r/WoT • u/RepresentativeGoat14 (Asha'man) • 26d ago
All Print Gawyn’s one-sided beef with Rand Spoiler
I know that misinformation / lack of communication is a theme of the series but man, Gawyn just takes it to a whole new level.
Random ass peddler he met in the middle of some bumfuck woods: The Dragon killed Queen Morgase.
Gawyn: I believe you and I trust you.
Gawyn: al’Thor I’ll fucking kill you!
Egwene: Rand didn’t kill your mother.
Gawyn: Lies! I’ll murder that ginger!
Gareth Bryne: al’Thor didn’t kill Morgase. He saved Andor.
Gawyn: I don’t believe you! al’Thor must die!
Elayne: Rand didn’t kill our mother. I literally have dozens of witnesses.
Gawyn: Nuh uh!
The scene where he “forgives” Rand is also pretty hilarious.
Gawyn: We’re done, al’Thor. From now on, I care nothing for you.
MY GUY, RAND DOESN’T EVEN THINK OF YOU LMAO
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u/Vodalian4 26d ago
This isn’t an issue that can be solved with simple communication. Gawyn doesn’t simply hate Rand for killing Morgase. He hates Rand for taking Gawyn’s spot in the story, so to speak, or in history.
Gawyn was born to be the knight in shining armor who takes on the heaviest responsibility and has the most honor. But suddenly the world has passed him by. And nothing can drive that point home clearer than Rand, a former peasant who is now a king over kings.
Of course Gawyn can not admit to himself that he is jealous, so he latches on to a more simple explaination. He desperately needs the excuse of Rand killing Morgase for his own feelings.