Re: Reading the Belgariad Again

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          gilmae <gilmaevski@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Simon Challands wrote:
> 
> > There might be a point there if it wasn't just Garion that she has a
go at.
> > Her traits seem to be rather depressingly shared with most Eddings
female
> > characters, with the exception of Sephrenia (and she has her moments
of
> > being like that IIRC).
> 
> Oh, I see. Eddings Has No Female Friends.
> 
> The thing that really makes me raise an eyebrow at this thread and the
> one specifically about PtS is that the whole conversation seems to
> verging on "Strong women are shrews".

There's a difference between "strong" and "bloody annoying". Frequenting a
pub in rural ***bria, I encounter both, trust me :-) Having said that,
neither are annoying and a pain in the rear end but intelligent and
somewhere
decent underneath as Polgara is supposed to be.

-- 
Simon Challands