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In the trailer for the TV show, it appears that the Aes Sedai don't have shawls--at least, I'm assuming so because no one has a shawl in the Hall of the Tower, a place in which I imagine all book Aes Sedai would definitely be shawled up--but, rather, exclusively wear dresses in the color of their Ajah. I feel like this probably makes sense from a costuming perspective for a TV show, but I will admit that "raised to the shawl" has a ring to it that "raised to the dress in the solid color of your Ajah," uh, doesn't really as much.
But that got me thinking about shawls. Rings as a signifier of status make lots of sense to me--they're compact, easy to wear, easy to travel with, and match all of your clothes with no problem. Shawls, however, are more difficult. What if, let's say, you're Green Ajah, but your favorite color is orange, so you have a lot of orange clothes? It's going to be...difficult to make that work. Possibly even more important: the books establish that cats love women who can channel. That fringed shawl is going to pose a PROBLEM around a cat!
Anyway, this is a long and rambling introduction to the question I'm pondering: what could Aes Sedai be raised to other than a shawl? Idle speculation on a Saturday morning.
But that got me thinking about shawls. Rings as a signifier of status make lots of sense to me--they're compact, easy to wear, easy to travel with, and match all of your clothes with no problem. Shawls, however, are more difficult. What if, let's say, you're Green Ajah, but your favorite color is orange, so you have a lot of orange clothes? It's going to be...difficult to make that work. Possibly even more important: the books establish that cats love women who can channel. That fringed shawl is going to pose a PROBLEM around a cat!
Anyway, this is a long and rambling introduction to the question I'm pondering: what could Aes Sedai be raised to other than a shawl? Idle speculation on a Saturday morning.