Sheryl Chee wrote...
yukidama wrote...
My favorite is when Wynne tells Aneirin to go back to the Circle. Yes, the place he hated so much he ran away and was practically killed and left for dead over escaping. He should totally go back and submit himself to the templars... he doesn't even react unfavorably, but that she would suggest such a thing just baffles me.
She doesn't want him to go back in order to submit. She wants him to go back, and with her help, teach the Circle and the templars about the mistake they made. She believes that other mages can learn from Aneirin's life experiences. When she tells the Warden to return to the Circle, this is also what she means. Whether she has any right to ask this is debatable. She does love the sound of her own voice. But Wynne technically isn't free or an apostate. She operates under the auspices of the Circle. She does ask for permission from the Circle to go with the Warden.
She doesn't think the Circle is perfect, it's just the best option the mages have. She detests the thought of having ill-educated mages (see: Jowan) blundering about the world giving everyone a bad name. The more this happens, the more the general populace hate and fear mages and so on and so forth. To her mind, releasing all mages telling them to fly and be free would be a disaster. The only solution is education--teach mages to control their powers, and people will eventually learn that they can be trusted. Only a large organization like the Circle is capable of this.
But anyway, I shouldn't derail this further. Isabela is not self-righteous. 
It just always seemed really bizarre to suggest someone return to a place where the people who almost killed him are. I never really got the impression that she wanted him to go back to submit, but that she wanted him to go back because she thought it was the best place for a mage despite his history with the Circle. Maybe I'm imposing my own views on this, but even if I had let such a thing go as Aneirin seems to, I wouldn't exactly be jumping to go back. Aneirin doesn't react it the way I would, but I think Wynne's suggestion was kind of a "Did she really just go there?" moment for me. I suppose if he can teach them something it'd be good, but would templars really listen or care to listen to him? My issue with Wynne is that she has good intentions but they're always impositions on what she believes is best, regardless of the person's feelings. She's frustrating as heck, but by no means do I believe she does things out of cruelty. But definitely self-righteous.
Which Isabela isn't, apparently.
Modifié par yukidama, 05 novembre 2010 - 06:57 .