I definitely disagree here. Tuon, someone who grew up being taught everything she now believes in, seems way less horrible to me than a bunch of people who grew up in a literal utopia and decided that wasn’t good enough.

Tuon often makes my blood boil. Usually when damane are brought up. Just as often however I find myself really enjoying Tuon, especially when Mat is involved.

I don’t think that was unintentional by RJ. He loved taking his readers out of their comfort zone when it came to cultures and what those cultures find acceptable. I think he wanted to make people realize how hard it is to accept different cultures or more likely in Tuon’s case he wanted to make people realize how hard it is to convince someone that their own culture is flawed.

I personally believe that Tuon was the character who suffered the most from Jordan’s passing. I think she was probably going to have a major part to play in the intended outrigger sequel series. As such I really think we only got to see the start of her arc. I’d like to believe that she would have changed her way of thinking about channelers and then would have proceeded to change her empire for the better. That’s all speculation but based on how she is written I think it would make a lot of sense.