At the end of the book hordes of shadowspawn are overrunning Caemlyn. They have the weapons she didn't fight so hard to get, and the Kin is probably slaughtered, or soon going to be. At least she won't have to give the sea folk a mile of land.
Do you really think Caemlyn will fall? I don't, not for a second. And I doubt the Kin will die since it's yet more people for Egwene to control.
I do think she should die though... I still hold out hope that someone will stuff her in a vacuole until she's in labour, get her kids and stuff her in again so that Min's viewing will come true but we don't have to deal with her ever again. Or maybe Egwene can misconstrue something she's trying to do for the good of the people as 'starting a rebellion' against the White Tower and execute her.
Why would Egwene execute a queen who obeys her and delivers not one but two nations to her on a silver platter? I agree that she should die, though. Her idiocy about being untouchable needs to get her killed. She's like a small child who keeps slamming her hand on a hot stove expecting not to get burned, only small children learn after doing it once unless they're mentally challenged. It would be in Rand's best interest to be rid of her for good; I've always had this bad feeling that she's going to use the bond to force Rand to obey Egwene, so the sooner she dies, the better.
Well, I dunno about Caemlyn... the Last freakin' Battle needs to be at least a LITTLE bit messy, right? I liked that after a book called Towers of Midnight that should have been called 'tying up loose ends and getting everyone on the same page before Tarmon Gai'don', we got a little bit of uncertainty in the epilogue. So, although I agree that Caemlyn won't be burned to the ground maybe, it's already on fire at the end of the book so who knows? As far as the Kin go, the whole series has been built on its 'sacrifices' being secondary characters that we may have some small attachment to. Having tons of Kin die in Caemlyn fits that mould. So the jury's out for me.
As far as the second part, and in answer to the other poster, yes I was being sarcastic, and pointing out that it'd be poetic justice for Elayne to be done in by a fellow tyrant and friend for some perceived slight to her 'authority', in the same way that Elayne's haughty selfishness made her want to execute - EXECUTE - Perrin for having a banner raised. Yeesh.
"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
- 05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM
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Do you have a reference that we can look at?
- 05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM
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Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
- 05/11/2010 03:49:16 AM
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Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
- 05/11/2010 01:42:54 PM
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Not if it allows the Seanchan freedom to conquer Randland. I'd rather have Egwene over the slavers.
- 07/11/2010 07:32:20 PM
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We all know Egwene is going to save the day while getting everything she wants and more
- 05/11/2010 04:14:55 AM
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Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
- 05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM
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Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
- 05/11/2010 01:53:17 PM
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Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
- 05/11/2010 02:00:37 PM
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why?
- 05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM
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Re: why?
- 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM
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They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs.
- 06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM
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Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way?
- 08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM
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She's a short, female, youngest child of influential parents. Arrogance would come naturally to her.
- 09/11/2010 02:08:29 AM
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Huh
- 09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM
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Wow. What the fuck did your parents do to you? *NM*
- 09/11/2010 03:35:07 PM
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- 09/11/2010 06:14:30 PM
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- 09/11/2010 06:14:30 PM
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I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people.
- 09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM
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Why don't you compare her to a summer's day while you're at it? 
*NM*
- 09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM
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*NM*
- 09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM
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well...
- 09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM
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I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM*
- 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM
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*NM*
- 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM
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So?
- 05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM
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i agree. and this is part of the reason why i don't understand why people have a hard time w/ egwene
- 05/11/2010 03:56:48 PM
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Because many of us don't see trying to achieve power for its own sake to be a good thing
- 05/11/2010 06:53:27 PM
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She didn't say that. You changed the wording and read it without context.
- 05/11/2010 03:29:27 PM
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So?
- 05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM
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The engima that is Egwene
- 06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM
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I wonder if...
- 06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM
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You might have paid more attention than me when reading
- 06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM
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The reason rand didn't tell Egwene about why he needs to break the seals is simple
- 22/06/2011 10:49:25 PM
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That's the problem with Elayne that has emerged.
- 06/11/2010 03:31:41 PM
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Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for...
- 06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM
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This is the problem with rulers - what is smart for them equals increasing their power. Which is bad
- 06/11/2010 08:40:19 PM
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The Andoran houses should ask one question of Elayne - and remove her if she answers wrongly
- 08/11/2010 02:03:08 AM
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Maybe it's typo
- 08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM
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I was proven to be right - it's typo since it was corrected in the Ebook version
- 02/06/2011 11:59:02 PM
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