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Re: why? chandra Send a noteboard - 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM
That will do her some good.

Why will it do her some good? Egwene has outgrown any person in Emonds Field, and it has nothing to do with her status as Amyrlin. She's seen the world and knows what its about, and she's shed her small town mentality and replaced it with a global perspective. I doubt that she and her parents have much in common anymore. Its like suggesting that Siuan should meet up with her parents.

No, I believe there is still some wisdom that she can learn from her mother and father. She needs to be remember what she was. Knowledge of the goings on in the world does not mean, she has become better in dealing with them. Marin and her husband had a certain earthly wisdom, which Egwene seems to lack or has lost. Yes, they lived in a village, but they were cognizant of the fact that the world is a wider and complex place. The Aiel Wise Ones, for all their training seem to have made her a tougher person, rather than a better person. She needs to apply those lessons in humility and patience that she learnt from them in her day-to-day life. Btw, living and being brought up in a small town also gives a perspective, losing that perspective completely means letting go of something quintessentially Two Rivers' like. Which is what happened to Rand, but luckily he did a course correction and seems more like his previous self, but without the excessive boyish indecisiveness and foolhardiness. He still retains those qualities to a certain level though.
Egwene needs to become a simpler person, let go of this desire to acquire power and hang on to it. Why did she decide to become Amrylin anyway? Why does she want to be an Amrylin? What is her end goal? To help defeat the DO, or to be the Amrylin until she can?

People continuously forget that Egwene is the most powerful woman on the continent. She needs to be as tough as nails or she'll be pulled down by evil forces, or even her own Hall.

IMO, she doesnt need to be like that.
I am afraid, in becoming so tough, she is becoming more and more similar to the Hall and the rot that has become a part of the Aes Sedai organisation. If she really thinks her own Hall is going to remove her, then maybe she should make a public declaration to all Aes Sedai that they are not supposed to do such things and disband the Ajah structure that is there currently. In addition to that, she should educate the Aes Sedai that what they really ought to be is servants of the people, rather than puppeteers. If the Aes Sedai continue to behave as earlier, she should just ask the Aes Sedai to swear fealty to her, if that is going to help her uphold Dharma, or step down from that seat, and contribute however she can individually towards helping the Light.
I hope this doesnt sound like the ramblings of a mad-man. I am finding it difficult to articulate my thoughts.
Isn't everyone in WoT re-born?
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"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM 2720 Views
Do you have a reference that we can look at? - 05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM 1172 Views
Chapter 45 - A Reunion, Page 669 - 05/11/2010 03:59:25 AM 1378 Views
Ok, now I've checked it. - 05/11/2010 04:07:20 AM 1244 Views
Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:49:16 AM 1434 Views
Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 01:42:54 PM 1159 Views
except... - 05/11/2010 03:49:45 AM 1292 Views
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We all know Egwene is going to save the day while getting everything she wants and more - 05/11/2010 04:14:55 AM 1343 Views
Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM 1138 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 01:53:17 PM 1203 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:00:37 PM 1247 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:04:47 PM 1132 Views
she's the youngest child - 07/11/2010 07:51:20 PM 1059 Views
why? - 05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM 1262 Views
Re: why? - 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM 1221 Views
That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 05:00:59 PM 1333 Views
Re: That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 11:10:46 PM 1182 Views
Hail Amrlyin Palpategwene - 06/11/2010 02:05:09 AM 1252 Views
They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs. - 06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM 1262 Views
Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way? - 08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM 1096 Views
She's a short, female, youngest child of influential parents. Arrogance would come naturally to her. - 09/11/2010 02:08:29 AM 1223 Views
Huh - 09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM 1213 Views
Wow. What the fuck did your parents do to you? *NM* - 09/11/2010 03:35:07 PM 586 Views
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I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people. - 09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM 1093 Views
too bad - 09/11/2010 08:20:04 PM 1043 Views
Why don't you compare her to a summer's day while you're at it? *NM* - 09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM 510 Views
well... - 09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM 986 Views
I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM* - 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM 634 Views
You are seriously mis-perceiving a number of things. - 10/11/2010 01:30:47 AM 1256 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM 1128 Views
Re: So? - 05/11/2010 07:59:12 PM 1131 Views
Re: So? - 06/11/2010 09:06:49 AM 1032 Views
She didn't say that. You changed the wording and read it without context. - 05/11/2010 03:29:27 PM 1262 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM 1102 Views
The engima that is Egwene - 06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM 1274 Views
I wonder if... - 06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM 1105 Views
You might have paid more attention than me when reading - 06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM 1103 Views
The reason rand didn't tell Egwene about why he needs to break the seals is simple - 22/06/2011 10:49:25 PM 1178 Views
That's the problem with Elayne that has emerged. - 06/11/2010 03:31:41 PM 1334 Views
Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for... - 06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM 1179 Views
This is the problem with rulers - what is smart for them equals increasing their power. Which is bad - 06/11/2010 08:40:19 PM 1116 Views
So fragmentation is the reply? - 06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM 1122 Views
Checks and balances IS diluting power. - 09/11/2010 02:16:18 AM 1134 Views
The Andoran houses should ask one question of Elayne - and remove her if she answers wrongly - 08/11/2010 02:03:08 AM 1181 Views
Hear, hear. - 09/11/2010 02:18:49 AM 1158 Views
Maybe it's typo - 08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM 1345 Views
Yes, I'm pretty certain it is. - 09/11/2010 09:00:32 AM 1059 Views
Agreed - 09/11/2010 07:05:09 PM 995 Views
i thought it was a typo too *NM* - 10/11/2010 09:11:10 AM 713 Views

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