ToM (An Invitation) - 'The world as it was cannot be ours any longer... Was it ever? The Black Tower bonds Aes Sedai, the Aiel no longer revere us, the Windfinders have hidden their best channelers from us for centuries and are becoming increasingly belligerent. If we try to hold too tightly to all of this, we will either become tyrants or fools, depending on how successful we are. I accept neither title... We must become the source that women look to, all women. We achieve that by not holding too tightly, by bringing their channelers to train with us and by sending out most talented Accepted to become experts in the things they are best at.'
Now, how can people make entire posts about Egwene being power-hungry and a tyrant with quotes like this? It's absolutely mind-blowing that people can come up with opinions that are contrary to a character's own established and openly spoken PoV on the said issues. Learn the damn English language, and read the books.
The Tower to me is like the predatory Church trying to spread its religion all over. And Egwene is the Pope. And she is acting like any other Pope before her, the fundamental nature or aim hasnt changed. Only temporary tactics have.
But, I am secretly pleased
that the Tower is digging its own grave by this cross-training with the Windfinders, and Wise Ones as sensible sisters are gonna abandon it in droves. Power hungry ones will stick to it though. Hopefully, the Tower will be a ruin by the time Egwene's rule is over. The laces that she thinks she will use to bind the other societies are never gonna materialise. Egwene 
- the last Amrylin sounds so good. Let the rot begin.
Isn't everyone in WoT re-born?
The ignorance surrounding Egwene
- 13/11/2010 08:23:19 AM
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what people SAY and what they DO are not always the same. *NM*
- 13/11/2010 08:46:37 AM
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well, she both said AND did this! *NM*
- 13/11/2010 04:47:18 PM
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*NM*
Don't be stupid, ALL tyrants and fools ALWAYS admit what they are. *NM*
- 13/11/2010 11:31:24 PM
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Precisely; no one paints themselves as a villain in their own life story.
- 14/11/2010 12:09:45 AM
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Well, obviously Egwene doesn't want to be (seen as) a tyrant
- 13/11/2010 09:14:31 AM
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Re: The ignorance surrounding Egwene
- 13/11/2010 09:42:21 AM
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Re: The ignorance surrounding Egwene
- 13/11/2010 05:41:38 PM
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where do you get that from?
- 13/11/2010 05:53:41 PM
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Re: where do you get that from?
- 13/11/2010 07:02:24 PM
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So seeing the need for unity is bad? And where does she say anything about controlling them?
- 14/11/2010 01:22:31 AM
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I'm sure Osama bin Laden thinks he's doing the right thing, too.
- 13/11/2010 06:50:48 PM
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dramatic much?
- 14/11/2010 01:23:53 AM
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It's good that she's changing and understanding that we were right. *NM*
- 13/11/2010 11:50:45 PM
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