#I love wheel of time so much

[b1gg1e]

Robert Jordan has got to be one of the most insane writers to date. He’s one of my standing favourites, simply because of three simple things that he does right that I find more modern pieces of writing struggle with.

//Spoilers for WoT

In book one, Moiraine describes how people who use the One Power without guidance—kind of “in the wild” type channellers—end up feeling very sick or getting ill afterwards, which we see with Rand after the scene where he channels the lightening in the room. But this theme is recurring. Later on, in book 8-9, Rand begins to feel sick when he channels the One Power, the sickness and the power becoming combined like Moiraine said it would. She said Aes Sedai don’t get this sickness because they’re trained to handle the power safely. This is reinforced with Rand from book 12-14 when he and Lews Therin become one person. Lews Therin who, mind you, was a trained male Aes Sedai who could safely handle the One Power. Rand no longer feels that sickness from that point onwards.

Perrin, Mat, and Rand’s character arcs are written very well. The gradual change into the people they are by the end of the series. Anyone who has gone from book 14 back to book 1, there is an obvious transition. Mat, who was originally a big prankster, still has that joking side to him at the end of the series but he also has this maturity he didn’t have before. Granted, he still pisses people off frequently, but he isn’t as childishly naïve to his antics like he had been. Perrin grows into himself. He gentle in an awkward way and, though well aware of his strength and size, he grows into it and we see him become an almost more authentically gentle and tender person because of it. He gains this deep understanding of himself. Rand’s curious by nature and that doesn’t go away, but is instead presented through different ways. His interest in learning about the Aiel, his testing of how far he can push himself, his bafflement at the way other cultures and people work. He always had the makings of a leader in him, seen in book one with Shadar Logoth when he was working out how to lead the group out, with Mat on the way to Camaelyn. Rand has always had the makings of a king, it just became more apparent.

The world building. Every single country, nation, organization, gang, army, band of robbers on the street, cluster of hills, mountains, rivers, everything feels like a part of the world itself. Often times in fictional series, things feel condensed and like the whole world is in view when you read it. Robert Jordan brought a vastness to a world that is very rare to see in modern works. It felt like a real world, with uncertainty and events happening at the same time throughout the world, even off screen things happened. It’s clear that he put thought into how things worked and how to represent them and I will forever adore the series for that.

I love Wheel of Time, guys. It’s my favourite thing ever.

[wibblyowzah]

Moiraine laughed and hugged Siuan. She could not help it. She truly had come home. They had come home.

—New Spring, Robert Jordan

[sapphistaedine]

me everyday

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

[fishalthor]

he captivated all left in his wake. (insp)

[chantress]

KATIE LEUNG as YASSICA in THE WHEEL OF TIME, 2x05

[onaperduamedee]

Shooting star, as it turned out, never to return once you left our sky.

[alverelover]

[soulfireblue]

I love how Tubbo decided it would be funny to be a pot stirrer and wanted to cause drama and not only completely failed but his friends took it as an opportunity to show how much they care about him and love him. They weren't upset; they took a pause from everything to make sure he was okay and try to help him. Fit and Pac didn't mind pausing their first date for Tubbo even when he was trying to sabotage it. Bagi was used to get in the way of the date, and instead of getting angry, she tried to push him to talk about Fred. They all love Tubbo so much, and he was so scared of losing that love that he couldn't even see it.

[freewayshark]

Look I’ll be here for a Buck self discovery arc if he like. Actually discovers something this time

[emillungs]

some unfinished moiraine x liandrin art

[b1gg1e]

Reading WoT is a wild experience. You could be vibing to some insane shit in other POVs and be thinking “man, this shit hype! It’s crazy!” then you get to a Rand POV and you’re hit with: “Am I even me? Sometimes I think I’m less Rand and I have to remind myself who I am but even then I don’t believe it. Am I Rand? I don’t think I am.” And you’re sitting there, sweating, squinting at this beyond mentally ill man on the page who’s there for maybe five pages max and then you get Mat’s: “Women are like goats” speech and feel the emotional whiplash equivalent to pulling a rubber band to shoot at a friend and it coming back and wacking you in the eye.

[flo-n-flon]

"The tingle was unusual."

[damnhotmsimmons]

From Rosamund's IG account. Two things:

1.) thank you Rosamund for posting this reel of Daniel. I love their friendship so much

2.) Can't get over Daniel dancing joyfully while dressed as Lan

[cha-faile]

Every time I read Daniel Henney talking about WoT I get teary and euphoric. This guy is so so so so into WoT and being Lan, and getting to play a high fantasy character like Lan that it gives me fuckin chills.

What was the top reason for you? Was it something about the character? Was it something about the genre? What were you most drawn to?

HENNEY: First of all, growing up in the States in a very small town, being Asian-American, I grew up watching fantasy shows with certain people cast in certain roles. I just never thought that, as I got older and got into acting, I’d have the chance to play something like Lan, to play a king, or an uncrowned king, to speak in an English accent, to protect someone as amazing as Rosamund, and to have this incredible role of strength and honor and loyalty, with an amazing backstory. I didn’t know that it was ever gonna be possible for me to be in a role like this, so when it came true, it was very surreal. A funny story is that I do this vision boarding thing for my career, and I’d saved the cover to The Eye of the World on my phone in 2011. I didn’t know much about The Wheel of Time, but I just loved the look of the cover and the characters, and I thought that was something that I would love to do one day. And here I am 10 years later, playing Lan.

I just love this for him so much!

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[satanslittlepup]