My Minor Meta
Part 3 of my Reference Posts series! These are the not-quite-as-comprehensive posts about the white-hot pulsating core of my WoT obsession, or posts about other WoT things I find interesting. Sometimes the line between these and jokes I take seriously is quality, length, or how much they shaped my thinking.
Categories:
The Science/Metaphysics of Wheel of Time
Mat
WoT on Prime!Mat
Tuon
Mat/Tuon
Mat & Other Characters
Other Characters
The Seanchan
The Ajahs
The Science/Metaphysics of Wheel of Time https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/642695973462786048/highladyluck-the-math-behind-adding-male-and Linking rules are based on electron valences
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/687528565697396736 Robert Jordan's Gals Law states that the power of a woman’s personality varies inversely with her height.
https://wot-tidbits.tumblr.com/post/636152027386380288/highladyluck-its-been-a-while-since-i-looked-at Age of Legends Moonbase truthing (also RJ dumped Africa into the sea)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28398306/chapters/69585366 Fic: Fly Me To The Moon, where Talaan din Gelyn and Bodewhin Cauthon teleport to the moon. Also invents a spacefaring backstory for the Sea Folk.
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/636134450633326592/one-of-the-most-irritatingly-compelling-things Every day I am haunted by Robert Jordan’s batshit worldbuilding
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/704437824685015040/wheel-of-time-theology-oh-yeah-the-devil-is The devil is real and he’s leaking out of hell
Mat https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/666229600066650113/eotw-reader oh my god Mat what is your problem
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/643398044203761664/in-honor-of-absolute-favorite-dumbass-mat-cauthon Early Mat Cauthon Playlist
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/634094870653550592/i-started-looking-up-mats-family-in The Theory of Big Cauthon Energy
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/642151079975534592/i-know-this-canonically-happened-in-the-gathering Mat's too good a liar to do elaborate backstories
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/681289701813108736/is-there-anything-word-of-the-creator-definitive https://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kwt=%27mat%27s%20luck%27 On whether Mat's luck is the dagger or ta'verenness (I'm firmly in the former camp)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30434337 Fic: How To Spot A Grey Man; relevant meta is the idea that Mat's ability to spot Grey Men comes from the dagger
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/658499271022280704/mat-cauthons-terrible-horrible-no-good-very Mat's #VampireProblems (this is one of my most popular playlists and it's been a really useful framework for me to think about Mat)
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/680481481243639808/robert-jordan-and-this-is-mat-cauthon-my-adhd RJ sent Mat to military school to fix his ADHD
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/667381653566603264/run-son-of-battles-playlist Run, Son of Battles Playlist
WoT On Prime!Mat https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/666111991091527680/been-thinking-about-the-wot-show-character-blurb Thoughts on the WoT on Prime character blurb for Mat
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/668701687303766016/thoughts-on-wot-on-primemat Thoughts on WoT on Prime!Mat
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/672024739162800128/i-like-this-observation-they-are-the-most The unreliable narrators got the most screen time increase in show vs book
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/703105973430206464/luckhissoul-wait-did-the-gifmaker-add-the-little foreshadowing win in S1
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/730438025904046080/i-liked-the-mushroom-tea-as-an-alternative-to Season 2 Mat
Tuon https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/686332178014093312/tuon-is-the-kind-of-asshole-who-looks-gift-horses this bitch looks gift horses in the mouth
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/662761130347855873/winters-heart-ch-14-you-certainly-were-not Tuon and fear
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/645230396513058816/tuons-empathy-doll-shot-he-remembered-the-face Tuon's empathy doll shot
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/664206707888635904/faile-and-fortuona-some-commonalities Faile and Fortuona parallels
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/640667946003415040/my-5-favorite-wasted-join-me-speeches-in-wheel Favorite wasted join-me speeches
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/648805384399749120/ok-remember-that-scene-in-tgs-where-rand-attempts The Rand vs Tuon scene I'm obsessed with
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/649354806063988736/tuon-i-have-some-knowledge-of-herbs-me-at Why Tuon knows first aid
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/651024860391342080/fortuona-athaem-devi-paendrag-playlist Tuon character playlist
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46184641/chapters/116270389 Fic: Daughter of Battles, Wheel of Fortuona (aka the fem!Mat/Tuon courtship retelling that is maybe saying something about gender but mostly saying a bunch of unsettling things about Tuon)
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/665901848609325057/how-it-started-how-its-going-matrim-cauthon-is Premise & teaser for the fic The Fox That Makes The Ravens Fly, which is basically me trying to get Tuon to commit to reforming Seanchan in the main book canon while still keeping her in charge of Seanchan troops at the Last Battle.
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/731430893058654209/for-the-fic-questions-3-4-17-and-37 actually a lot of people remember Hawkwing's face & I'm obsessed with kidnapping Mat's baby
Mat/Tuon https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/665656421206163456/mat-in-book-1-i-stole-this-so-the-accompanying the stealing is non-negotiable
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/647084040929886208/mat-correctly-reads-a-situation-mat-thinking the seed of all the superstition/prophecy/influenceability meta
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/634706790960037889/robert-jordans-like-alright-were-doing-a Spelling out the trip to the underworld
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/679997042603458560/mat-i-can-fix-her-its-just-gonna-take-a no fix! only make worse!
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/652249065525002240/tuon-and-mat-each-have-their-fate-hidden-in-the Mat and Tuon have their fates hidden in the other's name (absolutely excruciating puns warning)
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/738629196659703809/i-truly-thought-there-were-no-more-worlds-to Tylin is a pun too
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/710084122473857024/what-im-learning-from-the-kiss-marry-kill-poll oh god imagine introducing Mat to Empress Radhanan
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30425868 Baby's First Knife; relevant meta is the idea that Mat's first problem with raising a kid in Seanchan culture is going to be the assassination attempts. Not that the kids channeling won't be an issue down the line, but this one is big and urgent.
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/641433164386091008/for-the-fic-title-meme-lay-down-your-crown-and Outline for "Lay Down Your Crown and Sword" which is an exploration of Mat's immediate priorities post-LB (convince Tuon to abdicate; when that fails, kidnap baby.) The accompanying playlist is all Mountain Goats songs, so this is mostly a 'bad ending' for them.
Mat & Other Characters https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/190503592888/theres-a-bit-in-cot-a-cluster-of-rosebuds-about Abell is a used car salesman and you can fight me about it
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/612294199398760448/the-moment-in-amol-where-egwene-is-like-oh-shit Egwene and Mat trading the same thought
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/680549423170879488/mabus101-and-i-were-talking-about-your-mat-flicker Here's how Mat/Nyneave could happen
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/669388289337376768/setalle-anan-is-also-one-of-my-absolute-faves secondary characters in Mat's circus arc
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/723416667921776640 Perrin as the Dragon Reborn
Other Characters https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/636254191659188225/i-went-from-wow-i-hate-lanfear-shes-very-bad-at How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Lanfear
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/644290325380251648/anyboli-highladyluck-just-like-every-time I love Elayne because she could do so many atrocities
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/673001095251050496/sixth-light-reading-the-wheel-of-time-companion The Green Ajah needs Elayne and her ter'angreal skills
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/695239911816691712/we-should-be-grateful-that-elayne-never-got-chance Mad scientist Elayne masterpost
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/683956402992087040/why-egwene-is-really-good-at-inventing-weaves Why Egwene Is Really Good At Inventing Weaves
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/639618641871224832/highladyluck-yall-is-galad-like-that-because Why Galad is Like That
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/636639559899348992/rating-the-forsaken-an-incredibly-subjective-list Rating the Forsaken
https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/642309620823654400/wheel-of-time-relationships-where Assassination is a WoT love language
The Seanchan https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/611623395692544000/i-have-too-many-things-to-do-already-which-is https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/665252064193118208/wot-musing-the-seanchan-and-aiel-as-parallel extremely vague thoughts on the parallels between the Aiel and the Seanchan
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/701098314375020544/an-adventure-in-conlang-etymology-or-we-cant Mardhol ('We can't keep calling it Randland')
https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/691590789349916672/a-tragic-update Ajimbura is proof that mainland Seanchan is not a monolith
The Ajahs https://highladyluck.tumblr.com/post/644381100851036160 How the Ajahs will change post-series