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Re: I don't fault her for PTSD, but for pursuing power despite valid reasons why she might botch it fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 10/01/2013 01:52:22 AM
There's an awful lot of excuses offered for her to the tune of "She's only a teenaged girl" or "She's undergone some horrible stuff at the hands of the Seanchan" but those are good reasons why she should not be scheming to thwart the popularly elected legislature and seize the reins of power for herself.

Except she was given no choice, there. She was forced to become Amyrlin. She didn't ask for it, and clearly thought the Rebels were a bunch of morons for picking her. She even says so straight out in tGS. After being elected, she could do what she did, or she could have caved to Romanda, Lelaine or Sheriam, or she could have surrendered to Elaida. All of those would have uniformly been worse.

Maybe the Seanchan crisis should be dealt with by an Amyrlin who does NOT react psychotically to their accents.

On the other hand, having an Amyrlin who knew first-hand the idiocy of their system, and could claim personal experience of it, allowed Egwene to free the Sea Folk isles, and extract a contract whereby Damane would be free to go in exchange to Aes Sedai, Wise Ones and Sea Folk being allowed to voluntarily become damane.

As for the validity of Logain's behavior, I've never been a fan. Saying Egwene is acting the same way Logain did under similar circumstances is hardly a justificaiton.

No it isn't. And, of course, she never did consider what Logain did.
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Well, that was fun Cannoli - 09/01/2013 09:32:09 AM 1859 Views
Here there be spoilers for the Mistborn trilogy and other thoughts. Ghavrel - 09/01/2013 10:13:03 AM 1024 Views
Packing so much into Chapter 37 was Sanderson's brain child. *NM* RandAllThor - 09/01/2013 11:25:30 AM 524 Views
Shocker *NM* Cannoli - 09/01/2013 06:12:46 PM 528 Views
Belated, but I can't help but wonder Jragghen - 17/01/2013 06:07:30 PM 830 Views
I read that one little line about You Know Who and I pictured you whooping with unbridled glee. *NM* eucatastrophe - 09/01/2013 07:05:54 PM 499 Views
You didn't enjoy Gawyn? DomA - 09/01/2013 11:13:07 PM 1092 Views
I laughed too. That was hilarious. lilltempest - 09/01/2013 11:40:12 PM 1089 Views
I was actually expecting that... fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 12:02:01 AM 985 Views
I think the whole thing was mishandled Cannoli - 10/01/2013 01:27:44 AM 1137 Views
With the Gawyn and Galad thing... fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 01:46:52 AM 1001 Views
I feel similar, but switch Galad for Gawyn Zaphod - 10/01/2013 06:24:43 PM 1263 Views
I felt it was fitting, but not funny... fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 12:05:30 AM 913 Views
By all out, you mean throwing away what she believes to be the sine qua non of the Tower's survival? Cannoli - 10/01/2013 01:00:14 AM 938 Views
What else was she supposed to do? fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 01:20:46 AM 892 Views
I'm just saying that Egwene's actions give the lie to her expressed priorities. Cannoli - 10/01/2013 01:29:06 AM 825 Views
It doesn't at all... fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 01:39:53 AM 922 Views
I don't fault her for PTSD, but for pursuing power despite valid reasons why she might botch it Cannoli - 10/01/2013 01:46:05 AM 790 Views
Re: I don't fault her for PTSD, but for pursuing power despite valid reasons why she might botch it fionwe1987 - 10/01/2013 01:52:22 AM 1035 Views
That's a good question. I can't think why I left him off the list Cannoli - 10/01/2013 12:58:53 AM 957 Views
Re: That's a good question. I can't think why I left him off the list DomA - 10/01/2013 04:04:44 AM 884 Views
Nah, tGS consisted largely of people talking smack to Gawyn and setting him straight. Cannoli - 10/01/2013 04:43:16 AM 839 Views
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