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[thisisablogshockedemoji]

I did not expect rating like a solid half of these in the lower categories lol. So many of these ships I have just never thought about and dont really understand their appeal.

[rlandh]

A super funny thing about the translation of WOT into my language: for The Dark One, they didn't use the correct term (L'Oscuro) but Il Tenebroso (which does mean the same thing), but it's a term that in recent years has been comically/parodically stuck on YA bad boys, so every time I read: the Edgy One or the Gloomy One (my poor Father of lies).

And this makes me laugh inappropriately.

As soon as I finish The Long March, I'll probably pick up WOT again.

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

Its like how the word "Shai'tan" in hindi does technically mean the devil, but in practice is used to admonish small children for acting "naughty".

The main villain of the series for the first three books was called fucking "naughty". Its why I could never take the dream stuff seriously in EoTW.

[lokigodofaces]

Decided to be ambitious and read Wheel of Time. Not yet bc the library doesn't have it in yet, but I reserved it. But that is a long series in about to throw myself into.

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

Good luck!! It is absulutely worth it.

[agardenandlibrary]

*mutter* I will not post every Elayne/Aviendha quote, I will not post every Elayne/Aviendha quote, I wi

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

That task would take at least 70 years to finish if not more

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

Robert Jordan was so good at writing bisexual characters for a man who seemingly did not know bisexuality was real.

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

"He was almost too pretty to be a man" Rand what did you mean by that.

[aurgenius]

Nynaeve likes Valan Luca's long legs. The first thing Rand notices about a naked Aviendha is her beautiful long legs. Mat also appreciates Aviendha's legs. People from the Two Rivers seem to have a fetishism for legs.

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Calm down Rand

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I have seen multiple people talk about how Rand is a Jesus analogy, and I completely missed this when I read WoT. Can someone please explain?

[adamreadsthewheeloftime]

New WoT art! Why am I obsessed with Furyk Karede? Can't say, but it was fun to draw him with his sole reason for living. I took a liberty, as he would obviously never rest his hand on the person of the Empress. But deep down, he's just a protective step-dad; maybe that's why I love him. Anyway, enjoy fellow WoT-heads!

[evilwickedme]

I make fun of Wheel of Time a lot (in my personal life) because those books are ridiculously culturally Christian (there's a Jesus chosen one figure and the villain's name is Shaytan iirc, I mean c'mon), wildly racist at times (brown desert nomads, white savior trope), and bioessentialist to a fault (female and male magic!!!! The female magic is soft and gentle and the male magic is HARD AND FIERY), but one moment that stuck with me is when a man from a classic European farming community tries to tell a joke to a couple of desert nomads and they get stuck on an irrelevant detail, because he mentioned water, and don't understand the joke at all. I think that moment is fantastic, because jokes are cultural artifacts, and the best jokes almost never translate cross culturally, even when you speak the same language, and I love that bit of world building. It's an approach I try to use when I write myself: what's a cultural touch stone that doesn't translate from my world to their and vice versa?

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"those books are ridiculously culturally Christian (there's a Jesus chosen one figure and the villain's name is Shaytan iirc, I mean c'mon)"

I personally did not think that the books were particularly culturally Christian. In fact, I actually thought it integrated concepts from other cultures quite well into its World. I have read some books that absolutely fall into that category (Da Vinci Code being the most extreme example of this), and WoT does not really fit. I mean the literal name of the book series, along with the entire concept of the pattern comes directly from Hindu/Indian culture and mythos.

Admittedly, I might be saying this partially out of ignorance, since I completely missed any symbolism about Rand being Jesus Christ. I have seen some other people also say this, so could you please explain how?

I thought that the Dark One being called Shai'tan was from the literal Hindi word shai'tan, which means devil.

"wildly racist at times (brown desert nomads, white savior trope)"

Aren't the Aiels white, though? I am fairly certain I have read an interview with Robert Jordan where he says that the Aiel are ethnically Irish because he thought it was funny.

"bioessentialist to a fault"

Yeah no arguments there lol

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

By slavery I assume you are talking about the damane/da'colave? If so, could you explain why that was racist? I did have many problems with how it was handled at the end, but I did not really notice a racial angle to it. Again, this could just be me being completely ignorant as this issue does not really exist where I live.

Also, could you please explain the symbolism of Rand and Jesus? Is this referring to the Zen Rand thing from Gathering Storm onwards or something else?

[evilwickedme]

I make fun of Wheel of Time a lot (in my personal life) because those books are ridiculously culturally Christian (there's a Jesus chosen one figure and the villain's name is Shaytan iirc, I mean c'mon), wildly racist at times (brown desert nomads, white savior trope), and bioessentialist to a fault (female and male magic!!!! The female magic is soft and gentle and the male magic is HARD AND FIERY), but one moment that stuck with me is when a man from a classic European farming community tries to tell a joke to a couple of desert nomads and they get stuck on an irrelevant detail, because he mentioned water, and don't understand the joke at all. I think that moment is fantastic, because jokes are cultural artifacts, and the best jokes almost never translate cross culturally, even when you speak the same language, and I love that bit of world building. It's an approach I try to use when I write myself: what's a cultural touch stone that doesn't translate from my world to their and vice versa?

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

"those books are ridiculously culturally Christian (there's a Jesus chosen one figure and the villain's name is Shaytan iirc, I mean c'mon)"

I personally did not think that the books were particularly culturally Christian. In fact, I actually thought it integrated concepts from other cultures quite well into its World. I have read some books that absolutely fall into that category (Da Vinci Code being the most extreme example of this), and WoT does not really fit. I mean the literal name of the book series, along with the entire concept of the pattern comes directly from Hindu/Indian culture and mythos.

Admittedly, I might be saying this partially out of ignorance, since I completely missed any symbolism about Rand being Jesus Christ. I have seen some other people also say this, so could you please explain how?

I thought that the Dark One being called Shai'tan was from the literal Hindi word shai'tan, which means devil.

"wildly racist at times (brown desert nomads, white savior trope)"

Aren't the Aiels white, though? I am fairly certain I have read an interview with Robert Jordan where he says that the Aiel are ethnically Irish because he thought it was funny.

"bioessentialist to a fault"

Yeah no arguments there lol

[iliiuan]

No one was offering him a chair, so he pushed a stack of papers from one and sat.

I love this. In wot-world, the person sitting is the one with the power. They're the ruler, or the judge. Sitting is a power move. But then Perrin thinks:

He wished the rest would sit, too; shouting seemed harder when you were sitting down.

He doesn't realize he just made a really aggressive power move. He just wants everyone to sit down so they won't start yelling.

Absolute king. Nobody is doing it like Perrin Aybara.

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

Perrins ta'varen nature making him the best politicker in all of Randland was always one of the funniest parts of the series.

You have Egwenes entire plotline of trying to out Daes Dae'mar the rest of the Aes Sedai, and then you have Perrin, no thoughts head empty, accidently making the best possible move in any given political situation possible.

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

pick your favorite wot woman the book fandom often hates on for stupid reasons

Faile

Nynaeve

Egwene

Berelain

Min

Tuon

justice for x character i forgot

Voting ended onOct 9, 2025

(and don't forget to go to SaveWot.com and mail a postcard or letter to sony and streamers to ask them to pick up the show for s4)

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

Egwene of course. I swear to fucking god if I have the "Egwenes evils" or whatever it was called list recommended one more time I am going to lose my shit.

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Just finished Wheel Of Time

What a ride.

My only major complaint really is that the truth of sul'dam being able to channel was not exposed to the wider Seanchan society. We did get the Egwene-Tuon (may she live forever) confrontation and the treaty where damane can "choose" to leave if they want, but as far as I understand that was not actually put in place. I have hope that Mat and Min will be able to make some changes once they go back, but I guess we'll never find out.

I really liked all the military strategy that was discussed in the Elayne, Mat and Lan perspective chapters. The only knowledge I have on this topic comes from playing civ 6, so I am quite proud of myself for being able to follow most of it. I was a bit worried for this as the strategy shown in the Cosmere books ranges from non-existent to interesting but niche. But from what I can tell, that aspect was executed very nicely.

I honestly did not mind the Padan Fain death at the end. Ill probably change my mind once I get to rereading the series, but the solution just being that Mat got vaccinated is really funny to me. I was completely burnt out emotionally after Egwenes death (got that spoiled for me beforehand but still hurt) and I just wanted to finish by that point, so that confrontation being so short was not horrible.

I am really happy that Rand got his happy ending. I really hope that someone from his harem told Nynaeve the truth.

I have a somewhat minor complaint about how Alivia was set up to be extremely important for Rands final confrontation, but ended up doing nothing. Admittedly, I did predict that that was how it was going to go just because I have seen this exact thing happen in other stories, but still disappointing.

Also, do we get anymore information on who the women that Aviendha talked to on her way to Rhuidean was? I think I missed something because I read everything after Egwenes death extremely fast, excluding the sealing of the dark one.

[iliiuan]

Mat getting buried in rubble at the end of A Crown of Swords and then not appearing until two books later is a point of eternal bitterness for me.

I waited FOUR YEARS to find out that he was just fine.

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

I had to wait for about 2 weeks to get to the book Mat finally comes back and was stressed. Cant even imagine how painful it would have been for 4 YEARS.

Seriously, how hard would it have been to just have a scene with him in the prologue to establish he was alive?

[iliiuan]

Elaida: Surely there can only be like ten men at this "farm." The Red Ajah would never allow so many men who can channel run free.

Me: Yes, of course, Mother, the Red Ajah has definitely captured every man born with the spark. No disagreement there. But... what about the men who can learn to channel?

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

She is so stupid it makes me kind of love her. A bit sad that Sanderson character assassinated her into a simple "evil monarch", but we got the Elaida-Egwene confrontation out of it, so I am not complaining.

"She spun, pointing at Egwene, then stumbled back in shock to find Egwene calmly watching her."

Would have been the best scene in any other book. The entire arc was amazing.

[aurgenius]

Women are not powerless among us, not like your wetlander women who must be queens or nobles or else dance for a man if they wish to eat!

I still believe Aviendha did try to play dumb to make Rand not like her. How could she really think that after spending weeks with Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne?

[thisisablogshockedemoji]

There is, for whatever reason, a continuous theme where characters from foreign nations proudly proclaim that women of their nation are not submissive, as they assume women from other nations are, in order to establish their superiority.

I assume this is supposed to be a worldbuilding detail to further establish the kind of pseudo matriarchal world this takes place in, but I genuinely can not comprehend why it would show itself in this form.

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

What should we do with Nynaeve al'Meara (The Wheel of Time)?

Hug

Kiss

Marry

Kill

Voting ended onSep 24, 2025