#'move water between buckets w/o using any useful tools' is a real past taskmaster task and also one of avi's Pointless Punishments

[markantonys]

i've been on a taskmaster binge lately and am now thinking about what WOT characters would be like as contestants

egwene: the best at finding loopholes and sneaky workarounds, but struggles with tasks that can't be out-logic-ed and require pure zany thinking

elayne: wins the whole series because she excels at finding loopholes AND pure zany thinking. also excels at "interact with/get information out of this stranger"-type tasks. out there having the time of her life while the other contestants are having existential breakdowns.

mat: similar to elayne but doesn't get as many points because he's more concerned with being funny and committing to the bit than with winning. frequent disqualifications for flagrantly breaking the rules of a task.

nynaeve: wants to win REALLY BADLY, is terrible at most tasks because her intelligence is a completely different kind of intelligence than the kind required to succeed on taskmaster, and is furious about it. has an aneurysm when paired with mat for a team task. frequent disqualifications for flagrantly breaking the rules of a task.

rand: the "won the task, but at what cost?" contestant (i.e. eats an egg the fastest because he just swallowed it raw while everyone else took the time to cook it). quiet and unassuming, but problem-solves in a way that makes you wonder if he's a serial killer.

perrin: goes for the most straightforward and obvious method of accomplishing every task, even if there are faster or easier methods available, and is baffled when he sees the weird shit everyone else did

aviendha: miserable the entire time because she thinks the taskmaster is shaming her like a da'tsang by assigning her such pointless tasks

moiraine: the taskmaster. constantly has to shut down nynaeve arguing that she deserves more points.

lan: the taskmaster's assistant who must stoically put up with a world of humiliations from mat for every task that requires his involvement