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But that is not the connotation of Egwene's comment. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 27/11/2009 08:45:40 PM
so if you go out to dinner and have a fabulous meal at let's say an Italian spot in town... and you think "Hmmm, friendX (who is a passionate cook of Italian food) should check this place out, s/he's always complaining that there are no good Italian restaurants in town" you are being anti-friendX?

Your interpretation that Egwene is being anti-Nynaeve has no substance.


I agreed that it is likely Egwene would think that. I suggested as much in the original post.
Now given what we see of Nynaeve's experience with Aes Sedai, in LoC especially, she IS a fan of that cooking, and a good cook, but everywhere she turns she is being given lousy food, with dry meatballs, burnt sauce, mushy pasta and so on. She complains about it, and we see her opinion IS justified.
Brandon Sanderson, however, has written her thoughts as "FriendX is full of sh1t. This place doesn't have bad food at all!"
A good friend would have been more likely to say "Well, here's at least ONE cook who knows what she is doing! I wish Nynaeve could experience this; it would make her feel so much better about being stuck in this culinary institute of her inferiors."

My point was, given that connotation of the actual words used, there are two reasons. 1. Egwene is a bitch who is already thinking of Suana as her "daughter" and identifying with her, the way she did with the Wise Ones against Nynaeve in T'A'R in tFoH or the Aes Sedai against Rand in tWoT, OR she MEANT what you said, but Sanderson WROTE it in a poor fashion, leaving the meaning ambiguous at best, but with a strong connotation of the interpretation I offered. I AGREE with the possibility of your suggested meaning, which is why I POSTED this!
Cannoli
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Who comes out looking worst in the Egwene-Suana encounter? Egwene, Suana or B-Sand? - 27/11/2009 04:16:18 PM 1787 Views
I interpreted it as Branderson trying to make the Yellow more believable. - 27/11/2009 07:09:43 PM 949 Views
Re: I interpreted it as Branderson trying to make the Yellow more believable. - 27/11/2009 08:16:48 PM 884 Views
anti-Nynaeve? - 27/11/2009 08:26:54 PM 859 Views
But that is not the connotation of Egwene's comment. - 27/11/2009 08:45:40 PM 933 Views
I disagree - 27/11/2009 09:01:04 PM 827 Views
Cannoli comes out looking like crap. RtDB! - 27/11/2009 07:51:53 PM 872 Views
Re: Cannoli comes out looking like crap. RtDB! - 27/11/2009 08:19:46 PM 777 Views
He's doing a crappy job of that, too. - 27/11/2009 08:37:06 PM 835 Views
Re: Cannoli comes out looking like crap. RtDB! - 27/11/2009 11:06:06 PM 840 Views
Please recall that you have admitted an inferior understanding of American English connotations. - 27/11/2009 08:23:41 PM 842 Views
Yes. I admit to not being fully familiar with a third rate rip off of a language I speak. So? - 27/11/2009 11:18:39 PM 793 Views
How can Egwene know she's unskilled if she's never Healed? - 28/11/2009 12:19:58 AM 773 Views
Simple... - 28/11/2009 01:16:44 AM 778 Views
I can see that for weaves they aren't stong enough - 28/11/2009 01:35:43 AM 747 Views
Nitpicking. - 27/11/2009 08:18:02 PM 890 Views
Actually it's trying to sort who is to blame for various idiocies. - 27/11/2009 08:25:28 PM 828 Views
hrmm - 27/11/2009 11:12:04 PM 722 Views
Re: Who comes out looking worst in the Egwene-Suana encounter? Egwene, Suana or B-Sand? - 27/11/2009 08:27:29 PM 905 Views
Re: Who comes out looking worst in the Egwene-Suana encounter? Egwene, Suana or B-Sand? - 27/11/2009 08:43:42 PM 877 Views
I agree that B-Sand did an excellent job overall - 27/11/2009 08:51:41 PM 832 Views
Re: I agree that B-Sand did an excellent job overall - 27/11/2009 09:12:14 PM 742 Views
Re: I agree that B-Sand did an excellent job overall - 27/11/2009 09:15:01 PM 769 Views
Re: I agree that B-Sand did an excellent job overall - 27/11/2009 09:20:17 PM 723 Views
You are correct! - 27/11/2009 09:21:08 PM 697 Views
Why would I justify obviously right actions? - 27/11/2009 09:25:45 PM 810 Views
This sounds like the descriptions I've heard of The Sword of Truth. - 27/11/2009 10:01:33 PM 733 Views
Have you actually read that? It's so booooooring. - 27/11/2009 09:23:27 PM 751 Views
Well it's the raving of a lunatic - 27/11/2009 09:26:27 PM 739 Views
like the scene at natrin's barrows? - 28/11/2009 05:56:21 PM 796 Views
This line gave me a laugh... - 28/11/2009 12:44:14 AM 774 Views
Nice one, Mr. Chauvinist, but you do make a point, too - 27/11/2009 09:19:33 PM 780 Views
Re: Who comes out looking worst in the Egwene-Suana encounter? Egwene, Suana or B-Sand? - 28/11/2009 01:32:57 AM 801 Views
Yes. A VERY lame joke. - 28/11/2009 11:20:34 AM 949 Views
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