his story. She couldn't show up too quickly or would've ruined much of why Rand needed Casudane. Rand would have immediately gone back to Moiraine and pretty much made Cas pointless.

Since certain things need to happen like last battle, DO prison being opened, people forget DO exists etc. But nothing saying the same thing has to cause it, As @bringbackthomsmoustachestates it doesn't have to be identical events. Maybe the Seanchan cull the ability by capturing too many women who channel, imean they capture the women and men who will channel regardless. If all they leave are the people who need to be taught, then would stand to reason in time channeling would be rare. Or maybe it's a sickness etc. So many men are suddenly about becuase before no one was crazy enough to go about testing to find men who had the ability to channel. As described in the books Taim would basically go town to town and gather up anyone who even showed an interest in his offer.

I also remember Verin talking about the whites were discussing if gentling the men was the reason the Aes Sedai were finding fewer and fewer women. Something about someone recommended if the Whites were so concerned maybe they should breed with the men. It was mentioned how the Aiel find almost all the women who can channel, I'm guessing the Sea FOlk do also. So there are still channeling women out there that are having babies. The Aes sedai also don't allow those too weak or too old.

The last episode had its good moments, but the confusing Lanfear/Moiraine fight sort of ruined it.

Seanchan capture any woman who will channel, the women controlling them are ones who could channel if ever taught. If they are never taught and the women who can channel die out, then you will only have women who might channel if taught but they would never know it. Randland would have wise ones, kin, wind finders etc women who can channel and still have relationships. If the Seanchan ever took Randland then these women would also be forced to stop having children. The ability to channel would never die it would just become women who are clueless they could channel. The interesting thing is Shara uses their male channelers as breeding stock, and channelers were only allow to sexual relationships with other channelers.

There is also a difference between the 3rd oath and the collar. We have seen how the Aes Sedai defines things. It varied when an Aes Sedai felt threatened. Holding a knife to her throat would make her feel in danger but could she blast away at innocent people becuase of it or is she forced to try and kill the person who is actually putting her life in danger? I think a lot comes down to how an Aes Sedai views and interprets things. Egwene couldn't pick up the pitcher because it was viewed as a weapon to be used against the Suldam, I would think any insane channeler would be quickly killed by the Seanchan. They don't needlessly toss away Damane. So, I don't think they are common enough to waste a 100 on experiments. If I remember correctly they were in shock how many women there were that could channel in Randland. Someone once speculated the Seanchan chaining women at such early ages if it was actually breeding out the ability to channel in Seanchan.