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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.
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Semirhage and Egwene - 04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM 1576 Views
I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM 817 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. *NM* - 04/12/2009 03:22:49 PM 392 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:29:46 PM 753 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:33:03 PM 782 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 04:13:55 PM 707 Views
The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up) - 04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM 825 Views
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 347 Views
I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM 716 Views
Re: I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 06:50:10 PM 753 Views
about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM 1137 Views
but - 04/12/2009 03:26:29 PM 730 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:35:52 PM 721 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:46:00 PM 750 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:51:03 PM 706 Views
Cadsuane is rather close to perfect herself. - 04/12/2009 08:37:21 PM 802 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:04:12 PM 719 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:41:51 PM 697 Views
She was never THAT person. - 06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM 698 Views
Never WHAT person? - 06/12/2009 10:21:43 PM 719 Views
I'm not sure I agree - 08/12/2009 12:54:43 PM 596 Views
I agree! - 04/12/2009 04:31:24 PM 694 Views
Re: about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 08:16:15 PM 725 Views
Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM 845 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 06:42:41 PM 723 Views
If one compares the characters... - 05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM 650 Views
Did I miss Rand's marriage ceremonies? I always thought the three girls only bonded him *NM* - 05/12/2009 11:27:36 AM 344 Views
You are right... - 05/12/2009 12:21:59 PM 671 Views
I disagree - 05/12/2009 05:11:28 PM 673 Views
Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM* - 04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM 369 Views
That's really nonsense - 05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM 643 Views
I think your perception is very skewed - 05/12/2009 05:16:46 PM 652 Views
Agreed - 05/12/2009 06:15:46 PM 677 Views
Bull! - 06/12/2009 02:55:13 AM 693 Views
Rabbit! - 06/12/2009 04:14:10 AM 625 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 05/12/2009 06:11:40 PM 655 Views
Indeed - 05/12/2009 06:30:39 PM 720 Views
And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn. - 04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM 799 Views
Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 04/12/2009 08:02:10 PM 726 Views
Re: Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 05/12/2009 05:54:11 AM 632 Views
Please stop - your use of logic here is sickening! - 06/12/2009 04:43:31 AM 677 Views
I disagree with most of that - 05/12/2009 10:58:12 AM 710 Views
Egwene has a long way to go ... - 05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM 699 Views
Hardly a blunder - 06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM 659 Views
Re: Hardly a blunder? Send Egwene back to Silviana. - 07/12/2009 04:03:08 PM 676 Views
Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage - 07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM 587 Views
She lost her advantage?!? Siuan probably saved her life - 09/12/2009 11:57:26 AM 680 Views
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She should have attacked when they first arrived - 07/12/2009 09:35:33 PM 604 Views
Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 12:51:18 PM 646 Views
Re: Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 06:11:53 PM 798 Views
A couple of points - 09/12/2009 07:11:18 PM 675 Views
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 679 Views
LOL *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:29:56 AM 271 Views
I think you'll find few people who agree with you on both of those counts... - 07/12/2009 01:53:58 PM 636 Views
Not at all. - 07/12/2009 03:20:38 PM 607 Views
Irritating teen spirits ... - 07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM 680 Views
As long as the bags were Louis Vuitton all would be fine *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:51:13 PM 399 Views
You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM 723 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM 641 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 02:59:04 PM 675 Views

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