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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 14h

#StormbornSpoilers HE WANTS TO REPAIR THE AIRSHIP SO HE CAN TAKE SHAE BACK TO THE FAIR ISLES 🥹🥹🥹

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 14h

#StormbornSpoilers ooooooh a Kayden chapter

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 1d

No #WoTWhalesDay this week, I have to catch up on my grading and a lot of prep work to do 😅

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

In summary, Silviana and Irrawaddies are both:

SMOL, BRAVE, AND SMORT

Who should I whaleify next?

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

And lastly, Irrawaddies are oceanic dolphins, but they are also very commonly found in brackish estuaries and sometimes at the mouths of rivers. This shows their ability to handle both fresh and saltwater, and a mix of the two, just like Silviana's arc within the WT.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

Fun fact: Irrawaddies are known to spit water out of their mouths, likely to expel water taken in while hunting. However, this makes me picture Silviana doing a huge spit take when she's told what Elaida did and then dashing off to the Hall.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

#WoTBookSpoilers Silviana is our smol, brave, and smort QUEEN! She boldly denounces Elaida in the Hall after Elaida abuses the One Power to punish Egwene, facing Stilling and execution to demand justice.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

This shows how Irrawaddies are smol, brave, and smort!

a man in a blue hoodie is holding a glass of beer and saying smart .

Alt: Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta points to himself and says "smort!" Calling himself smart but pronouncing the word in a silly way.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

And while Buddhist Khmer and Vietnamese fishermen consider them to be sacred, Muslim Khmer often eat them. And locals say that the dolphins have learned to recognize the local languages of the area and approach areas of Muslim Khmers with great caution!

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

The really fun bit for the comparison comes from the folk tales regarding Irrawaddies! Laos and Cambodia have stories of Irrawaddies protecting people from CROCODILES--notably larger than these smol dolphins.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

Irrawaddies are similar in that want--they are very slow swimmers and will often retreat from boats or other cetaceans, just wanting to do their own thing and not be bothered.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

#WoTBookSpoilers being a Red, Silviana sides with Elaida during the WT schism and becomes her Mistress of Novices. She is also called upon to give penances to full Sisters, which she finds ridiculous. She wants to stay in her lane, unbothered and unbossed.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

Irrawaddies (idk if this is the plural, but it's fun) are SMOL and communicate in clicks, creaks, and buzzes. This easily fits Silviana's description. While Silviana is very stern, she is also very fair. Irrawaddies look very playful, but they're actually quite shy.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

I had a difficult time deciding between a couple of species, but I decided on the Irrawaddy dolphin! Yes, it looks very cute, and not what you would picture for Silviana, but I think some of its behaviors fit her arc in the series.

Two Irrawaddy dolphins spyhopping. They look like small, grey beluga whales. One is spitting water out of its mouth in a long stream.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

She is also known to give rewards where they are warranted. She is scary to approach, but you feel like you've won at life if she rewards you. Based on this description, the whale I have chosen might seem a little counterintuitive, but stay with me, folks.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

Silviana is one of those characters where you have the strict old lady who knows the rules and will punish you in a way that will make certain you learn your lesson when breaking them. However, she is also very fair in taking age and experience into account with her punishments.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #WoTWhalesDay everyone!! Today I will be discussing my favorite Red Sister, Silviana Brehon! #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies

There will be SPOILERS in this thread. I will tag them, but be aware.

Chapter icon for the White Tower feaguring the white tear drop portion of the ancient Aes Seday symbol. The square and suns behind it are red to represent the Red Ajah.

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers oh no the Bloodborn plants are for harvesting the power of the Stream, aren’t they?

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers Aro is so smart

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers well Bela is gonna find that Alira already hurt the Bloodborn pretty bad, but hopefully there’s still something there for her to make the trip useful

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers Bela and Tew are starting to ask some questions that have been BOTHERING me FINALLY

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers ooooooh family drama for Alira 👀

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers YES FINALLY AWKWARDNESS IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP UGH I LOVE THEM

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers oh shit, Sylverlyn is Queen now?? Go girl, get that promotion!! And then maybe usurp your stupid husband and be the sole ruler 🙂‍↕️

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🐋 Hillary 🩵 Ocean Ogier 🌊 @mellowhale.bsky.social · 9d

#StormbornSpoilers Shaeden my darlings 🩵

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