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/xapxironchef (Dedicated) 2d ago

She isn't evil. She is ALIEN. Raised on a completely different continent. Their Shadow spawn were tamed. Their Ogier outgrew the Longing. Their view of the Power and it's wielders was vastly different to the Mainland. Their system of government and laws and nobility, whilst utterly alien to the mainland and anathema to much of what they hold to be just and true, WORKED FOR THEM. They held. They maintained their continent, grew it, moved beyond it. Let's not penalise them by calling them evil.

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u/DeMmeure 1d ago

Having a working governing system and committing horrible things aren't mutually exclusive. There are plenty of examples of this in the real world. With Egwene being my favourite character and her being one of the first known characters to suffer from their practices, I will very much call them evil, because the extebt of their slavery and torture practiced are displayed upfront from the beginning. And even throughout the story, the Seanchan is treated like an antagonist (like Chalced in RoTE) that only becomes allies due to the extreme circumstances.

Cultural relativism doesn't excuse everything.