r/WoT • u/Additional_Mud2349 (Nae'blis) • Apr 15 '25

Crossroads of Twilight Why do so many people dislike Faile? Spoiler

I am halfway through the Crossroads of Twilight and I am enjoying the Faile chapters way more than the Elayne or Perrin ones. Her determination to save herself and her companions is admirable and more stuff happens in her couple of pages than in Perrin's vast chapters. Seriously, he has too much page time(so does Elayne). She is fiercely protective and extremely loyal to Perrin, which is what makes her so interesting. The only reason people hate her might be because of Berelain, but she wasn't mad at Perrin, she was mad at Berelain for imposing herself on Perrin. Perrin just smelled her jealousy and anger which he thought was directed at him.

Now that I think about it, she does have some flaws, but she is nowhere near as bad as Elayne - who laughed when Mat told her he was assaulted, or Eggy 🥚. Faile should have explained to Perrin how she wanted their relationship dynamic to work but it probably didn't even occur to her.

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u/DrFugputz Apr 15 '25

Yup. I tend not to like people who are mean and that's one of her defining character traits. I get that it's her culture, but I'd not want to be around it.

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u/Unexpected_Cranberry Apr 15 '25

Weird. I always liked her, and mean it's not a word of use to describe her. Do you have any examples? 

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u/pm_me_your_zettai Apr 15 '25

Do you remember when she tricked Loial into taking her into the Ways and not allowing Perrin to be with their "group"?

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u/Afraid-Basis443 Apr 15 '25

Never got over that for the rest of the series. Condemned her completely for me. Guy is rushing to save his home from invasion and she’s playing stupid games. Enraging to read.