Yeah I am not liking Rand cheating on Egwene idc about all the metas making excuses for him, yes it is a dream but I think it has been established that Rand knows that they are "real" magical dreams or whatever. The metas have good points regarding other stuff, for example how isolated Rand is and the fact Lanfear is an abuser (To both Egwene and Rand in different ways), but nothing justifies the blatant cheating. One thing is having no control over Lanfear being in his dreams which I 100% do NOT blame him for, but actively initiating a kiss is something else entirely and YES I would think the same with the genders reversed. Egwene doesn't deserve that.
I blame the writers though. I don't think Rand should be writen as a cheater nor do I think it makes sense for his character. Now all the general audience will inevitably associate his future poly relationship to
* THAT *
