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darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM
This has been her major character flaw throughout the series. If she wasn't a hypocrite, she would be nothing but a total Mary Sue. Being a hypocrite is a large part of what makes Egwene, Egwene. Imagine if she wasn't a hypocrite? How boring and uninteresting of a character would she be?


and to a degree Rand and Perrin too! It's thematic of the series, very few of the characters effectively communicate and as such have large streaks of hypocrisy.


Egwene's critics decry her for being too perfect, but then state that she's a hypocrite of note. It's a statement that never ceases to amaze me.

Sometimes these main characters aren't hypocritical as much as they are leaders who are forced to make dark decisions to save the world. If they hadn't all strained the boundaries of law and morality at stages, they or their friends would be dead.


I totally agree... one of the reasons I've read the books all these years, has it really been nearly 20? Is that the characters are interesting and have all made good and poor choices throughout the series... The main POV character at least.

I like Egwene mostly because I enjoy the plot lines she's been involved with, as opposed to Perrin who is dull as a bag of hair

I find it interesting how many people on the various boards hunt for interpretations to hate their least favorite characters... poor Egwene seems to get the brunt of that, probably because she is so similar to Rand.
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Egwene - hypocrite Taer - 10/12/2009 01:20:24 PM 1770 Views
Re: Egwene - hypocrite Elvira_Sedai - 10/12/2009 01:33:00 PM 1280 Views
Not the same at all really Sidious - 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM 1028 Views
How do you explain the BA Hunters? Taer - 10/12/2009 02:21:28 PM 961 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM 923 Views
Agreed Sidious - 10/12/2009 04:01:40 PM 816 Views
Disagree Taer - 10/12/2009 04:50:13 PM 913 Views
Just Agree to Disagree *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 11/12/2009 12:53:46 PM 397 Views
What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM 933 Views
Well... Sidious - 10/12/2009 03:58:48 PM 908 Views
Don't be ridiculous Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:05:46 PM 796 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM 828 Views
She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM 797 Views
Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM 842 Views
It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM 856 Views
I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM 766 Views
I have doubts about RJ's brain if he actually believed some of the crap he has characters spew Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:26:52 PM 833 Views
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone redhand - 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM 855 Views
Re: Let he who has no sin cast the first stone Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:41:33 PM 781 Views
Leane too darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 06:09:31 AM 769 Views
Not really DomA - 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM 897 Views
But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. redhand - 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM 826 Views
Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. DomA - 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM 849 Views
Really Taer - 10/12/2009 04:52:10 PM 795 Views
Re: Really DomA - 10/12/2009 11:56:30 PM 896 Views
No she was right, and even her blackmail, as reprehensible as that was, was not an act of tyranny Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:56:41 PM 983 Views
Sure. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 05:03:00 PM 776 Views
Actually, I agree. Lord Haart - 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM 797 Views
I like Egwene Taer - 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM 829 Views
That really disappointed me. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM 877 Views
funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM 786 Views
Not the problem. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM 748 Views
I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM 806 Views
Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM 868 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM 870 Views
You have no basis for that assertion. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM 838 Views
Not really the case darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:43 PM 831 Views
They refuse to reveal the Ajah Heads to Egwene, despite her express orders. Doubt Meidani could... fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:44:23 AM 959 Views
Ah, true that. Fanatic-Templar - 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM 849 Views
Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM 761 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM 828 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM 860 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM 765 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 08:27:53 PM 733 Views
Not true. Fanatic-Templar - 14/12/2009 02:41:28 AM 875 Views
I agree with most of your point darius_sedai - 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM 883 Views
Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... randfandom - 11/12/2009 12:57:49 AM 766 Views
Re: Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:18:33 AM 805 Views
The main differences between the two oaths randfandom - 10/12/2009 07:00:55 PM 1251 Views
Of course she is a hypocrite Knightscape - 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM 845 Views
The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM 859 Views
Probably because they're all human Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM 744 Views
darius_sedai - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM 825 Views
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