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Re: She has a pretty powerful weapon... moratcorlm Send a noteboard - 20/12/2010 10:27:59 AM
Egwene got the meaning her Dream when she met Rand. She has done that before, getting the meaning of a Dream well after having seen it.
Could you provide examples of Dreams whose meaning she came to believe after the fact? There are a number of symbols she interprets immediately, but I don't remember any where she later just fitted a convenient meaning onto them. The single example of subsequent interpretation I can find is from LOC, the understanding that Gawyn would be her Warder: "She had not realised the words were coming out of her mouth until they did, but once they did, she knew they were true. That dream."

In TOM, there is no such certainty, just free association: "Break the seals? She saw the image from her dream, Rand hacking at the ropes that bound the crystalline globe." Moreover, the Dream itself does not impute any sense of wrongness to the destruction of the globe; her opposition to breaking the seals is based purely on her own fear.
But they all think his plan is crazy. Opposing his plan doesn't mean betraying him.
If he gives them an order, it certainly does. He's supposed to be crazy; they knew that when they signed on.
She has a Dream, she acts on it.
That the Seals need to be broken is far too well foreshadowed for her opposition to bear out. Rand's plan is certainly flawed; we know that touching both saidin and saidar to Shai'tan would result in catastrophe. And Egwene's opposition will be important. But her personal belief that the seals should not be shattered is based on no Dreamer's prophecy, and will need to be overcome.
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Egwene, a poor leader? - 16/12/2010 05:59:15 PM 2413 Views
Egwene isn't supposed to be a leader. She's a dictator and a politician. - 16/12/2010 08:21:13 PM 1588 Views
Well! No love lost there - 17/12/2010 01:52:59 PM 1078 Views
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Exactly how loyal do you think Nynaeve and Elayne are? - 17/12/2010 04:52:34 AM 1167 Views
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That was the case a few books back - 17/12/2010 07:44:32 AM 1248 Views
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Torturing Nynaeve for exclusively her own political ends. *NM* - 20/12/2010 12:14:55 AM 695 Views
Re: Torturing Nynaeve for exclusively her own political ends. - 20/12/2010 01:24:12 AM 1193 Views
And the most painful torments were caused by Egwene - 20/12/2010 09:31:44 AM 1306 Views
That's not quite true. - 20/12/2010 06:47:33 PM 1110 Views
That's not quite accurate. - 21/12/2010 01:22:26 AM 1355 Views
Re: Egwene, a poor leader? - 20/12/2010 12:57:42 AM 1076 Views
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She has the same power base as any Amyrlin - the Aes Sedai, the artisans, Guards & citizens of TV - 17/12/2010 05:51:20 PM 1239 Views
Ta'veren vs. Mary Sue - 17/12/2010 07:33:28 PM 1648 Views
I see them as being the same thing. - 17/12/2010 08:11:30 PM 1252 Views
I don't think the case can be made for Rand having it easy - 17/12/2010 11:04:58 PM 1150 Views
I would say that in the grand scheme of things, Rand's had good to balance out the bad. - 20/12/2010 06:27:35 PM 1142 Views
Funniest statement I've ever seen on here. - 18/12/2010 05:22:28 AM 1245 Views
Agree with your comments. - 20/12/2010 03:12:32 PM 1596 Views
You need to post more about Egwene - 17/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1223 Views
Nah. Just a hyopcrite. *NM* - 17/12/2010 09:28:28 PM 665 Views
Yes, but for completely different reasons... - 18/12/2010 12:35:23 AM 1269 Views
Yes, communication is key. - 18/12/2010 05:32:01 AM 1120 Views
You think Egwene has more power than Tuon? - 18/12/2010 12:27:01 PM 1096 Views
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Definitely... - 18/12/2010 03:24:12 PM 1118 Views
Where does the 200000 number come from? *NM* - 18/12/2010 03:36:22 PM 603 Views
That's not right... - 19/12/2010 12:56:25 AM 1101 Views
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What's said above. Plus - 19/12/2010 11:00:42 AM 1073 Views
More explanations... - 20/12/2010 02:51:25 AM 1108 Views
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Aiel, Cairhien and Andor are NOT under Egwenes power. - 20/12/2010 02:46:44 PM 1195 Views
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An Amyrlin doesn't really have a power base. - 18/12/2010 05:43:12 AM 1204 Views
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She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 02:41:32 AM 1121 Views
RJ is more powerful. - 20/12/2010 03:25:49 AM 1259 Views
I'd advise a re-read. Of ToM, and maybe the whole series... - 20/12/2010 03:58:03 AM 1160 Views
Re: I'd advise a re-read. Of ToM, and maybe the whole series... - 21/12/2010 09:08:20 PM 1156 Views
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One example of this... - 20/12/2010 11:15:03 AM 1196 Views
Re: One example of this... - 20/12/2010 11:22:10 AM 1056 Views
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That's not quite true. - 20/12/2010 10:35:45 PM 1162 Views

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