It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits.
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM
She bonded Lan against his will. This violates Tower Law, although as I understand it, it is permissible in the context of an Aes Sedai's death. We've seen one or two other incidents where the Aes Sedai died and her warder was bonded by another (Myrelle again...) in save his life.
It does not violate Tower Law, merely offends the sensibilities of women for whom this is none of their business. I agree with that, but I don't have the book in front of me to verify that Egwene in fact threatened to do just that.
That is the punishment Siuan speculated would be given out by the Hall "...making them pass their warders to others, since they like it so much." Myrelle, Nisao & Siuan all felt it was a credible threat.I don't much like Egwene as a person, but I think she is a powerful and determined leader.
So were Hitler, Stalin, Linin, Mao & Castro. Your point being? She was given a position of power in a way that ensured she has no real power. I can't blame her to grab the opportunity presented her to even the scales, even if it involves manipulation and some hypocrisy. It was the fault of the Aes Sedai that chose her to be Amyrlin, at a stage and an age where she was clearly unsuitable and then refused to give her the tools to govern. Would you have preferred she remained a puppet?
It was the fault of the Germans that they elected a loose cannon psycho as Chancellor and passed a law that let him become a dictator. Does that give Hitler the right to do whatever he wants? What is wrong with Egwene being a puppet? What is wrong with the Aes Sedai being governed by the Hall, whom they directly chose for their experience or other qualites? Why should they be governed by a woman most of them would never have chosen? The principle of democracy suggests that a leader controlled by the people's elected representives is better than a dictator with undefined powers, whose level of authority depends on the political weight she can appear to weild! The whole point of the rebellion was to oppose a stron Amyrlin. All this idea that Egwene is owed Elaida's level of deference does is reduce the Tower struggle to a contest of dictators. Think of the situation objectively, not through the personal satisfaction of a PoV character.
Cannoli
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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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