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Took forever to think of full on "plot" I'd go so far as to DISLIKE. Then it hit me. "Pink ribbons". Dunstan Send a noteboard - 01/06/2017 06:28:13 AM

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The Wheel of Time is obviously a great series that many of us enjoyed reading over the years, but there were elements to the storyline that left me feeling disinterested at certain points.

What were some of the particular plot lines or story arcs that you really disliked or wish would've been out of the story all together? I don't mean characters, or RJ's writing style, etc. Specifically, what parts of the story itself.


Other then that... find a bit boring, annoying, dragy, or just an underwhelming payoff? Sure, but "dislike"... That is more for bits and pieces. Like the oddness of Rand setting out on some seemingly long walkabout right before becoming a father. Or hell, LTT seemingly not remembering that he WAS a father... Or RJ seemingly not really understanding what "having kids" means... Then there are just all the seemingly random little details that rub me wrong like Gateways auto-killing constructs.


But actual PLOT... The only other kinda ploty thing that comes to mind, was perhaps the only REAL suspension of disbelief issue I ever had with WoT. That being how Rand lost his hand... I mean, WTF? o_o

Given what we have seen One Power fireballs do throughout the books("fun" things like flash incinerating both horse and rider leaving nothing but bits of molten steel) that must of been the most laser guided fireball in the history of ever... Just what was she even trying to "do" with that? If she wasn't trying to kill him, she was using WAY too much firepower. While if she wasn't, well then, she was using FAR too little.

And the whole mess could of been gotten around by simply NOT having his hand get directly hit by it.

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Which Part of WoT Plot Did You Dislike the Most? MrFarstrider - 30/05/2017 02:49:26 AM 1575 Views
The internecine warfare in the White Tower should have taken up about one fifth the size it did. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/05/2017 06:01:47 AM 541 Views
It felt like such little payoff for staying devoted to such a terrible storyline MrFarstrider - 31/05/2017 12:33:43 AM 879 Views
The real annoyance with the WT stuff. Is not knowing if it never meant much, or just died with RJ. Dunstan - 31/05/2017 06:36:57 PM 906 Views
Almost everything to do with the Seanchan. *NM* Mix - 30/05/2017 07:51:53 AM 1051 Views
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Have you read Vellum by Hal Duncan? It was worse. *NM* Tom - 01/06/2017 09:03:08 PM 521 Views
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Nah, that "award winning" SciFi novel by sombody Adams that either Tom of Cannoli convinced me to re HyogaRott - 02/06/2017 12:56:53 PM 931 Views
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So, you mean most of the Aes Sedai stuff? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/05/2017 08:22:05 PM 527 Views
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I didn't Cannoli - 30/05/2017 11:52:05 PM 1172 Views
What is happening? nossy - 31/05/2017 10:43:52 AM 1058 Views
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That's true, but she WAS an innkeepers daughter. nossy - 31/05/2017 10:49:04 AM 836 Views
Which simply made her all the more reckless in attempting to NOT be until she wasn't. *NM* Dunstan - 31/05/2017 04:22:46 PM 528 Views
It was the direction he took her. random thoughts - 31/05/2017 03:04:21 AM 724 Views
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that fact that you are probably right makes it worse random thoughts - 05/06/2017 03:44:23 PM 869 Views
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I'm always impressed by people who can keep them straight. nossy - 31/05/2017 10:59:09 AM 856 Views
There are resources that can help with that. Cannoli - 31/05/2017 06:16:47 PM 1046 Views
Your geekery knows no bounds. nossy - 31/05/2017 06:37:42 PM 841 Views
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Luca's circus...I mean "menagerie" Cannoli - 30/05/2017 11:53:54 PM 1040 Views
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It treated her as somekind of Wheel high priestess... And everone just went with it... Dunstan - 31/05/2017 07:12:40 PM 873 Views
Took forever to think of full on "plot" I'd go so far as to DISLIKE. Then it hit me. "Pink ribbons". Dunstan - 01/06/2017 06:28:13 AM 828 Views
The ludicrous amounts of subplots and minor characters. Bergioyn - 11/06/2017 09:32:32 PM 1121 Views
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