Quand j'ĂŠtais allongĂŠe sur elle, pour la scène oĂš je l'embrasse sur la bouche, je lui disais : âJe suis une fausse maigre, hein, faites attentionâ.
lesbians yearning across continents? it happened in the wheel of time
I think the one thing we have not appreciated enough about The Wheel of Time is how lesbian desire is so present. It is not only visible in scenes with Siuan and Moiraine, but we also get to see them miss each other and yearn for each other while apart. As Sophie Okonedo has said, the love they have for each other is always there, eternal and transcendent. I haven't never seen anything quite like it on television.
When Moiraine finally returns to the tower after two years, she yearns for Siuan by looking at their matching ter'angreals. Excellent build-up by the writers because we do not yet know what this means yet. (1x05)
Siuan looking at their matching ter'angreals after Moiraine visits her in a dream and bids her farewell. She also looks at a drawing of Moiraine while tearing up. (3x08)
Moiraine whispering Siuan's name while on the verge of death and smiling so stupidly to herself (1x03)
Moiraine in tears while writing a letter to Siuan to let her know that she has been stilled - her failure at the eye of the world is akin to failing Siuan, and breaking her promise to her that they will retire by the river. Yes, it was pride that kept her apart from Siuan. But also mostly guilt. (2x06) // We're going to serve out our time and then we'll retire. Do you mean that? Yes.
Siuan sniffing and rereading Moiraine's letters and smiling to herself ... this scene just wrecks me because Siuan is punishing herself for what she did to Moiraine at the waygate. In the context of this season, when we realise that Siuan's upbringing is a constant cause of disrespect and humiliation, Moiraine is the only person in the world who sees and wants her as Siuan Sanche and not the Amrylin. And Siuan's betrayal means letting go of the one woman who loves her in the way that she deserves. Despite everything that happened, Siuan sees Moiraine and still sees the woman who shared her simple dreams, who promised her a life on the river. There is so much longing and innocence in her smile, which is crushing. (3x05)
Moiraine looking up to the tower to Siuan after their divorce, worried sick about her. Listening in on Siuan's conversation with Nynaeve and Egwene, and the camera pans to her as Siuan indirectly confesses her immense regret at mistreating Moiraine, and laments at a love gone sour. We are always reminded that while these two women still loved each other, what they once had was gone. (3x01)
And this is my absolute favourite one, when Logain asks Moiraine what she truly wants. It is from way before we know about Moiraine and Siuan's relationship and their dreams to be fishwives. Thus far, Moiraine has been unreadable. Cold and ruthless. But for a few seconds, Rosamund Pike transforms Moiraine's hardened facade into something softer - you can feel her sorrow. And in that moment, you want to know who Moiraine truly is. Behind Moiraine's singular focus on the mission lies an undercurrent of piercing sadness that will reverberate across the series. We soon learn that this all ties back to Siuan and the promises they've made to each other, promises and dreams that they know they can't fulfil. There's something so haunting about it. Extremely precise writing. (1x04)
I just love everything about it. Her love for Siuan is always present, always flowing and always defining even when Siuan is not there, and vice versa. At the heart of The Wheel of Time is the estrangement between love, duty and justice. The fissure between love and impossibility begins with Moiraine and Siuan, whose dreams were crushed in the most banal way possible - being at the wrong place at the wrong time. It is so absurdly human and so absurdly tragic. The cruelty of life is so casual, which makes Siuan and Moiraine's love feel even more life-affirming and precious.
Imagine starting your first day at magic school and meeting a strange girl who talks exclusively in fishing metaphors and going "Yep, that's her, that's the crazy bitch I'm going to marry"
the greatest unrequited love of yellowjackets is not jackieshauna but actually other tai and van. other tai would do anything for van, but van will always be disgusted and frightened of her. will always prefer tai, even when tai abandoned her for 25 years, even though it was other tai who asked for van, who was still thinking of her, all those years later
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