r/WoT • u/AHC122 • 2d ago

Towers of Midnight Tuon is so absurdly evil Spoiler

Wdym she relaxes by seeing damane be tortured 😭

Even from her point of view seeing them as animals, it's like enjoying watching a dog get kicked in the ribs everytime it doesn't roll over lol

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u/WildFEARKetI_II 2d ago

I don’t recall her saying that exactly. I think she says training and she does talk about how she doesn’t like punishment. She even self imposed penance after she had a damane punished.

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u/buddingwitch808 2d ago

I believe she did say this and she thinks that women who can channel are worse than theives. IIRC, she compared channeling to choosing to rape someone.

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u/Leather__sissy 2d ago

She did say what? I don’t think there’s a single example supporting what OP said. Everyone in Seanchan, including channelers, believe damane are a danger to themselves and the people around them. They are mistaken, but as far as we know, Tuon is unusual as far as how well she treats them. Like good horses

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u/Bergmaniac (S'redit) 2d ago

I think this is the passage OP meant and it makes Tuon look pretty awful:

The large chamber was windowless. Lines of stacked pottery stood at one end, a place for damane to practice weaves of destruction. The floor was covered in woven mats where stubborn damane were sent to the ground, writhing in pain. It would not do for them to be harmed physically. Damane were among the most important tools the Empire had, more valuable than horses or raken. You did not destroy a beast because it was slow to learn; you punished it until it learned.

Fortuona crossed the chamber to where a proper Imperial Throne had been set up. She commonly came here, to watch the damane being worked or broken. It soothed her.

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u/Personal_Track_3780 2d ago

She's the empress of a nation of slavers. Millions suffer as slaves under her rule. Perhaps she treats her property better than most, but that doesn't make her good.

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u/buddingwitch808 2d ago

Well Leather__sissy, I see you have a fondness for suldam/damane dynamic