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Probably because they're all human Sidious Send a noteboard - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM
This has been her major character flaw throughout the series. If she wasn't a hypocrite, she would be nothing but a total Mary Sue. Being a hypocrite is a large part of what makes Egwene, Egwene. Imagine if she wasn't a hypocrite? How boring and uninteresting of a character would she be?


and to a degree Rand and Perrin too! It's thematic of the series, very few of the characters effectively communicate and as such have large streaks of hypocrisy.


Egwene's critics decry her for being too perfect, but then state that she's a hypocrite of note. It's a statement that never ceases to amaze me.

Sometimes these main characters aren't hypocritical as much as they are leaders who are forced to make dark decisions to save the world. If they hadn't all strained the boundaries of law and morality at stages, they or their friends would be dead.
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Egwene - hypocrite Taer - 10/12/2009 01:20:24 PM 1516 Views
Re: Egwene - hypocrite Elvira_Sedai - 10/12/2009 01:33:00 PM 1033 Views
Not the same at all really Sidious - 10/12/2009 02:12:36 PM 771 Views
How do you explain the BA Hunters? Taer - 10/12/2009 02:21:28 PM 712 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/12/2009 03:03:49 PM 674 Views
Agreed Sidious - 10/12/2009 04:01:40 PM 571 Views
Disagree Taer - 10/12/2009 04:50:13 PM 655 Views
Just Agree to Disagree *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 11/12/2009 12:53:46 PM 265 Views
What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:51:05 PM 675 Views
Well... Sidious - 10/12/2009 03:58:48 PM 666 Views
Don't be ridiculous Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:05:46 PM 557 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 10/12/2009 05:54:39 PM 546 Views
She threatened, or made an implied threat, to reveal what they had done. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:11:43 PM 560 Views
Re: What crime? Accepting her unethical promotions? Being afraid of the Hall's injustice? randfandom - 10/12/2009 09:08:08 PM 606 Views
It does NOT violate Tower Law, as Myrelle herself said, and Siuan admits. Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:23:25 PM 581 Views
I can't decide if you just don't understand the books at all darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 05:14:22 AM 508 Views
I have doubts about RJ's brain if he actually believed some of the crap he has characters spew Cannoli - 17/12/2009 12:26:52 PM 545 Views
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone redhand - 10/12/2009 04:34:06 PM 594 Views
Re: Let he who has no sin cast the first stone Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:41:33 PM 540 Views
Leane too darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 06:09:31 AM 528 Views
Not really DomA - 10/12/2009 03:06:30 PM 647 Views
But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. redhand - 10/12/2009 04:42:51 PM 585 Views
Re: But what the Amylin said is law, like how she raised those Accepted. DomA - 10/12/2009 11:04:47 PM 610 Views
Really Taer - 10/12/2009 04:52:10 PM 548 Views
Re: Really DomA - 10/12/2009 11:56:30 PM 642 Views
No she was right, and even her blackmail, as reprehensible as that was, was not an act of tyranny Cannoli - 10/12/2009 03:56:41 PM 718 Views
Sure. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 05:03:00 PM 522 Views
Actually, I agree. Lord Haart - 10/12/2009 06:47:22 PM 539 Views
I like Egwene Taer - 10/12/2009 07:08:24 PM 590 Views
That really disappointed me. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 07:29:14 PM 630 Views
funny, I'm more of the mind set that both groups were right darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 12:02:50 AM 559 Views
Not the problem. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 12:13:26 AM 499 Views
I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:13:31 AM 563 Views
Re: I do agree with DomA and the others on the point that Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 08:20:19 AM 621 Views
*shrugs* darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 02:06:47 PM 573 Views
You have no basis for that assertion. Fanatic-Templar - 11/12/2009 07:12:03 PM 556 Views
Not really the case darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:43 PM 555 Views
They refuse to reveal the Ajah Heads to Egwene, despite her express orders. Doubt Meidani could... fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:44:23 AM 636 Views
Ah, true that. Fanatic-Templar - 12/12/2009 07:20:04 PM 551 Views
Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 12/12/2009 09:02:55 PM 528 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 04:16:56 AM 565 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:12:25 AM 600 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? Fanatic-Templar - 13/12/2009 07:35:10 PM 516 Views
Re: Who said she wasn't wrong? darius_sedai - 13/12/2009 08:27:53 PM 509 Views
Not true. Fanatic-Templar - 14/12/2009 02:41:28 AM 620 Views
I agree with most of your point darius_sedai - 10/12/2009 09:49:18 PM 641 Views
Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... randfandom - 11/12/2009 12:57:49 AM 531 Views
Re: Fealty swearing sisters are no longer around... darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:18:33 AM 547 Views
The main differences between the two oaths randfandom - 10/12/2009 07:00:55 PM 759 Views
Of course she is a hypocrite Knightscape - 11/12/2009 05:22:56 AM 563 Views
The same can be said of Nynaeve and Mat darius_sedai - 11/12/2009 07:20:47 AM 575 Views
Probably because they're all human Sidious - 12/12/2009 12:43:53 PM 499 Views
darius_sedai - 12/12/2009 04:05:13 PM 586 Views
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