Possibly I just like I said can not remember any section where a female channeler have been hurt and reacted less in pain when channeling, but also like I said it is a big series so I can have missed something, then again channeling is described as very pleasurable, so that sensation alone might reduce the effect of pain and other discomfort.

As a matter of fact that ignoring pain thing is an element of the void not the one power. Galad displays it when he is dueling with Valda.

I don't actually like Rand. He's a generic one-dimensional personality-free fantasy book protagonist which is entirely reliant on his previous incarnation's skills and reputation. Why is Rand famous? Because people foretold that Lews Therin would be reborn at the end of an Age. Why is Rand a brilliant strategist (despite having no education or experience outside of herding sheep)? Because he gets memories from Lews Therin, who was a general in a ten year war and a world leader for decades before that. Why is Rand the strongest channeller evah? Lews Therin. Why is Rand prophesied to end the Shadow? Lews Therin. How do the Forsaken refer to Rand, and what do they think of him? Lews Therin. Even Heroes of the Horn refer to him as Lews Therin.

 

In my opinion, this is the worst possible way to write a hero. Rand's role is completely passive, he's a receptacle for miracles and phantasms and prophecies of salvation/destruction, there's nothing about his activities in the series that is in any way connected to his background (of herding sheep in a backwater village), his moral convictions are never questioned or shaken by any temptation, real or otherwise. Rand doesn't care that he can topple mountains and make fire consume all who oppose him. He isn't seduced by beautiful women throwing themselves at him. He doesn't feel the power of controlling five kingdoms. He's just here to save the day, because that's what heroes do. Wonderful.

 

Granted, Rand's story arc in TGS was pretty fun to read, and seeing him calm and collected in ToM really paid off after the string of self-induced failures reached its logical conclusion. Aside from that... meh. He doesn't feel like a real person.

 

 

The characters that I do like are Egwene and Nynaeve. Unlike most everyone else, these two actually learn to be competent and mature from their mistakes, and their high positions feel well-deserved by the time they reach them. The only problem I have with Egwene is that it was completely implausible for the Salidar Aes Sedai to choose her as the Amyrlin Seat. A group of rebels would want to cling to any shred of plausibility and credibility they can have would not have selected an apprentice who spent a total of three months in the Tower and was raised to Accepted by the impeached Amyrlin's decree - shortly before leaving the Tower once again. It's like making an intern student chairman of the board of directors, completely ridiculous. Still, her story was one of the more interesting ones to read, so I'm willing to close my eyes on that obvious plot convenience.

I felt I had to respond to this.

First I liked Rand in Eye of the world, and Great Hunt, Hated him in Dragon Reborn. Hated him until he started listening to Moiraine again, started hating him again after Asmodean died. 

So I could go on but basically I have a love hate relationship with him.

But I think he needs some defense here. You seem to think that Rand learned nothing he just received all his knowledge from Lews Therin which is not true. Lan taught him the sword for months. Moiraine taught him Palace Intrigue for approx a month. He never planed any battle he even thinks to himself that his generals included him in the battle planning to be polite. Asmodean taught him some of his channeling and yes Lews Therin gave him the rest which is the one thing Lews Therin actually did teach him. 

But if your gonna hate on him for being given all of his knowledge then you must hate Mat as well because besides rolling dice and choosing horses all of his knowledge was given to him as well.

Mat, Thom, Birgitte. Top 3 most everyone should love.