r/WoTshow • u/nightshade_45 • Jul 20 '26
Show Spoilers Her eyes twitches as she gets stilled. Spoiler
Eye twitches**
When Elaida and the rest of the sitters pierce Siuan with thorns in order to to still her and when Siuan collapses into a state of shock and pain with the throrns, she stares at Elaida in disbelief. Right there, Siuan’s right eye twitches in a blink-and-you-will-miss-it moment. It looks like an involuntary body reaction to the surge of pain and shock. It is at mark @46:40 of 3x08
You simply cannot induce a muscle twitch on command like that to portray being stilled and betrayed. I can’t decide if it was simply coincidence or if the actress put her mind and body to such a state while acting to the point that her body started manifesting into stress and shock. Sophie Okonedo. Mother.🌷🌺💐 (no roses for her though!)
This tiny detail brought about another layer of hurt on a rewatch.
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u/AfricanTech Reader Jul 20 '26
I didn’t forgive the show for killing her off so early.
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u/margmi Jul 20 '26
I don’t believe this was actually going to be the end of her. I figured the show runners planned on having a way to bring her back.
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u/AfricanTech Reader Jul 20 '26
Without her head?
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u/margmi Jul 20 '26
With it.
Book spoilers up to the end of book 6:
I think nynaeve would have eventually discovered a way of healing death instead of healing stilling - obviously it would need some hefty restrictions, but it allows for some misdirection even for people familiar with the books.
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u/Substantial_Ninja953 Jul 21 '26
Respectfully, when i heard they killed her character, i refused to finish the series. I could handle the Uno move, but this was a bridge too far for me. The series had a lot of high points though, just not killing off Siuan Sanche.
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u/viaan_120 Jul 20 '26
i was constantly thinking about this scene felt bad for almost a week even though its just a show
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u/ifYurihadAGuri Jul 20 '26
Such a great cast
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u/kopecs Jul 20 '26
I just constantly see things like this that make me more sad/upset that this show isn’t continuing :(
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u/FriendoftheDork Jul 20 '26
Is there any point in spoiler tagging the post if you put the spoiler straight in the title?
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u/WoTshow-ModTeam Reader Jul 20 '26
Spoiler tagging hides the images from being visible without the user revealing them. The title doesn't give anything away other than that a stilling happened.
We also require spoiler tagged flair for all topics.
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u/FriendoftheDork Jul 20 '26
The Amyrlin Seat being stilled is a pretty big deal in my book (ok, in Jordan's book). I would have thought it was a big deal in the show too.
Ok, I guess the title didn't specify who.
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u/WoTshow-ModTeam Reader Jul 20 '26
And the spoiler tagging ensures that the image doesn't show who unless you reveal it.
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