May 8 2009 4:15pm The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Shadow Rising,
Part 16  Fear not, for it is another Wheel of Time Re-read post!
Today we are covering Chapters 45-46 of The Shadow Rising.
Previous entries are here, and you are as ever warned that this
and they are positively dripping with spoilers. Eurgh.  Also, I
want to give y’all a heads up that a fun Side Project post is
coming your way, hopefully next week. More As It Develops. Keep
a weather eye.  And, yeah. So, the post, in which we discuss
textual errors, involuntary suppression of free will, and the
ramifications of conflicting political philosophies.  Chapter
45: The Tinker’s Sword  What Happens At the south end of the
village, the men gathered there, mostly Coplins (and Cenn Buie),
tell Perrin proudly that they’ve been holding off Trollocs too,
but Perrin sees a figure in a yellow coat beyond the perimeter
and tells them disgustedly that they’ve been shooting at
Tinkers. He shouts for the Tinkers to come in and makes the men
move the wagons blocki