tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post3992916641356426888..comments2024-01-14T15:52:43.644-05:00Comments on The Thirteenth Depository - A Wheel of Time Blog: Mat Naked and BoundDominichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-28358620450565763372012-03-31T22:16:50.517-04:002012-03-31T22:16:50.517-04:00'Naked an bound' could be symbolic: 'n...'Naked an bound' could be symbolic: 'naked' = unprotected, "bound" - by the rules of the game. In this case, the vision could only refer to Mat's visit to Finnland from Rhuidean, when he acquired the medallion and ashandarei. On Mat's subsequent visit (in a mission to rescue Moiraine) he cheated any way he could.Vickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-67630329560454812532011-04-19T08:58:55.063-04:002011-04-19T08:58:55.063-04:00This is an old theory. I won't delete it howev...This is an old theory. I won't delete it however.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-61867983721140014232011-04-18T21:14:41.395-04:002011-04-18T21:14:41.395-04:00Well Mat's been into the ToG and returned with...Well Mat's been into the ToG and returned without this happening - what now?<br /><br />Yet to happen? Or one of these theories already posted in it already having happened?Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302236211719859378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-57378830791943245002009-12-18T02:20:58.098-05:002009-12-18T02:20:58.098-05:00I'm going with it's still what happened ou...I'm going with it's still what happened outside of Rhuidean. Mat had none of his normal weapons on him - he expresses wishes he had at least one knife, but the Wise Ones sent him into Rhuidean unarmed. Naked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-58074262983614625442009-11-13T21:28:34.180-05:002009-11-13T21:28:34.180-05:00Mat was quite literally naked and bound by pink ri...Mat was quite literally naked and bound by pink ribbons, and I think she allowed him to keep the necklace on. I don't know why he would be snarling during this, but hey, we all have different O faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-43566653052143678152009-10-12T00:41:07.538-04:002009-10-12T00:41:07.538-04:00This is quite the way I interpret this one too Man...This is quite the way I interpret this one too Manar, but I know Linda doesn't buy it.<br /><br />For me this image is a symbolic composite: Mat was naked and bound in Ebou Dar by being Tylin's Toy, and it's to escape this he accidentally bound himself to Tuon and kidnapped her. That's the naked part. The Ashandarei and the signet ring sealed his fate (and Tuon's), and recalled how it began: with his hanging, the Ashandarei in his back etc.<br /><br />That's like the AS on a balance scale. Part of the reason why it was so important (perhaps the whole reason, we'll see later) is that it's another vital element that lead to Mat and Tuon's wedding. Without Teslyn, no need for an elaborate plan to flee Ebou Dar, and without that plan, no rescuing of the Sea Folk etc.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-55947099755361799292009-10-12T00:26:37.478-04:002009-10-12T00:26:37.478-04:00I'm not saying that this theory doesn't ma...I'm not saying that this theory doesn't make sense or isn't true...<br /><br />But is it possible that the vision of Mat naked and bound was fulfilled by Tylin when Mat was Tylin's Toy?Manarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-30806880463809948222009-08-11T05:37:28.801-04:002009-08-11T05:37:28.801-04:00No John, both Rand and Mat went to Rhuidean fully ...No John, both Rand and Mat went to Rhuidean fully clothed and came back that way. Rand had to rip open Mat's shirt and coat to give him CPR.<br /><br />Mat has not yet been bound naked in this way.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-57922678483686596732009-08-10T21:47:49.794-04:002009-08-10T21:47:49.794-04:00I haven't read this in a while, but how do we ...I haven't read this in a while, but how do we know that Perrin's vision of Mat being bond and naked hasn't already been fufilled? <br /><br />I always assumed it had been fufilled-- but was Mat naked when Rand cut him down from the tree?<br /><br />Good theory, because I always glanced over this dream by Perrin as having been fufilled already. It definitely gives us clues as to what will go down in Finnland.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800356469455585190noreply@blogger.com