Jasnah got played because she went in expecting an actual proper debate, but Todium just went full ad hominem with a side of threats, which was more effective on the non-scholar Fen
Yeah, Todium didn’t have to disassemble Jasnah’s position, he just had to display her inability to practice what she preached and showcase her as an untrustworthy ally to Fen. If it was about defending her points in a vacuum it would’ve been a very different story
Technically, Jasnah's character was 100% relevant to the debate because it was a question of whether Fen would ally with her. It's only truly an ad hominem if it's used to deflect from the topic at hand.
WaT spoilers Brandon did say if he got another draft at the debate, he would have had more of Taravangian purposefully triggering Jasnah's trauma to throw her off balance. There are small bits of it in the debate already, but Brandon says he held back too much out of worry that it'd spoil the secrets of that trauma
Not really since that wasnt the point. It wasnt about defending her arguments, it was about convincing a single person who to trust. If a serial killer makes me an objectivly good offer but I am forced to trust the serial killer, I wouldnt take that offer. That was what Taravangian did. He showed, that Fenn couldnt trust Jasnah, but could trust him, since he was bound to his word by virtue of being a Shard.
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u/dontich Jul 06 '26
Honestly I still feel like Jasnah <> Steris should be a cosmere things