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I'm not really sure if or why any reader would need to suspend disbelief to enjoy WoT RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 30/11/2010 10:31:49 PM
Personally, I find many of the themes and the plot points of WoT to be unbelievable, but I can enjoy the series because it wasn't meant to be "realistic" or "believable". It is meant to be fun.

Once I got over my need for this story to have a deeper meaning beyond engaging my imagination, I started to enjoy it for what it is. I feel that there are works of fiction, such as "War and Peace" that try to comment or reveal something about the human condition. While "Wheel of Time" certainly has themes, they apply only as far as the bounds of this fantasy series.

The fact that we have characters whom unlikely events occur around to the extent that they seem uberpowerful and lucky (t'a'veren) in the story stretches belief enough to make suspending your disbelief a non-issue. You aren't supposed to 'believe' these characters issues are real. IMHO you are supposed to have fun with the ride getting from Point A to Point B.
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Easy life of Lightside heroes and pathetic incompetence of the Shadow - so what's new in Wot... - 28/11/2010 03:38:14 PM 3156 Views
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Re: Easy life of Lightside heroes and pathetic incompetence of the Shadow - so what's new in Wot... - 29/11/2010 01:59:18 AM 1709 Views
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I vote it has come to pass - 29/11/2010 02:48:26 AM 1528 Views
*facepalm* - good point, not sure how I missed that. *NM* - 29/11/2010 03:12:00 AM 902 Views
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Prophecy never said she would be angry at the time, - 29/11/2010 11:36:53 AM 1700 Views
lol true, gg *NM* - 29/11/2010 11:52:54 AM 876 Views
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Indeed - 28/11/2010 06:16:41 PM 1568 Views
am i the only one who acknowledges that it's a jerk deal for jerks - 28/11/2010 08:00:23 PM 1808 Views
i think most people feel that way - 29/11/2010 09:06:44 AM 1626 Views
I agree with you - 05/12/2010 05:13:38 PM 1406 Views
Re: am i the only one who acknowledges that it's a jerk deal for jerks - 29/11/2010 06:40:18 PM 1551 Views
I'm sure that all the men Ituralde lost would agree with you about it being a breeze -_- - 29/11/2010 12:32:56 AM 1533 Views
Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:46:01 AM 1884 Views
I agree that he was part of Graendal's plan, but - 29/11/2010 02:16:45 AM 1541 Views
Re: I agree that he was part of Graendal's plan, but - 29/11/2010 09:44:05 AM 1451 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:54:38 PM 1837 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:59:31 PM 1566 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 01:10:18 PM 1670 Views
He disbelieves in the Heroes - 29/11/2010 03:33:27 PM 1489 Views
I think that's his mind deceiving itself - 29/11/2010 07:19:05 PM 1605 Views
I didn't say he was necessarily Compulsed - 30/11/2010 07:40:51 AM 1506 Views
Do we have his reaction to the Heroes themselves? - 30/11/2010 11:55:42 AM 1560 Views
Re: Do we have his reaction to the Heroes themselves? - 30/11/2010 12:05:44 PM 1432 Views
he makes no mention of the Heroes. - 30/11/2010 10:42:13 PM 1570 Views
They did get another thing right - 29/11/2010 12:40:52 AM 1555 Views
Not Mat's fault, really - Verin didn't rehash her opinion of him. - 29/11/2010 02:18:17 AM 1497 Views
It's the WOT Red Shirt syndrome - 29/11/2010 04:29:12 AM 1640 Views
I don't want everyone to win and end up happily ever after though. - 29/11/2010 04:33:06 AM 1519 Views
The disney ending is not realistic - or at least not as believable - 29/11/2010 04:41:04 AM 1665 Views
You, good sir, are - 30/11/2010 06:53:49 PM 1473 Views
I also think Lan will be saved right before the end. - 29/11/2010 06:50:34 PM 1448 Views
Re: I also think Lan will be saved right before the end. - 30/11/2010 01:47:27 AM 1606 Views
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+1 *NM* - 29/11/2010 07:18:13 PM 815 Views
it is. I love it anyways, though - 29/11/2010 07:23:24 PM 1420 Views
War and Peace was very thematic - 30/11/2010 05:00:30 AM 1867 Views
Doublethink for the win! *NM* - 30/11/2010 07:35:20 AM 864 Views
Re: War and Peace was very thematic - 30/11/2010 09:35:50 AM 1503 Views
I'm not really sure if or why any reader would need to suspend disbelief to enjoy WoT - 30/11/2010 10:31:49 PM 1520 Views
Please tell me what drugs you're on - 01/12/2010 04:04:39 AM 1596 Views
It's called 'reality' - I agree with LadyLorraine & Moratcorlm - 01/12/2010 07:57:35 PM 1523 Views
You are absolutely wrong. - 02/12/2010 04:53:52 AM 1499 Views
You are incorrect - you should read the definition you reference before posting it. - 02/12/2010 04:19:16 PM 1628 Views
No, I read the ENTIRE article, unlike you. You have to scroll down a bit. - 02/12/2010 05:47:13 PM 1416 Views
No, you need to read and comprehend. That was a THEORY. - 02/12/2010 07:11:01 PM 1329 Views
It's really very simple. - 04/12/2010 12:31:16 AM 1667 Views
mk, I think I understand more what you meant now after reading this exchange - 05/12/2010 05:42:47 AM 1509 Views
I still don't agree; sorry. I don't think this theory applies to everyone. - 06/12/2010 05:30:41 PM 1637 Views
No, those are disbeliefs that you must suspend. - 01/12/2010 08:18:25 PM 1417 Views
You have to feel the characters are somehow believable to empathize with them. - 02/12/2010 01:05:29 AM 1490 Views
I don't see how WoT's writing (Before, or now) prevents that - 02/12/2010 04:12:54 AM 1311 Views
I'm not arguing that it necessarily does for everyone, just that YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND DISBELIEF - 02/12/2010 04:48:51 AM 1501 Views
That's a load of crap... - 02/12/2010 06:03:13 AM 1678 Views
Sure - 01/12/2010 01:30:03 AM 1438 Views
Black Tower - 30/11/2010 01:50:29 AM 1429 Views
Re: Black Tower - 30/11/2010 01:57:48 AM 1576 Views
I agree with everything. - 30/11/2010 01:37:11 PM 1758 Views
Hopper's death... oh god... - 01/12/2010 01:00:12 AM 1720 Views
while i miss hopper - 02/12/2010 04:19:28 AM 1473 Views
Re: while i miss hopper - 02/12/2010 05:30:52 PM 1587 Views
Hopper wasn't that important, either, though. - 03/12/2010 02:32:10 PM 1360 Views
Re: Hopper wasn't that important, either, though. - 03/12/2010 03:10:54 PM 1417 Views
It would be awesome if it were, though. - 03/12/2010 04:41:42 PM 1549 Views
Re: It would be awesome if it were, though. - 04/12/2010 09:54:09 PM 1496 Views
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