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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 1658 Views
Re: Egwene - hypocrite Elvira_Sedai - 10/12/2009 01:33:00 PM 1173 Views
Not the same at all really Sidious - 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM 912 Views
How do you explain the BA Hunters? Taer - 10/12/2009 02:21:28 PM 853 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM 810 Views
Agreed Sidious - 10/12/2009 04:01:40 PM 708 Views
Disagree Taer - 10/12/2009 04:50:13 PM 804 Views
Just Agree to Disagree *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 11/12/2009 12:53:46 PM 323 Views
What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM 825 Views
Well... Sidious - 10/12/2009 03:58:48 PM 806 Views
Don't be ridiculous Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:05:46 PM 701 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM 718 Views
She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM 700 Views
Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM 737 Views
It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM 760 Views
I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM 641 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 694 Views
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone redhand - 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM 752 Views
Re: Let he who has no sin cast the first stone Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:41:33 PM 672 Views
Leane too darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 06:09:31 AM 671 Views
Not really DomA - 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM 791 Views
But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. redhand - 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM 724 Views
Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. DomA - 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM 755 Views
Really Taer - 10/12/2009 04:52:10 PM 687 Views
Re: Really DomA - 10/12/2009 11:56:30 PM 799 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 872 Views
Sure. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 05:03:00 PM 677 Views
Actually, I agree. Lord Haart - 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM 695 Views
I like Egwene Taer - 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM 737 Views
That really disappointed me. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM 770 Views
funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM 695 Views
Not the problem. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM 643 Views
I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM 697 Views
Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM 768 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM 739 Views
You have no basis for that assertion. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM 716 Views
Not really the case darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:43 PM 697 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 823 Views
Ah, true that. Fanatic-Templar - 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM 727 Views
Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM 662 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM 706 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM 752 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM 665 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 08:27:53 PM 639 Views
Not true. Fanatic-Templar - 14/12/2009 02:41:28 AM 757 Views
I agree with most of your point darius_sedai - 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM 783 Views
Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... randfandom - 11/12/2009 12:57:49 AM 662 Views
Re: Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:18:33 AM 683 Views
The main differences between the two oaths randfandom - 10/12/2009 07:00:55 PM 1036 Views
Of course she is a hypocrite Knightscape - 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM 726 Views
The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM 725 Views
Probably because they're all human Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM 639 Views
darius_sedai - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM 723 Views
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