Elayne too, and Nynaeve didn't think much of her. I always assumed it was just their naivity - Egwene and Nynaeve still judging the world by Two Rivers standards (does anyone else think 'good Two Rivers woolens' are more about warmth than modesty? It's cold around there) and Elayne being jealous over Rand. Elayne, though she would have been raised knowing her marriage was a means to an end, would have unquestioningly assumed that she would enter into any such relationship from a position of strength. None of the three of them knew anything about the political realities of being a weak woman ruler with only beauty and guile for weapons.
As you say, Elayne was jealous and once she's reduced Berelain on her threat radar, I don't see any problems with them getting along, as Aviendha was with her in LoC. Recall that Aviendha was very aware of Elayne's feelings regarding Rand & Berelain in tSR, and given her obsessive honor issues concerning that mess, she would be very well primed for hostility toward Berelain. Especially as she herself was already guilty of the sin Berelain had only attempted, and human nature judges most harshly those with whom one SHARES a flaw. Yet they were still acting friendly enough to creep out Rand, on what had to have been a very short acquaintence. Even if it is only a vicarious sharing of the Wise One's acceptance, Elayne gets along very well with the Wise Ones and respects them a lot. Nynaeve might have disapproved, but she was more objective in Tear, though the sheer lack of anything remotely in common would probably be her biggest obstacle to getting along with her. Egwene maintains her cattiness, because the dreams she unethically eavesdrops on are not to her taste. All she can do is wonder why so many of her friends respect the woman, and the thought that there might be something admirable or respectable about her never once occurs.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Egwene vs. Gawyn (ToM spoilers of course)
- 28/04/2011 05:01:46 AM
5078 Views
There's fifty feet of crap between rock bottom and your post... *NM*
- 28/04/2011 07:40:04 AM
635 Views
Almost three days since the last post...at least I'm trying.
- 28/04/2011 12:17:59 PM
1266 Views
What is to discuss here? You hate Egwene and will spin anything to put her in a negative light
- 28/04/2011 12:59:58 PM
1351 Views
But he's so good at it. all the pieces are in there and close to the right place... like a picasso.
- 03/05/2011 12:51:54 AM
1274 Views
I'd say there's no need to take it so seriously when there's so few posts lately. You should see
- 28/04/2011 05:59:19 PM
1231 Views
while i agree with you on most of this
- 28/04/2011 04:53:06 PM
1420 Views
hmpf, i post a good point and nothing
- 28/04/2011 11:09:53 PM
1236 Views
you could say the same about a lot of the relationships in this series
- 28/04/2011 04:59:19 PM
1394 Views
I agree there are plenty of underdeveloped and somewhat one-sided relationships in the series
- 28/04/2011 08:15:52 PM
1428 Views
Re: I agree there are plenty of underdeveloped and somewhat one-sided relationships in the series
- 29/04/2011 06:55:14 PM
1239 Views
Re: Avi/Min
- 28/04/2011 09:48:01 PM
1342 Views
A courtship where one side doesn't realize they are courting....
- 29/04/2011 07:09:36 PM
1166 Views
In regards to the letters...
- 28/04/2011 05:28:13 PM
1507 Views
But Gawyn was not Egwene's subject
- 28/04/2011 06:09:31 PM
1293 Views
Which was why I thought it was appropriate, since he meant to act as Egwene's Warder.
- 28/04/2011 06:19:53 PM
1215 Views
The only issue is that Warders are not minions - they are honored junior partners.
- 28/04/2011 07:39:18 PM
1405 Views
No, the junior partners are Accepted. Warders are essentially personal bodyguards and/or assistants.
- 28/04/2011 08:00:17 PM
1192 Views
Accepted are not anything, let alone junior partners. Don't think N&E's experience was typical
- 28/04/2011 09:32:22 PM
1465 Views
Here's the thing though...
- 28/04/2011 11:20:32 PM
1241 Views
No, but it's cute and quirky when Faile does it.
- 29/04/2011 03:06:50 PM
1414 Views
But...
- 29/04/2011 10:52:03 PM
1184 Views
That's not really clear
- 29/04/2011 11:41:20 PM
1327 Views
Actually, it is...
- 30/04/2011 06:37:42 PM
1422 Views
Re: Actually, it is...
- 30/04/2011 11:17:21 PM
1255 Views
Didn't Siuan, Gareth and Gawyn tell her about the Bloodknife they encountered?
- 02/05/2011 02:33:08 PM
1220 Views
Re: Accepted are not anything, let alone junior partners. Don't think N&E's experience was typical
- 28/04/2011 11:36:24 PM
1287 Views
My two cents: yes, a little, maybe, and possibly not.
- 28/04/2011 06:05:09 PM
1391 Views
Regarding your reference to another Emond's Fielder: What are you talking about?
- 28/04/2011 09:06:13 PM
1266 Views
both together, couldn't separate them in my mind - perrin's evasiveness or nyn's trickiness *NM*
- 28/04/2011 10:16:57 PM
631 Views
It isn't the worst romance in WoT
- 28/04/2011 08:10:23 PM
1559 Views
Galad is a great option for a political marriage
- 28/04/2011 09:04:46 PM
1231 Views
Yes, but...
- 28/04/2011 09:40:39 PM
1244 Views
but galad knew nothing of berelain's closeness to rand, so that couldn't have affected anything
- 28/04/2011 10:12:23 PM
1297 Views
Yes. An often overlooked point is that ELAYNE, not Egwene, gains the most power in ToM
- 28/04/2011 09:42:43 PM
1662 Views
Except they're both really hot.
- 28/04/2011 10:01:46 PM
1427 Views
They were naive
- 28/04/2011 11:10:34 PM
1191 Views
Re: They were naive
- 29/04/2011 03:18:42 PM
1578 Views
I can only quibble; Egwene became so insufferable in ToM I'm convinced her fate will be unpleasant.
- 04/05/2011 12:41:53 AM
1460 Views
Siuan...
- 04/05/2011 05:42:59 AM
1407 Views
Re: Siuan screwed up big time.
- 07/05/2011 03:35:46 AM
1309 Views
Good points all round (do you switch brains when getting into real world politics? ) & re: the Talk
- 12/05/2011 02:04:06 PM
1186 Views
Thanks, (and no, you just become less and less astute as we move farther from fiction.
)
- 15/05/2011 11:46:41 PM
1573 Views
)
- 15/05/2011 11:46:41 PM
1573 Views

*NM*