Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have.
Abunderment Send a noteboard - 09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM

You are mainly right, I guess.
They all benefit from the pattern. Elayne could have died many times in her battle for the Crown, and seemed to use Min's viewing as a statement "I cannot die." CF Clare, who has similar certainty. Each assumption is probably wrong.
Elayne does not strike me as bright. She is better educated than most, and this helps. But knowledge is not intelligence. She certainly tries hard, means well and gets there in the end. But she is no Moiraine.
And the whole "Rand cannot give me the Lion Throne" is a bit much. Firstly, whoever gets it does so because of him. He got rid of Rahvin. Secondly, TG is coming, so it seems like fiddling when Rome is about to burn.
Still, I do love her. All the more in HP's body. The point being that even the DO himself in HP would be fine by me. (In your case, DO in Galadriel? I can do that too.)
Padme is very switched on. Naivete comes from believing that the enemy follows rules. In SW, all that "Imperial senate" blabber while the Sith rapidly sets the galaxy upon itself. I see Egwene's views on Gawyn, Rand, Siuan as naive and risky.
Also, Padme is a genuine warrior, as is Egwene. Elayne-Clare (E-Clare?) are effective, but not stellar.
They all benefit from the pattern. Elayne could have died many times in her battle for the Crown, and seemed to use Min's viewing as a statement "I cannot die." CF Clare, who has similar certainty. Each assumption is probably wrong.
Elayne does not strike me as bright. She is better educated than most, and this helps. But knowledge is not intelligence. She certainly tries hard, means well and gets there in the end. But she is no Moiraine.
And the whole "Rand cannot give me the Lion Throne" is a bit much. Firstly, whoever gets it does so because of him. He got rid of Rahvin. Secondly, TG is coming, so it seems like fiddling when Rome is about to burn.
Still, I do love her. All the more in HP's body. The point being that even the DO himself in HP would be fine by me. (In your case, DO in Galadriel? I can do that too.)
Padme is very switched on. Naivete comes from believing that the enemy follows rules. In SW, all that "Imperial senate" blabber while the Sith rapidly sets the galaxy upon itself. I see Egwene's views on Gawyn, Rand, Siuan as naive and risky.
Also, Padme is a genuine warrior, as is Egwene. Elayne-Clare (E-Clare?) are effective, but not stellar.
Semirhage and Egwene
04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM
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I agree with all of that.
04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM
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Re: I agree with all of that. *NM*
04/12/2009 03:22:49 PM
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Re: I agree with all of that.
04/12/2009 03:29:46 PM
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The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up)
04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM
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If you plan to write that review before the last two books are out, you better get re-reading now. *NM*
04/12/2009 03:20:31 PM
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about Semirhage
04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM
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but
04/12/2009 03:26:29 PM
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She was never THAT person.
06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM
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Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot
04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM
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Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot
04/12/2009 06:42:41 PM
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If one compares the characters...
05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM
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Did I miss Rand's marriage ceremonies? I always thought the three girls only bonded him *NM*
05/12/2009 11:27:36 AM
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Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM*
04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM
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That's really nonsense
05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM
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And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn.
04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM
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Egwene has a long way to go ...
05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM
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Hardly a blunder
06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM
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Re: Hardly a blunder? Send Egwene back to Silviana.
07/12/2009 04:03:08 PM
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Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage
07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM
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She should have attacked when they first arrived
07/12/2009 09:35:33 PM
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Don't damn me, damn Graendal
09/12/2009 12:51:18 PM
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Yes, the Aes Sedai need to rediscover the meaning of "servants of all" *NM*
06/12/2009 05:03:19 AM
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I'm re-reading the series now for the first time in years. Egwene has always been a weak character.
07/12/2009 01:12:15 AM
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I think you'll find few people who agree with you on both of those counts...
07/12/2009 01:53:58 PM
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Irritating teen spirits ...
07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM
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You must not have been reading the same series I have.
07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM
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Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have.
09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM
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