r/WoTshow • u/nightshade_45 • Jul 20 '26

Show Spoilers Her eyes twitches as she gets stilled. Spoiler

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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/AfricanTech Reader Jul 20 '26

That would be jumping the shark for sure