#that's all well & good for stuff like rand grimly trying to fulfill TDR/TLB-related prophecies for Duty's Sake i do fuck with that

[markantonys]

i don't know if i'll ever be over the greek tragedy shit of mat hearing that he's fated to stab rand, avoiding rand to protect him and in so doing making rand think that mat has abandoned him, then rolling up at a battle to save rand's life only to accidentally stab him just like the prophecy foretold. sophocles is shaking.

#the ROMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!! #wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time #cauthor #mat cauthon #rand al'thor #i eat up accidental self-fulfilling prophecies every time they make me crazy #and there were not enough of those in the books for my taste. some! but not enough (for me) #instead it was mostly #'ah shit i hate that X is fated but it is so i'm going to actively try to cause it to happen even though i don't want it to happen' #that's all well & good for stuff like rand grimly trying to fulfill TDR/TLB-related prophecies for Duty's Sake i do fuck with that #but when you bring that kind of Prophecy Attitude into more personal matters that's where you lose me #like if this had happened in the books mat would've stabbed rand on purpose just because min told him it was inevitable djkfg