What I really find interesting though, is that Egwene's insistence that Nynaeve, Elayne, etc - kneel, kiss her ring and call her Mother and that Gawyn can only be her "partner" if he swears to obey her every whim. Even at his darkest, Rand never attempted to force his friends, or indeed mere friendly acquaintances like Bashere to address him by title, and he certainly isn't trying to reduce Min to his obedient little slave. Egwene is, when you get right down to the core of her, an odious little character. Easily one of my least favorite "protagonists" in fiction.
Egwene needs to preserve her authority and position of power. If her closest friends can't even pay lip service to her position as their organizational superior, why should her most bitter opponents? As much as Egwene had Nynaeve kneel and kiss her ring, in the next sentence she practically begs her to come and be an advisor with a position of trust that may even surpass how much has been invested with Siuan.
I don't care for Egwene, but she at least has a pretty solid reason for what she does (most of the time ).
I understand and respect why she acts the way she does with Nynaeve and Elayne, but the way she thinks about Rand irritates me. I hope he gives her some perspective the way he did with Cadsuane. Rand Sedai indeed! HA!
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Rand and Egwene (spoilers)
07/11/2010 02:06:28 AM
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Re: Rand and Egwene (spoilers)
07/11/2010 02:22:33 AM
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I didn't like it either. They should have talked (1 on 1). But I have a nitpick about LTT
07/11/2010 02:27:51 AM
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Re: I didn't like it either. They should have talked (1 on 1). But I have a nitpick about LTT
07/11/2010 02:35:00 AM
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He just wants them to agree to his peace and be on his merry. Aviendha needs to show up, though. *NM*
07/11/2010 02:37:28 AM
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Re: I didn't like it either. They should have talked (1 on 1). But I have a nitpick about LTT
07/11/2010 02:54:56 AM
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I wonder
07/11/2010 09:49:02 AM
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I agree - Rand's plan inspires horror because it seems destined to fail.
08/11/2010 03:22:00 PM
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I hope Cadsuane spanks her. *NM*
07/11/2010 12:07:01 PM
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Re: was Rand using her
07/11/2010 03:22:41 PM
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I agree Rand is using her. She's still an odious little character though.
08/11/2010 09:10:44 AM
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Re: I agree Rand is using her. She's still an odious little character though.
08/11/2010 11:39:49 AM
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Re: I agree Rand is using her. She's still an odious little character though.
08/11/2010 01:59:30 PM
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Re: I agree Rand is using her. She's still an odious little character though.
08/11/2010 03:12:24 PM
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Re: I agree Rand is using her. She's still an odious little character though.
08/11/2010 03:33:23 PM
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Nynaeve had to learn how to balance her public persona with her personal life and friendships
08/11/2010 08:20:08 PM
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Re: Nynaeve had to learn how to balance her public persona with her personal life and friendships
08/11/2010 09:03:22 PM
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I agree with this.
08/11/2010 05:58:38 PM
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Re: I agree with this.
08/11/2010 09:04:51 PM
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Probably a desire to be of service to the community was all that was needed during the AOL.
08/11/2010 09:35:41 PM
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"Egwene needs to preserve her authority and position of power" from who?
08/11/2010 09:33:32 PM
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