This may be random, but I like to picture a post-series Rand also joining Valan Luca’s travelling circus.

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This may be random, but I like to picture a post-series Rand also joining Valan Luca’s travelling circus.
I absolutely cannot believe that you all, the Wheel of Time nerds who live in my phone, who disagree on many points, but who always, Always, ALWAYS agree on the importance and supreme awesomeness of the Circus Arcs, are not all going absolutely feral over the small glimpse of a woman in a sparkly red dress being turned on a wheel while knives are thrown at her.
Also, The Hills of Tanchico is absolutely Valan Luca's favorite song. He occasionally claims to have been the lad of 20 mentioned at the beginning.
winter's heart is so unserious like why is suroth hanging out with valan luca I love the wheel of time
... You will have to blend in.” That unpleasant smile came on his face again; he was not going to forget that silver penny. “Everybody who travels with me works at something, and you must as well, if you mean not to stand out. [...] Cleaning the cages will do; the horse handlers are always complaining about having to do that. I’ll even find that penny and give it back to you for pay. Never let it be said Valan Luca is not generous.”
If only Luca knew with whom he was talking. 😅
Valan Luca when he first sees Nynaeve and Elayne: Oggles Elayne and flirts with her unabashedly.
Valan Luca after however many weeks traveling with Nynaeve and Elayne: has fallen head over heels for Nynaeve.
Book five, the one where a chunk of the main cast joins a circus, a real thing that I swear happened.
I'm just gonna assume this is Valan Luca until proven otherwise.
For a few brief moments, a classic Harlequin Romance emerges from Fires of Heaven.