His uncertainty about his choices, his wrong decisions made in haste, his many many mistakes... They make him human. They make him real. He's not acting like a hero in a fantasy series. He's acting like a person.
Plus, we all know his reunion with Morgase is gonna be hilarious.
Plus, we all know his reunion with Morgase is gonna be hilarious.
The moment he hears that the woman he loves/has put on a pedestal and was manipulated by for information is in trouble, he gallops away, abandoning the men in his command.
When he reaches the rebel camp, he refuses to listen when other people tell her that the little girl he's trying to protect is actually an incredibly powerful Aes Sedai who is busy manipulating the downfall of their enemy without bloodshed.
He loathes Rand because he heard a rumor he killed Morgase... despite being told that it's not true by his sister, and said "love" interest.
He takes part in an expedition to save Egwene from a heavily fortified castle, despite direct orders not to.
I'm not saying all of these are necessarily BAD (I don't blame them for trying to save Egwene during the Seancean attack, for example), but I'd say it makes Gawyn an incredibly stereotypical "fantasy novel" hero.
I amuse myself.
Ok, time for my tri-annual WoT board visit
- 01/11/2009 06:44:48 PM
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*NM*
Gawyn!?! Gawyn?!? Really?!?!
- 01/11/2009 08:52:00 PM
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I disagree
- 02/11/2009 12:14:51 AM
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Really? Not like a hero in a fantasy series?
- 02/11/2009 02:32:34 AM
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I really liked Nynaeve's writing in tGS. I think she's the most well-balanced character in WoT.
- 02/11/2009 02:26:38 AM
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If the world ends in 2012 BEFORE WoT is finished, I'm gonna be seriously PO'd. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 02:47:45 AM
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