As you pointed out, Egwene herself thinks she wasn't wrong.
And while I agree that the Egwene we knew till KoD would certainly have seen some similarity between herself and Elaida over the Oaths and been appalled, I put it down to an error on Brandon's part that he did not discuss this.
I still don't think its anywhere close to hypocrisy on her part though. Especially since, in CoT, she thinks that she cannot abuse her power over these women, both because they would balk and maybe backstab her as well as because it would be an abuse of her power. She was never in danger of going down Elaida's road.
It's still close enough that Egwene herself thinks it's Compulsion when she realises its effects on Rand's sworn Sisters, and definitely not different enough that what is 'a betrayal of all that they are' for the Black Ajah Hunters is moral for Egwene.
She thinks it is compulsion because she cannot think of any other way in which 30 Aes Sedai, from two violently opposed factions, would swear fealty to a man who can channel. And she was right.
And while I agree that the Egwene we knew till KoD would certainly have seen some similarity between herself and Elaida over the Oaths and been appalled, I put it down to an error on Brandon's part that he did not discuss this.
I still don't think its anywhere close to hypocrisy on her part though. Especially since, in CoT, she thinks that she cannot abuse her power over these women, both because they would balk and maybe backstab her as well as because it would be an abuse of her power. She was never in danger of going down Elaida's road.
It's still close enough that Egwene herself thinks it's Compulsion when she realises its effects on Rand's sworn Sisters, and definitely not different enough that what is 'a betrayal of all that they are' for the Black Ajah Hunters is moral for Egwene.
She thinks it is compulsion because she cannot think of any other way in which 30 Aes Sedai, from two violently opposed factions, would swear fealty to a man who can channel. And she was right.
Egwene - hypocrite
- 10/12/2009 01:20:24 PM
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Not the same at all really
- 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM
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I agree.
- 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM
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What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice?
- 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM
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But...
- 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM
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She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done.
- 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM
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Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice?
- 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM
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It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits.
- 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM
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I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all
- 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM
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I have doubts about RJ's brain if he actually believed some of the crap he has characters spew
- 17/12/2009 12:26:52 PM
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Let he who has no sin cast the first stone
- 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM
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Not really
- 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM
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But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted.
- 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM
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Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted.
- 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM
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No she was right, and even her blackmail, as reprehensible as that was, was not an act of tyranny
- 10/12/2009 03:56:41 PM
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Actually, I agree.
- 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM
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I like Egwene
- 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM
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That really disappointed me.
- 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM
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funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right
- 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM
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Not the problem.
- 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM
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I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that
- 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM
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Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that
- 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM
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*shrugs*
- 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM
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You have no basis for that assertion.
- 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM
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They refuse to reveal the Ajah Heads to Egwene, despite her express orders. Doubt Meidani could...
- 12/12/2009 09:44:23 AM
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Ah, true that.
- 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM
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Who said she wasn't wrong?
- 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM
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Re: Who said she wasn't wrong?
- 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM
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Re: Who said she wasn't wrong?
- 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM
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Re: Who said she wasn't wrong?
- 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM
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I agree with most of your point
- 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM
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Of course she is a hypocrite
- 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM
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The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat
- 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM
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Probably because they're all human
- 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM
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- 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM
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- 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM
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