Save The Wheel of Time... and cast a Quebeker!
When The Wheel of Time was canceled, a fellow Quebeker joked on Reddit that we missed the chance to see a famous Quebeker actress play in it. Since that day, I wish #SaveWOT to succeed... but if it is saved - *when* it is saved!! - I also hope we could see a Quebeker among the cast. Why?
In Québec, we are a bit like the Two Rivers folks... and not only because the sheep is one of our national animals! We are stubborn all right! This is probably one of the reasons that explain the survival of our culture. We prefer to do our own thing by ourselves. We resist.
Most of our artists could have more success worldwide, but prefer to stay here and contribute to the survival of our culture. Yet when one of our own gets international, we are as proud as if their success was our own. One single Quebeker actor cast in WOT and our medias would cover it non stop! If the show did not work that well in Québec before that, it would be enough to make it an easy success here.
But the main reason why a Quebeker cast in WOT makes sense is because of what they could bring to the show. Of course, our actors are professional and versatile. They blend easily in any North American or European settings, where many of them are already used to work. Yes, they are used to different film settings, from the smallest to the biggest ones. Any of our best actors would fit just well. But what is distinctive and specific of Québec's culture, for instance our accent (as unique in French than in English), could be a creative asset. It would be an additional pattern in the WOT cultural mosaic.
There is a long tradition of Quebeker women perceived as strong and powerful, not afraid of asserting themselves, if not downright controlling. Some might say that Quebeker women are all Aes Sedai in spirit. Or that if Québec isn't the Two Rivers, it might be Far Madding. I guess that's why a Quebeker Cadsuane would feel so right! 😅
Anyway. Until The Wheel of Time is saved and we might add a bit of Québec in it, today is our Saint-Jean, our national day, so have a drink for us!