It's genetic. Elayne and Gawyn got the brunt of it. Former is a princess (not the nice term) and the latter is a ponce. Galad is 1/2, but that half is still potent in its idiocy.
And of course, our woolheaded sheepherder can be a dunce but at least LTT's wisdom/memories are now setting him str8.
NINJA VANISH 
Whats your problem with Galad? I liked his character pretty much throughout ToM. You have to see things through what he actually knows to be true. Galad consistantly does what he believes to be the right thing based on the information he has. I can't think of any case in which his decisions don't really make sense to me either. Yeah, sometimes he is wrong, but he doesn't have all the facts.
10 chapters in, I didn't hate Galad until then. UGH, the stupidity of the line Trakand astounds me.
- 03/11/2010 04:01:57 AM
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Galad isn't a Trakand, he's a Damodred, but with rare exceptions they're pretty stupid at times too. *NM*
- 03/11/2010 04:30:57 PM
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Isn't his mom related to Trakand? And Moiraine more than makes up for Damodreds' faults.
- 03/11/2010 08:23:21 PM
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Re: Galad, why the hate?
- 04/11/2010 02:09:41 PM
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