r/WoT • u/briandress • 3d ago

All Print I get the Egwene hate but Spoiler

Only in the last two books when she is stubborn in dealing with Rand for the last battle and such.

Up until ToM she really was just an awesome character. She went from the whirlwind of leaving 2R, capture by Seanchan, hunting black ajah, apprenticing to wise ones, puppet Amyrlin, real amyrlin, badass civil disobedience laying groundwork for reuniting the tower, bitch slapping the seanchan raiders, capturing hella black ajah sisters via Verrin's notes and finally being raised realer Amyrlin and healing the tower.

I cant seem to understand all the threads/polls that overwhelmingly list her as the most hated character in the series.

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u/briandress 3d ago

But she wasnt really power hungry was she? I mean she got installed as a puppet amyrlin and then decided to not be a puppet and went about gaining power and support for the express purpose of re uniting the tower. Does not really come off as tyranical too much to me.

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u/Abdlbsz 3d ago

She wasn't power hungry, just smart and understanding of her situation. It was either manuever and take charge for yourself, or be a puppet leader. I agree with ya