#gawyn has a lot of unrealized potential

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There was a post going around here a few weeks ago about the EF5 each having a dark Forsaken counterpart, which is a cool idea, but the one with the most obvious Forsaken parallel is actually a secondary character.

Gawyn and Demandred. A man who believes he’s destined for greatness but always ends up trailing behind Lews Therin/Rand al’Thor and grows incredibly bitter about it. This would have been more obvious I think if Robert Jordan had finished the books, as I doubt Gawyn would have had that weird moment where he suddenly becomes super self aware and introspective and gets over his issues with Rand without even speaking to him, but it is definitely there. It would at least give Gawyn something to do toward the climax of the series other than repeatedly fuck up on minor things and annoy Egwene. It would also make Demandred, a villain with a ton of potential who just kind of fizzled out and was only in the last book, more interesting (Justice 4 Taimandred!) So yeah this was def a thing and more should have been done with it.