I was with you until you said "Nynaeve is my favorite" ? Unfortunately, she is the one I like the least out of ANY female character mentioned in the entire series.
As for your theory, I never looked at it that way. I'm from the generation that expected men to be strong and challenge forcefully while women worked behind the scenes and actually got things done (for very little credit I might add).
Like you, I read one book at a time as it came out. I refused to reread the previous books every time a new book in the series came out so I'm guessing I missed a lot. (Not to mention that once Moraine was "killed" (MY hands down favorite character) I began speedreading the books and didn't slow down until the final book and she returned.
That said I thought I read that it took both halves (male and female) now to combine and use the Power to its fullest. If so, wouldn't that make both genders equal now?
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I was with you until you said "Nynaeve is my favorite" ? Unfortunately, she is the one I like the least out of ANY female character mentioned in the entire series.
As for your theory, I never looked at it that way. I'm from the generation that expected men to be strong and challenge forcefully while women worked behind the scenes and actually got things done (for very little credit I might add).
Like you, I read one book at a time as it came out. I refused to reread the previous books every time a new book in the series came out so I'm guessing I missed a lot. (Not to mention that once Moraine was "killed" (MY hands down favorite character) I began speedreading the books and didn't slow down until the final book and she returned.
That said I thought I read that it took both halves (male and female) now to combine and use the Power to its fullest. If so, wouldn't that make both genders equal now?