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Re: why? chandra Send a noteboard - 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM
That will do her some good.

Why will it do her some good? Egwene has outgrown any person in Emonds Field, and it has nothing to do with her status as Amyrlin. She's seen the world and knows what its about, and she's shed her small town mentality and replaced it with a global perspective. I doubt that she and her parents have much in common anymore. Its like suggesting that Siuan should meet up with her parents.

No, I believe there is still some wisdom that she can learn from her mother and father. She needs to be remember what she was. Knowledge of the goings on in the world does not mean, she has become better in dealing with them. Marin and her husband had a certain earthly wisdom, which Egwene seems to lack or has lost. Yes, they lived in a village, but they were cognizant of the fact that the world is a wider and complex place. The Aiel Wise Ones, for all their training seem to have made her a tougher person, rather than a better person. She needs to apply those lessons in humility and patience that she learnt from them in her day-to-day life. Btw, living and being brought up in a small town also gives a perspective, losing that perspective completely means letting go of something quintessentially Two Rivers' like. Which is what happened to Rand, but luckily he did a course correction and seems more like his previous self, but without the excessive boyish indecisiveness and foolhardiness. He still retains those qualities to a certain level though.
Egwene needs to become a simpler person, let go of this desire to acquire power and hang on to it. Why did she decide to become Amrylin anyway? Why does she want to be an Amrylin? What is her end goal? To help defeat the DO, or to be the Amrylin until she can?

People continuously forget that Egwene is the most powerful woman on the continent. She needs to be as tough as nails or she'll be pulled down by evil forces, or even her own Hall.

IMO, she doesnt need to be like that.
I am afraid, in becoming so tough, she is becoming more and more similar to the Hall and the rot that has become a part of the Aes Sedai organisation. If she really thinks her own Hall is going to remove her, then maybe she should make a public declaration to all Aes Sedai that they are not supposed to do such things and disband the Ajah structure that is there currently. In addition to that, she should educate the Aes Sedai that what they really ought to be is servants of the people, rather than puppeteers. If the Aes Sedai continue to behave as earlier, she should just ask the Aes Sedai to swear fealty to her, if that is going to help her uphold Dharma, or step down from that seat, and contribute however she can individually towards helping the Light.
I hope this doesnt sound like the ramblings of a mad-man. I am finding it difficult to articulate my thoughts.
Isn't everyone in WoT re-born?
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"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM 2474 Views
Do you have a reference that we can look at? - 05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM 994 Views
Chapter 45 - A Reunion, Page 669 - 05/11/2010 03:59:25 AM 1174 Views
Ok, now I've checked it. - 05/11/2010 04:07:20 AM 1046 Views
Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:49:16 AM 1195 Views
Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 01:42:54 PM 956 Views
except... - 05/11/2010 03:49:45 AM 1078 Views
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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 1126 Views
Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM 946 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 01:53:17 PM 928 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:00:37 PM 1028 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:04:47 PM 942 Views
she's the youngest child - 07/11/2010 07:51:20 PM 845 Views
why? - 05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM 1054 Views
Re: why? - 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM 1015 Views
That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 05:00:59 PM 1083 Views
Re: That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 11:10:46 PM 951 Views
Hail Amrlyin Palpategwene - 06/11/2010 02:05:09 AM 1020 Views
They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs. - 06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM 1029 Views
Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way? - 08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM 878 Views
She's a short, female, youngest child of influential parents. Arrogance would come naturally to her. - 09/11/2010 02:08:29 AM 975 Views
Huh - 09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM 996 Views
Wow. What the fuck did your parents do to you? *NM* - 09/11/2010 03:35:07 PM 481 Views
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I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people. - 09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM 884 Views
too bad - 09/11/2010 08:20:04 PM 862 Views
Why don't you compare her to a summer's day while you're at it? *NM* - 09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM 405 Views
well... - 09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM 799 Views
I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM* - 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM 540 Views
You are seriously mis-perceiving a number of things. - 10/11/2010 01:30:47 AM 1051 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM 917 Views
Re: So? - 05/11/2010 07:59:12 PM 950 Views
Re: So? - 06/11/2010 09:06:49 AM 848 Views
She didn't say that. You changed the wording and read it without context. - 05/11/2010 03:29:27 PM 1059 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM 900 Views
The engima that is Egwene - 06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM 916 Views
I wonder if... - 06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM 898 Views
You might have paid more attention than me when reading - 06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM 893 Views
The reason rand didn't tell Egwene about why he needs to break the seals is simple - 22/06/2011 10:49:25 PM 949 Views
That's the problem with Elayne that has emerged. - 06/11/2010 03:31:41 PM 1082 Views
Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for... - 06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM 951 Views
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 901 Views
So fragmentation is the reply? - 06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM 890 Views
Checks and balances IS diluting power. - 09/11/2010 02:16:18 AM 907 Views
The Andoran houses should ask one question of Elayne - and remove her if she answers wrongly - 08/11/2010 02:03:08 AM 964 Views
Hear, hear. - 09/11/2010 02:18:49 AM 948 Views
Maybe it's typo - 08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM 1123 Views
Yes, I'm pretty certain it is. - 09/11/2010 09:00:32 AM 857 Views
Agreed - 09/11/2010 07:05:09 PM 810 Views
i thought it was a typo too *NM* - 10/11/2010 09:11:10 AM 512 Views

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