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Gawyn is a fool all of his own redqueen Send a noteboard - 04/12/2009 08:02:10 PM
Moreso than any other character in the series - except perhaps Lanfear - Gawyn's actions are dictated, decided and justified by his emotions. Anything and everything is forgivable in the name of his love, and every major decision he has ever taken, he has later gone back on. I honestly have little idea what kind of character he was in his earlier years, but Egwene - or maybe just love in general - ruined him. I wouldn't trust him to feed my chickens, never mind carry a sword, or heaven forbid, lead an army.

I also found her answers about Rand to be (while better than the average AS answer) rather lacking, if not completely off the mark.


Her answers were chilling. Part of me hopes that they were political, telling other sisters what she thinks they want to hear, but I fear she honestly believes the things she said about him. She really and truly has come to believe in the Aes Sedai philosophy that they are entitled to pull the strings and make the decisions, that they know best, possess the greatest insight, are the best qualified to make every decision in every regard. This is after she has travelled across the world and met people of nearly every culture in Randland, channelers and not. She should know better. She did know better, once. But the new, strong, united Tower will immediately go back to its business of trying to run the world. Three thousand years spent in decline, very nearly being destroyed entirely in the process, and they have learned nothing!

Semirhage's pathetic nature is explicable in light of Verin's nature. The DO doesn't want his tools to be too clever. Graendal tried that and was used as a pawn.


But why? They can never be a threat to him. The DO is as fundamental a part of the universe as the laws of physics. He has everything to gain and nothing to lose by recruiting the most talented and able people into his ranks. I've never understood that.
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Semirhage and Egwene - 04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM 1754 Views
I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM 992 Views
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The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up) - 04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM 992 Views
If you plan to write that review before the last two books are out, you better get re-reading now. *NM* - 04/12/2009 03:20:31 PM 417 Views
I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM 894 Views
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about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM 1308 Views
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She was never THAT person. - 06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM 867 Views
Never WHAT person? - 06/12/2009 10:21:43 PM 898 Views
I'm not sure I agree - 08/12/2009 12:54:43 PM 747 Views
I agree! - 04/12/2009 04:31:24 PM 849 Views
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Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM 1027 Views
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If one compares the characters... - 05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM 808 Views
Did I miss Rand's marriage ceremonies? I always thought the three girls only bonded him *NM* - 05/12/2009 11:27:36 AM 410 Views
You are right... - 05/12/2009 12:21:59 PM 853 Views
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Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM* - 04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM 435 Views
That's really nonsense - 05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM 794 Views
I think your perception is very skewed - 05/12/2009 05:16:46 PM 825 Views
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Rabbit! - 06/12/2009 04:14:10 AM 781 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 05/12/2009 06:11:40 PM 845 Views
Indeed - 05/12/2009 06:30:39 PM 892 Views
And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn. - 04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM 950 Views
Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 04/12/2009 08:02:10 PM 876 Views
Re: Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 05/12/2009 05:54:11 AM 792 Views
Please stop - your use of logic here is sickening! - 06/12/2009 04:43:31 AM 864 Views
I disagree with most of that - 05/12/2009 10:58:12 AM 870 Views
Egwene has a long way to go ... - 05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM 905 Views
Hardly a blunder - 06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM 832 Views
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Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage - 07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM 747 Views
She lost her advantage?!? Siuan probably saved her life - 09/12/2009 11:57:26 AM 841 Views
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A couple of points - 09/12/2009 07:11:18 PM 852 Views
I'm re-reading the series now for the first time in years. Egwene has always been a weak character. - 07/12/2009 01:12:15 AM 834 Views
LOL *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:29:56 AM 345 Views
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Irritating teen spirits ... - 07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM 879 Views
As long as the bags were Louis Vuitton all would be fine *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:51:13 PM 474 Views
You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM 909 Views
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