#and somehow no one ever suggests cutting the mat/tuon circus roadtrip even tho that's what caused the entire slog slowdown

[markantonys]

it continues to baffle me how many readers advocate for the show entirely cutting the andoran succession arc, aka elayne's ONE big Main Character storyline that she leads herself (vs. being a sidekick in nynaeve's storylines). what would you do if i started advocating for cutting mat forming the band of the red hand? you wouldn't be so happy about that, would you? well, that's the equivalent of what you're suggesting for elayne, just gutting her entire arc and reducing her to a secondary character.

some readers really need to learn that "i don't like this storyline" doesn't automatically equal "this storyline is just unimportant filler that can and should be cut from the show" (and that "i like this storyline" doesn't automatically equal "this storyline is crucial to the series as a whole and the show will be unwatchable if it's cut")

#and somehow no one ever suggests cutting the mat/tuon circus roadtrip even tho that's what caused the entire slog slowdown #the only reason things like the succession & faile kidnapping took so long is bc rj was stalling them to let mat's storyline catch up #but according to some readers a major political throne-contest storyline that results in the largest nation in the westlands #securely joining Team Light is pointless and totally cuttable #whereas mat dicking around in a circus trying to fuck the worst person alive is absolutely integral to the series #and they also say the kidnapping storyline should be cut. okay but then tf is perrin gonna be doing for a whole season? #he already has so much less to do than all the other mains #the solution is improving his existing storyline not getting rid of it & leaving him with even less content #wot #wot book spoilers