Egwene specificly says he must be allowed to run free in order to fulfill prophecy. To say that he would be held against his will at this point is absurd.
Except that when she said that she was playing politics and was trying to show how bad Elaida is. Had Elaida been advocating Rand running free, Egwene would most likely have taken the position that Rand would have their "guidance". In most of Egwene's conversations with Siuan when the subject of Rand comes up, Egwene expresses need for Rand to be controlled and under her own guidance.
If Elaida had been okay with letting Rand run around she wouldn't have pulled down Suian and there wouldn't have been a rebellion in the first place. The characters are in the positions they are in because of their beliefs, not coincidence and mindless obstructionism.
I did not say it was so. I was merely trying to illustrate that Egwene was not expressing her own feelings on the matter but rather she expressed the Rand running free option to show how she was different and better compared to Elaida as Rand has pulled off some impressive feats by being "allowed" to run free. Of course she never mentions that Rand's sucsesses usually came about because he went against the "advice" of the Aes Sedai.
When she actually hung out with Rand her opinion usually were that Rand should obey the Aes Sedai(and herself). Not to mention in the latter books when every thought she has regaring Rand and his actions are some variation on how he is a moron and has to guided and controlled for his own good.
Chapter 1 released
- 01/10/2010 01:40:27 PM
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For the record, it sucks waiting for you people to wake up and read this
- 01/10/2010 01:50:02 PM
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- 01/10/2010 01:50:02 PM
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Not too much new to work with. Is "she" Egwene? Cads? Someone else? *NM*
- 01/10/2010 02:01:12 PM
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Well damn. Was that Buddha?
- 01/10/2010 02:36:29 PM
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This blaming Brandon for everything stuff is getting old.
- 01/10/2010 02:55:04 PM
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I've never blamed BS for anything (expect fucking up Mat's character)
- 01/10/2010 03:27:36 PM
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BOOOOO I want Sunshine and Rainbows damnit
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- 01/10/2010 11:04:21 PM
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- 01/10/2010 11:04:21 PM
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Poorly written, but I still got goosebumps at Rand's importance finally being demonstrated...
- 01/10/2010 03:14:48 PM
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"My father’s estates do produce lumber and fine woods, and ice peppers, and furs, and more besides."
- 01/10/2010 03:27:22 PM
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It's the style. In the Randland context, the word "grows" is more appropriate...
- 01/10/2010 03:31:22 PM
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did you not read my reply title? That was a quote from The Shadow Rising, same exact context. *NM*
- 01/10/2010 03:32:23 PM
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Fine. So be it. It still feels wrong to me. *NM*
- 01/10/2010 03:36:16 PM
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but it's all RJ's fault
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- 01/10/2010 03:40:14 PM
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- 01/10/2010 03:40:14 PM
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Maybe it's in the context of BS's sentences...
- 01/10/2010 03:44:28 PM
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I feel bad for you. I really do.
- 01/10/2010 03:54:02 PM
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Yes it does. But it is not conscious. It comes from 15 years of growing up reading Wot..
- 01/10/2010 03:55:39 PM
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As if the rest of us haven't been reading for just as long.
- 04/10/2010 05:00:32 PM
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I've been reading the series sinc e EoTW hit bookshelves circa 1990
- 05/10/2010 11:10:08 PM
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It sounds like Rand is finally growing up
- 01/10/2010 03:46:54 PM
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He has achieved enlightenment and knows more than everyone else, so he doesn't have to be insecure..
- 01/10/2010 03:52:23 PM
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I don't agree - I think that what he is going to tell Egwene will be unpleasant for everyone.
- 01/10/2010 04:07:19 PM
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Why would that upset her?
- 01/10/2010 04:21:29 PM
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Because I think she was hoping to work with him to solve some of these problems
- 01/10/2010 04:42:33 PM
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I tend to agree
- 05/10/2010 01:41:22 AM
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The Sickness
- 01/10/2010 07:22:24 PM
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thoughts
- 01/10/2010 07:28:38 PM
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Re: thoughts
- 01/10/2010 08:36:18 PM
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Egwene
- 03/10/2010 02:57:38 AM
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Re: Egwene
- 04/10/2010 09:44:00 AM
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Nonsense
- 05/10/2010 03:52:31 AM
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Re: Nonsense
- 05/10/2010 09:53:06 AM
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seriously! Read what Egwene actually says sometime...
- 06/10/2010 08:17:15 PM
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Re: seriously! Read what Egwene actually says sometime...
- 06/10/2010 08:40:39 PM
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want to back that up with an actual quote from Egwene's mouth?
- 06/10/2010 11:01:09 PM
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Re: want to back that up with an actual quote from Egwene's mouth?
- 07/10/2010 09:45:21 PM
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Yes, but her comment is far closer to the truth than his!
- 07/10/2010 10:18:54 PM
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I'd say
- 08/10/2010 08:30:17 PM
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just like Egwene is 100% correct about AS being compelled
- 08/10/2010 10:31:03 PM
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Re: just like Egwene is 100% correct about AS being compelled
- 09/10/2010 11:46:54 AM
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And Egwene was the only person to do things like this? Elayne made a huge public show
- 09/10/2010 02:49:13 PM
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Fan...freakin...tastic. Had chills and watery eyes the whole time. This book is going to ROCK. *NM*
- 01/10/2010 08:18:20 PM
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I am so confused...
- 01/10/2010 09:45:32 PM
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Re: I am so confused...
- 01/10/2010 10:22:14 PM
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Re: I am so confused...
- 01/10/2010 11:21:32 PM
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That may have been an indirect result of using the TP, rather than a direct one
- 03/10/2010 03:30:24 AM
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I'm surprised no one has discussed Seanchan yet
- 01/10/2010 10:20:37 PM
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I believe the murderer is a random noble blamed for killing the royal family *NM*
- 02/10/2010 01:58:53 AM
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Moridin....
- 02/10/2010 04:03:34 PM
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I've seen it theorized (before chapter 1 was released) that
- 02/10/2010 04:39:09 PM
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I don't think...
- 02/10/2010 05:44:05 PM
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Re:TOM Chapter 1 Biblical Parallel
- 02/10/2010 08:31:35 PM
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dammit how am i supposed to read this without reading the prologue first?
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- 03/10/2010 08:51:58 PM
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- 03/10/2010 08:51:58 PM
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The revival of the Green Man?
- 03/10/2010 09:25:50 PM
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Re: The revival of the Green Man?
- 04/10/2010 11:49:54 PM
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You assume the supply of Souls is finite
- 05/10/2010 02:49:28 AM
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Yes
- 05/10/2010 02:08:10 PM
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That doesn't make sense
- 06/10/2010 04:14:54 AM
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you assume that a soul is tainted forever and not returned to a nutral state upon death.
- 06/10/2010 06:43:11 AM
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O... you assume I don't know my stuff
- 06/10/2010 02:35:06 PM
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- 06/10/2010 02:35:06 PM
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ARGH! Spoilers! Spoilers! MINE EYES!!!!
- 14/10/2010 08:52:53 AM
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Or at least not click the threads CLEARLY designated as being about ToM.
- 24/10/2010 02:10:13 PM
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- 24/10/2010 02:10:13 PM
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