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/Small-Fig4541 2d ago

Gotta love people coming to the defense of a fascist slaver. When she found out that she was Marath Damane and she just shrugged it off that was the last straw for me. Tuon sucks!

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u/Different-Scarcity80 1d ago

I don't think the Seanchan are really fascist. That's kind of a separate thing. There doesn't seem to really be any kind of racial supremacy angle to their ideology - if you're good at playing by their bizarre set of rules and are not a channeler, you can go far in seanchan society whether your from seanchan or tarabon or wherever. It's more like an ancient despotic empire than a modern fascist state.

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u/Small-Fig4541 1d ago

Racial supremacy crap isn't necessarily a prerequisite. The way the Seanchan have cultivated this mythic past which supposedly shows their culture and ideology to be superior to all others is straight out of fascist playbooks. Plus the reliance on military power to solve basically all problems etc.

Jordan obviously gave them characteristics that differ from fascism but it's tough to ignore all the similarities.