I used to think, as liltempest does, that Egwene would contine to behave like an entitled ass throughout the series and never be called to account for it. But the recent books have caused me to veer towards your way of thinkng.

I mean, RJ and I were obviously very different people with very different worldviews. His take on the battle of the sexes has always exasperated me, and the tragic death of the Amayar moved me not a bit.

That said, I also thought that Perrin throwing away his axe and killing people with a hammer was an empty gesture and wondered what the author was thinking with that scene. Turns out RJ was well aware of how futile a gesture it was and intended it more as a symbol of Perrin's continued indecisiveness. As Hopper described it, he was jumping back and forth over the same fence.

Cadsuane's relationship with Rand was another thing that made me doubt RJ and I would see eye to eye on much of anything. Her showing up to smack sense into Rand seemed very deus ex machina, and I felt that having some outside force solve all Rand's problems for him would devalue him as the protagonist. Turns out RJ was well aware of that too, and Rand would ultimately be forced to solve his own mental issues.

Stuff like that has given me renewed faith that Egwene's total lack of comeuppance was very deliberate on the author's part. After all, he was fully aware that the supergirls behaved shittily towards Mat way back in TDR, since he had Nynaeve and Elayne made to apologise for it. Egwene's omission from that scene wasn't an accident IMO.

That she has always gotten her way, that no-one has really criticised her for her moral and tactical shortcomings, these things were intended to be combined with her antagonistic relationship with Rand to inspire her to confront him at the Fields of Merrilor and try to assume command of the war effort from him. As she is "obliquely" aware she is doing. Any other Amyrlin would be wary of confronting the Dragon Reborn at this stage. They'd resort to subtle manipulation like that seen from the Tower and rebel embassies in LOC, all vague promises and vaguer threats. And thats a conflict that they might even win, since such games are very much not Rand's style. But to stage her coup directly and openly like this? That plays to Rand's strengths, and only Egwene would be self-absorbed enough and have enough disdain for Rand to do that.

Its going to backfire on her. Her dream of the pretty and cracked sphere shattering is about the White Tower, not the Seals. By Merrilor's end I suspect the Amyrlin will have been forced to bow to the Dragon's authority. Recent developements in the series have renewed my faith in that. RJ knew what he was doing, with Perrin and Cadsuade, and yes, with Egwene too.