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Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 Send a noteboard - 10/01/2016 10:25:12 PM

but also the rampant "situational lesbians" sort of bugs me ... It's a bit male power fantasy, but at least he wasn't overly salacious on the writing so it tends to come across as more emotional support than horny young co-ed.

I don't know if it's that rampant. There's a lot of supporting factors, the monastery-like exclusion, a silent understanding from the sisters, an anti-male vibe for girls emulating Red sisters.. But yeah, for a fantasy series, WOT was pretty damn chaste. Like Mat, he had a lot of sexcapades between the lines, but going by the text it was all just "kissing and dancing".

In the larger scheme of things, I think RJ's vague, rather dry exposition was often bad for conveying emotion. It's hard to feel much horror or anger over people like Semirhage and Fain, for example. Or sadness for the Amayar.


Aran'gar as a transgendered villain was amusing to me, especially since it's hinted that she enjoys sex with men as much as she ever did when she was a man.

Yep. And as for Aran'gar, there was probably a lot of potential that went unused there. Some other author could have done a lot more with a powerful bi transsexual villain.
View original postHow do you mean? I just remember the Kandori man who was fussy about his appearance


View original postWell we can start with a bad stereotype right there

Oh, and he had a "biting tongue" as well
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What unsolved mysteries do you think other posters can help you with? Sidious - 22/12/2015 12:10:32 PM 2999 Views
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Is there confirmation of who sent the 100,000 trollocs? *NM* Sidious - 03/01/2016 08:03:24 PM 987 Views
Re: Is there confirmation of who sent the 100,000 trollocs? EDIT darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 08:44:04 PM 1611 Views
Re: Is there confirmation of who sent the 100,000 trollocs? EDIT Sidious - 04/01/2016 11:10:54 AM 1656 Views
true darius_sedai - 05/01/2016 04:44:26 PM 1438 Views
Re: true Sidious - 09/01/2016 10:15:07 PM 1736 Views
Could she have sent the Trollocs without Moridin knowing though? darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 10:49:44 PM 1529 Views
I think it was Demandred. Verin gave the hint in KOD actually. Mik - 04/03/2016 09:59:36 PM 2067 Views
I wonder how crazy Rand was? kHz1000 - 03/01/2016 11:51:42 PM 1592 Views
I'm going with pretty damn crazy darius_sedai - 05/01/2016 04:47:19 PM 1659 Views
Re: I wonder how crazy Rand was? Duke - 17/01/2016 07:47:11 AM 1386 Views
Something about pillow friends kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 07:53:48 PM 1535 Views
Re: Something about pillow friends Sidious - 09/01/2016 10:16:36 PM 1832 Views
Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 08:07:06 PM 1515 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 09/01/2016 10:21:16 PM 1794 Views
Agreed darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:07:13 PM 1247 Views
Re: Agreed kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 11:24:50 PM 1277 Views
Exactly darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:42:14 PM 1277 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 11:13:22 PM 1163 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:33:54 PM 1470 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 10/01/2016 12:12:01 AM 1419 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 10/01/2016 09:23:46 PM 1273 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 10/01/2016 10:25:12 PM 1298 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:11:37 PM 1388 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 11/01/2016 06:04:00 AM 1771 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 10/01/2016 02:25:21 PM 2105 Views
What Logain quote are you referencing? *NM* darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:07:57 PM 756 Views
Logain stated that Rand is stronger than him because he makes larger Gateways *NM* kHz1000 - 11/01/2016 06:24:34 PM 725 Views
Oh I thought he was referencing a homophobic comment! *NM* darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:43:48 PM 788 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? DomA - 16/01/2016 02:44:01 AM 1770 Views
That is a big logical leap, and dodges rather than answering the question Joel - 08/02/2016 11:52:11 AM 1458 Views
Re: That is a big logical leap, and dodges rather than answering the question darius_sedai - 13/02/2016 03:52:18 AM 1387 Views
Jordans world lacks a God or religions? Joel - 13/02/2016 04:57:10 PM 1474 Views
Re: Jordans world lacks a God or religions? Sidious - 14/02/2016 09:33:18 AM 1840 Views
Just because Randland is Deist does not make it deity-free. Joel - 14/02/2016 01:59:58 PM 1533 Views
It is better to say there is no organized religion fionwe1987 - 14/02/2016 10:12:35 PM 1334 Views
That sounds about right Joel - 15/02/2016 11:21:42 AM 1323 Views
Perhaps, but perhaps not darius_sedai - 16/02/2016 01:26:46 AM 1296 Views
A non-deity Creator is a distinction without a difference Joel - 16/02/2016 03:52:24 AM 1541 Views
I don't think I'm making my point clear darius_sedai - 17/02/2016 02:36:51 AM 1208 Views
Sorry Darius, but there's a lot of mistakes there... fionwe1987 - 20/02/2016 06:18:16 AM 1325 Views
No. I'm questioning what constitues being a Diety. Existence and the act of creation do not IMO darius_sedai - 21/02/2016 10:05:12 PM 1217 Views
Re: No. I'm questioning what constitues being a Diety. Existence and the act of creation do not IMO Dunstan - 07/03/2016 05:17:04 AM 1288 Views
Re: That is a big logical leap, and dodges rather than answering the question Sidious - 14/02/2016 09:31:21 AM 1784 Views
Not disputing any of that Joel - 15/02/2016 11:52:45 AM 1315 Views
How did Narg learn the common tongue? Is he just smart? *NM* Narg - 11/01/2016 11:30:49 PM 695 Views
He was one of the smarter Trollocs, yeah kHz1000 - 11/01/2016 11:45:54 PM 1336 Views
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