I personally feel that Egwene's character was victimized by hatred among the fan community. I can give numerous examples to justify why egwene's character shouldn't have been killed or was never intended to be killed but nothing I give for this would satisfy any one and would only lead to arguments(which i am not looking for). I am only here to vent my frustration. I hated the ending so much that I have stayed away from all thing WOT till today(havent even reread the last book) and even today I was only googling to see if any one else shared the same opinion as me and stumbled here.

Among all the Emonds fielder's the only one to die was Egwene.  It just feels like the author(whoever it is who wrote the ending)gave up to fan pressure and did this. Its heart breaking to see that people can't digest to see a strong female character(everyone expects all characters(including male)to bootlick Rand like a religious zealot and feels any one who doesn't should be staked(i wonder where this is relevant? oh yeah like the whole human history)). I feel like even in a fictional world, sexism is alive well and thriving.