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Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. Abunderment Send a noteboard - 09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM
You are mainly right, I guess.

They all benefit from the pattern. Elayne could have died many times in her battle for the Crown, and seemed to use Min's viewing as a statement "I cannot die." CF Clare, who has similar certainty. Each assumption is probably wrong.

Elayne does not strike me as bright. She is better educated than most, and this helps. But knowledge is not intelligence. She certainly tries hard, means well and gets there in the end. But she is no Moiraine.

And the whole "Rand cannot give me the Lion Throne" is a bit much. Firstly, whoever gets it does so because of him. He got rid of Rahvin. Secondly, TG is coming, so it seems like fiddling when Rome is about to burn.

Still, I do love her. All the more in HP's body. The point being that even the DO himself in HP would be fine by me. (In your case, DO in Galadriel? I can do that too.)

Padme is very switched on. Naivete comes from believing that the enemy follows rules. In SW, all that "Imperial senate" blabber while the Sith rapidly sets the galaxy upon itself. I see Egwene's views on Gawyn, Rand, Siuan as naive and risky.

Also, Padme is a genuine warrior, as is Egwene. Elayne-Clare (E-Clare?) are effective, but not stellar.
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Semirhage and Egwene - 04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM 1743 Views
I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM 982 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. *NM* - 04/12/2009 03:22:49 PM 473 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:29:46 PM 930 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:33:03 PM 955 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 04:13:55 PM 844 Views
The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up) - 04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM 983 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 412 Views
I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM 887 Views
Re: I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 06:50:10 PM 908 Views
about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM 1301 Views
but - 04/12/2009 03:26:29 PM 877 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:35:52 PM 868 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:46:00 PM 937 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:51:03 PM 885 Views
Cadsuane is rather close to perfect herself. - 04/12/2009 08:37:21 PM 966 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:04:12 PM 884 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:41:51 PM 892 Views
She was never THAT person. - 06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM 856 Views
Never WHAT person? - 06/12/2009 10:21:43 PM 889 Views
I'm not sure I agree - 08/12/2009 12:54:43 PM 737 Views
I agree! - 04/12/2009 04:31:24 PM 842 Views
Re: about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 08:16:15 PM 880 Views
Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM 1016 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 06:42:41 PM 866 Views
If one compares the characters... - 05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM 800 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 405 Views
You are right... - 05/12/2009 12:21:59 PM 844 Views
I disagree - 05/12/2009 05:11:28 PM 821 Views
Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM* - 04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM 431 Views
That's really nonsense - 05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM 785 Views
I think your perception is very skewed - 05/12/2009 05:16:46 PM 814 Views
Agreed - 05/12/2009 06:15:46 PM 846 Views
Bull! - 06/12/2009 02:55:13 AM 836 Views
Rabbit! - 06/12/2009 04:14:10 AM 772 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 05/12/2009 06:11:40 PM 839 Views
Indeed - 05/12/2009 06:30:39 PM 882 Views
And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn. - 04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM 944 Views
Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 04/12/2009 08:02:10 PM 868 Views
Re: Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 05/12/2009 05:54:11 AM 783 Views
Please stop - your use of logic here is sickening! - 06/12/2009 04:43:31 AM 854 Views
I disagree with most of that - 05/12/2009 10:58:12 AM 860 Views
Egwene has a long way to go ... - 05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM 871 Views
Hardly a blunder - 06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM 826 Views
Re: Hardly a blunder? Send Egwene back to Silviana. - 07/12/2009 04:03:08 PM 851 Views
Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage - 07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM 737 Views
She lost her advantage?!? Siuan probably saved her life - 09/12/2009 11:57:26 AM 833 Views
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She should have attacked when they first arrived - 07/12/2009 09:35:33 PM 776 Views
Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 12:51:18 PM 799 Views
Re: Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 06:11:53 PM 965 Views
A couple of points - 09/12/2009 07:11:18 PM 845 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 827 Views
LOL *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:29:56 AM 342 Views
I think you'll find few people who agree with you on both of those counts... - 07/12/2009 01:53:58 PM 787 Views
Not at all. - 07/12/2009 03:20:38 PM 773 Views
Irritating teen spirits ... - 07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM 868 Views
As long as the bags were Louis Vuitton all would be fine *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:51:13 PM 471 Views
You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM 899 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM 804 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 02:59:04 PM 861 Views

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