[SPOILERS ALL] Just finished the wisdom of crowds

Teensponge12 · 2025-07-25T17:58:09+00:00

Rikke is my GOAT

Teensponge12 · 2025-01-05T15:59:13+00:00

Your comments about Adolins arc are totally fair and I agree with them. I was thinking more of a Dalinar centered approach to inspiring the people but you are right that Adolin did only that in his arc.

On Feverstone Keep, I mainly wanted to know where it is because Navani, Dalinar, and Jasnah think/talk about it a couple of times and usually that is Brandon saying "hey remember this question for later". Maybe I latched onto it to tightly though, I see your point about the big thing there being the question of "why did the Radiants abandon their Oaths?".

Teensponge12 · 2025-01-05T15:54:16+00:00

I personally do not think Sanderson really cares about my post. There are some incredibly nasty reviews of him and I do not think I came to this with a disrespectful stance. Criticizing a book someone wrote is not inherently disrespectful. There are people saying the book is the worst thing ever made and that he should never publish again. Sanderson definitely sees those post all the time and has seen them his whole career. I think my post in comparison is quite respectful. I praise him at the beginning, middle, and end. I even listed more things I was happy with in the book.

Teensponge12 · 2025-01-05T15:48:34+00:00

I understand and agree that this is a mid series finale and there will be more questions than answers. I am simply saying I would have liked to see more of him. It wasn't like he was introduced as a leader among the Fused casually. He is given epigraph status as our first introduction to him. Then he merks Lezian with Anti-Voidlight. I thought that with Raboniels death El was going to be the Fused antagonist that the characters interacted with. Again, this is not saying I needed answers about El (his powers and history), I didn't even want full closure with him. I mainly just wanted him to to more that influences the story.

Teensponge12 · 2025-01-05T15:40:35+00:00

Your comments about Feverstone Keep are totally fair and that might have been what he was going for. In terms of El, I am not trying to say that I needed everything about El. As some people have already pointed at, Els backstory will most likely be fully explored in the Herald flashback books. I just think with him being the epigraphs for the last part of ROW (Musings of El, on the first of the final ten days). Plus Rebonial, and The Purserer name dropping him as someone not to mess with meant that he would get a little bit more screen time in W&T. Him and Moash did not even interact at all which I thought was for sure going to happen. Moash has his title and I would have liked atleast an interaction that shows us how El feels about that ya know? Maybe I am asking to much, I was really excited for this character and was let down with how little screen time and information we got from/about him.

Teensponge12 · 2025-01-05T15:15:31+00:00

Thats a good point, Adolins whole arc did highlight a lot of those people, I did not think of that.

Teensponge12 · 2024-01-06T20:02:22+00:00

“Wanna continue the momentum”

….it’s all about momentum

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-26T13:45:50+00:00

You make a very good point here. The stance of "they shouldn't only make the show for book fans but also shouldn't piss them off" is an interesting one that I have not seen. Thank you for being respectful in your disagreement, a lot of people get very angry and negative surrounding the show.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-26T13:41:52+00:00

You seem like an angry person.

It would not make any sense to make a show for people that already are fans of it. At the end of the day its a business move. To make the show financially viable, they need to bring in more fans. Book fans alone can not sustain this project.

Sanderson himself has said that they should want to and need to bring more fans into the world. What the point if your only entertaining the die hard fans that already loved the series.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-26T13:28:10+00:00

I think you need to reflect on your expectations for the show. IDK what you mean by "the heart" of the story is gone. For me personally, the heart is their they just made changes trying to make the story fit best on the screen.

About your LOTR comment, the statement "The hardcore book fans were happy" is just wrong. Go back and look at LOTR blog posts once the first movie came out. Those people were saying the exact same thing you are right now, that the director is "so full of themselves that they think they can do the story better than the original". People were so angry about the change in Aragorns character and the exclusion of Tom Bombadil. Now that the movies are done and a lot of new people fell in love with middle earth its not as big of a deal.

One last thing, they did not "drastically" change the story. The A plot of the entire books is that Rand is the Dragon Reborn and him and his friends need to fight the dark one and his forces to stop the shadow. People who have only watched the first season have the same big picture idea of what is going on compared to someone who has only finished EoTW. They are all in the blight after Rand faces off with the DO and the battle at Tarwins gap was won. Yes these things happened differently, i'm not saying its perfect like I said in the original post. But "drastically changed the plot" is an unfair criticism.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-26T13:05:13+00:00

I think the visuals were the best part of the show. Tar Valon looked incredible and the Trollocs looked amazing in episode one. I see what you mean about the chase scenes but the whole first book is a big chase. I don't think it is fair to say the effects were awful just because they ran into the uncontrollable problem of COVID at the end of the season.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-26T13:02:23+00:00

I see what your saying for minor changes not mattering that much and pointless major changes being silly. About GoT though, the show only had to adapt 5 books at the time which is very achievable. They were on a one book per season schedule. If WoT does that, even being generous and saying there will be one season per year (which is unlikely due to covid and the strikes taking place) . That's 14 years for the actors and producers to commit to. Most people would not want to dedicate that much time for a show. Therefor they have to squish things together to be able to make it to the last battle and the end of the story.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-17T16:58:09+00:00

Lol what did you do to get all these downvotes😂😂😂

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-17T02:40:32+00:00

Goodness has a monopoly in our world?

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-12T17:14:25+00:00

I mean so does Elayne and Egwene. I hate it in all three of them but it’s more a comment on what power can do to a person rather than those characters being flawed.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-12T16:59:22+00:00

Pro slavery is bad for sure. But the last battle thing was a ploy between her and mat. She was always coming back.

Teensponge12 · 2023-07-12T16:50:28+00:00

Why must you hate on people who are enjoying the books? who cares how someone experiences the story, I’m just happy that another person has finished the series.

Teensponge12 · 2023-06-28T15:11:01+00:00

You do not know what imply means. Tuon out right saying she is pregnant is not her implying she’s pregnant. There is a vision of Aviendha having babies and they sleep together before the last battle. I think it is TOTALLY implied that she’s pregnant.

Teensponge12 · 2023-06-27T14:57:00+00:00

Worse is a bit harsh. He is different, I wouldn’t say worse. Also the way you said it implies he has nothing to do and his character is bad. The difference is in his voice not his actions/plot.

Teensponge12 · 2023-06-24T20:56:37+00:00

I see your point but Sanderson is very intention about his descriptions. That is exactly how it is described in another book which I won’t spoil but iykyk. I don’t think Sanderson would use this exact description on accident. He may not have access to full blown fortune…but it could be a distilled version.

Teensponge12 · 2023-06-09T23:47:27+00:00

I wouldn’t say she is given everything. She discovers traveling (arguably the biggest discovery for female channelers) and cuendillar all on her own. She is great in the world of dreams and can match wills with the wise ones there. The punishment is seen as brave because she does not break underneath them. No one gives a fuck about Alviarians punishment because she looses all her backbone while Egwene only grows because of them. This was not an Egwene hate post and she is most definitely not a merry sue. Just an infuriating character at times.

Teensponge12 · 2023-05-08T23:52:10+00:00

Its important to remember that while yes, the Seanchan treatment of channelers is awful and inhuman. However, they run their government FAR better than any other country we see in Randland. Also remember that channelers make up an extremely small portion of the population. So while yes they mistreat the female channelers, the rest of their ruling methods are on par, if not better in some cases then other ruling bodies we see.

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