Donald Gooch

I get that -- I just wanted to see some point to it.  With Siuan and Byrne, I would have liked to see them both make the conscious decision to part (guaranteeing death) in order to do something important.  That would have been cool.  The same with Egwene and Gawn.  It just seemed all perfunctory (cross off the list one more prophecy) rather than really necessary to move the plot along.  D.GOOCH

One of the things that bothers me about the conclusion of Egwene and Gawn's arc is the way prophecy/dreaming was handled.  It's also my problem with the Siuan/Byrne Min vision wrap up.  What happens is consistent with the dreams / prophecies / visions, but it doesn't really make sense.  I always felt like there would be a crucial decision that would have to be made in order to end up down one path or another.  I guess it can be argued that it happened with both...but it all seemed a bit...understated, if that makes sense.  D.GOOCH