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This is the problem with rulers - what is smart for them equals increasing their power. Which is bad Cannoli Send a noteboard - 06/11/2010 08:40:19 PM
And if she goes bad, then what? Let us stipulate that Egwene is good and nice and will never ever abuse her power again, and that she will use her influence and authority with justice and benevolence. Let us stipulate this about Elayne as well. Then they die. In case Aviendha's experience in Rhuidean has not demonstrated this to you, there is no guarantee that people in power will have capable or benevolent successors. What do you have then? This massive superpower nation or White Tower, in the hands of the all-too typical d-bag individual of the power-seeking variety who will be a tyrant. My biggest complaint about Egwene as Amyrlin is not that she won't help Rand enough but that she has always sought a growth of the influence of the Tower. The consolidation of power is never something to be applauded.
Cannoli
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"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM 2402 Views
Do you have a reference that we can look at? - 05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM 918 Views
Chapter 45 - A Reunion, Page 669 - 05/11/2010 03:59:25 AM 1104 Views
Ok, now I've checked it. - 05/11/2010 04:07:20 AM 968 Views
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except... - 05/11/2010 03:49:45 AM 972 Views
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Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM 872 Views
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why? - 05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM 979 Views
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That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 05:00:59 PM 1005 Views
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Hail Amrlyin Palpategwene - 06/11/2010 02:05:09 AM 949 Views
They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs. - 06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM 948 Views
Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way? - 08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM 802 Views
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Huh - 09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM 920 Views
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I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people. - 09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM 811 Views
too bad - 09/11/2010 08:20:04 PM 794 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 384 Views
well... - 09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM 728 Views
I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM* - 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM 513 Views
You are seriously mis-perceiving a number of things. - 10/11/2010 01:30:47 AM 974 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM 850 Views
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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 987 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM 823 Views
The engima that is Egwene - 06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM 846 Views
I wonder if... - 06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM 831 Views
You might have paid more attention than me when reading - 06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM 823 Views
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Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for... - 06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM 878 Views
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So fragmentation is the reply? - 06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM 819 Views
Checks and balances IS diluting power. - 09/11/2010 02:16:18 AM 849 Views
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Hear, hear. - 09/11/2010 02:18:49 AM 876 Views
Maybe it's typo - 08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM 1049 Views
Yes, I'm pretty certain it is. - 09/11/2010 09:00:32 AM 790 Views
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i thought it was a typo too *NM* - 10/11/2010 09:11:10 AM 482 Views

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