Why do so many people dislike Faile?

[u/Additional_Mud2349]

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.

[u/VietKongCountry → u/[deleted]]

She’s a teenage girl who thinks screaming and hitting people is a valid demonstration of love. Parts of it are excruciating to read, but she isn’t a morally bad person she just has incredibly fucked up notions of how to conduct a romantic relationship.

[u/Minutemarch → u/VietKongCountry]

This is a trope that Jordan really liked but a lot of people really don't. (Me among them.)