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Aduiavas Ida

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I just had a thought :look:
Rand was a bit annoyed with the Maidens treating him like a son or brother. And Sulin especially treats him as her own son

My theory is that the Maidens treating him like a son are the ones who had a baby and gave it up like the tradition goes.
You know, like he is all their babies come back as an adult...

This may be old news for you, but I find small revelations like this every time I reread this series :look:
 
Ealandrelle Melyma

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I hadn't thought of that before... you're not alone, it seems! :brown-blink:
 
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Huh. Yeah, I can totally see that. It would explain why some of the ones his age or younger do as well.
 
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Aduiavas Ida said:
I just had a thought :look:
Rand was a bit annoyed with the Maidens treating him like a son or brother. And Sulin especially treats him as her own son

My theory is that the Maidens treating him like a son are the ones who had a baby and gave it up like the tradition goes.
You know, like he is all their babies come back as an adult...

This may be old news for you, but I find small revelations like this every time I reread this series :look:
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I think someone directly says that at some point in book 5
 
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Yes I remember reading that. :giggle
 
Rhed al'Tere

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Now that you mention it, I do remember. But I hadn't attached that as women who'd had babies treating Rand like a son -- just that the Maidens saw him as a child returned to them, a child they knew came from a Maiden.
 
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That's really sweet :)
 
Ealandrelle Melyma

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Rhed al'Tere said:
Now that you mention it, I do remember. But I hadn't attached that as women who'd had babies treating Rand like a son -- just that the Maidens saw him as a child returned to them, a child they knew came from a Maiden.
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This. Yes they explain the whole "Maidens give up their children" thing, but they never make a direct correlation between that and the Maidens who treat Rand like a child.
 
Almira ni'Caldazare

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Ealandrelle Melyma said:
This. Yes they explain the whole "Maidens give up their children" thing, but they never make a direct correlation between that and the Maidens who treat Rand like a child.
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Rand seemed to think that the relationships between him and the maidens are random. Women twice his age treat him as a brother but a woman less than five years older acted like he was their son.
I like the idea of the maidens who had to give up their children treating Rand as their new child :)
 
Analiese Sinclaer

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And those who treat him as a brother were probably children of former maidens who had previously given up children. Those children would have probably known that their mothers had once given up a child before giving up the spear. As important as siblings are in Aiel culture, this would totally explain that. He is that long lost first-brother that they never knew.
 
Dreavyn Maerie

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Aduiavas Ida said:
My theory is that the Maidens treating him like a son are the ones who had a baby and gave it up like the tradition goes.
You know, like he is all their babies come back as an adult...
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I've always kind of thought that may be it. It would for sure explain why some of the younger Maidens treat him like a son.

Analiese Sinclaer said:
And those who treat him as a brother were probably children of former maidens who had previously given up children. Those children would have probably known that their mothers had once given up a child before giving up the spear. As important as siblings are in Aiel culture, this would totally explain that. He is that long lost first-brother that they never knew.
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This.
 
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