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i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

#not wot #polls #fanfiction

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egwene and gawyn 100%

#omfg #too accurate #wot book spoilers

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I have got to start remembering that Fares Fares is Ishamael. Haunted by my posts conflating him with Alexander Karim, who is Lews Therin. C'mon, brain. work with me here.

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Mat is really funny because he’ll be like “I hate rich people and I hate fancy things.” While wearing the fanciest frilliest outfit money could buy and drinking the most expensive wine on the continent. He has Taste. Style. He’s an Icon.

#wot book spoilers #wheel of time #mat cauthon

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Aes Sedai affirmations my channeling is so graceful and my manipulations are so subtle and my bosom is so ample

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every now and then I think about the fact that we have live action Forsaken and I black out for five minutes

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She found water and shade.

#wheel of time #ayoola smart #aviendha #wot on prime #aiel #maiden of the spear #far dareis mai #she is so pretty im gonna die

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Some thoughts:

The Wheel of Time is a piece of literature and it’s okay for people to interpret things in different ways or have the text resonant differently for you than another fan. And that even if you find some interpretations/ships/character arcs that people are interested in distasteful, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you are right and the other person is wrong, and vice versa.

Sure, some opinions might be based more in canon than others, but RJ was an author that was deliberate in leaving room for ambiguity, misunderstanding, and critique in his characters, relationships, plots, and cultures. He also was creating a framework of the world in WoT that might have not completely reflected his own beliefs but rather an attempt to create an interesting world and power system. Canon should of course be the stable foundation of any fandom and it’s important to remember what is canon and what is not. But is also important to remember that canon can be interpreted or critiqued in many different ways.

If someone is not actively taking a bad faith approach to the text (ex: blatantly misogynistic takes on Egwene, Elayne), I feel like we have to allow multiple interpretations of the text because two contradictory views can be true at once, especially in a work as complex as the WoT.

Some examples:

- RJ’s tendency to pair women characters up with a heterosexual partner by the end of the series can be critiqued for being misogynistic. However you could argue that he was trying to fit the theme of balance between genders. You can also find a particular ship out of these pairings interesting and want to explore it more through analysis or fic. ALL three of these things can be true. You can also not agree with some or any or all of these points without completely invalidating that other fans see it this way.

- Some fans find polyamory representation they relate to in Rand having three girlfriends/wives. Other fans critique it as a misogynistic trope. Both interpretations can be valid.

- Similarly, in different wot fandom spheres Elayne and her relationships are seen different ways. Some fans insist she’s straight, some that she’s bisexual, and others that she is a lesbian who experienced compulsory heterosexuality in her relationship with Rand. These fans all have their own reasons (namely, in order: her only canon relationship is with Rand; her first sister bond and relationship with Aviendha can be interpreted as romantic in addition to her relationship with Rand; and some find the difference in chapters/care/detail that RJ gave Elayne and Avi’s relationship compared to hers with Rand to be a compelling argument for comphet). The text and a healthy fandom allows for all of these interpretations, even if you may personally disagree with some of them.

In short, consensus in fandom is great, but allowing for differing opinions and healthy dissent is better, especially with a text as rich as the Wheel of Time.

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oh I am so pleased that was memorable 😂

i remember seeing this post used with elaida being raised amyrlin by the sitters, but it is also very much taim being appointed head of the black tower by rand

#wot book spoilers #it works so well for Taim too

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🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

the character everyone gets wrong

a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

worst discord server and why

which ship fans are the most annoying?

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

worst part of canon

worst part of fanon

number of fandom-related words you've filtered

the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

worst blorboficiation

that one thing you see in fics all the time

that one thing you see in fanart all the time

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

there should be more of this type of fic/art

it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

part of canon you found tedious or boring

part of canon you think is overhyped

your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

ship you've unwillingly come around to

topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

#yeah I'd do any of these

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#shdjgkhkhkgkg #it them #wot on prime

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#*vibrating* #wise ones??? #Also yeah Synnøve would make a great Birgitte too #wot book spoilers #wot on prime

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some wot sketches :3

#wheel of time #wot on prime #lan mandragoran #moiraine damodred #art #fanart

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big news for lanfear stans everywhere i think im done with the fic!!! at long long last fucker took me three and a half months anyways needa find someone to proof it (hmu if ur down) then should be good to post either today (technically today, ya girl has not slept and its 6am) or tomorrow!!!

#yes pls

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elayne trakand, establishing intimate soulbonds with women left and right, yearning for said women to be close, surrounding herself with women warriors at first chance

robert jordan: she's so heterosexual you guys

#one of my thoughts on this: rand is a “safe” male choice of lover #bc...he's fated to die #so she can safely crush on him #the unattainable male ideal was so important to me before I realized Certain Things abt myself #and elayne has always struck me as doing the same thing #winter's heart #winter's heart spoilers #wot book spoilers #wheel of time #elayne trakand