Wheel of time

[holdouttrout]

It's so nice when a new fandom starts up and I get to feel that little *zing* of "Oh hey! New fandom! People are nice! Actors are pretty!" It's even nicer when someone gives you a link to a discord server that's tiny and friendly--my favorite discords have the fewest people on them.

Anyway, I'm fully on the Moiraine/Siuan train, so you know... not saying there will be fic, but this one seems fic-able, and I hope it does happen!

(I am also going to have to at least attempt to read at least 1-2 of those damn books, which I was pretty sure I did Not Want to Do, but there's just so much world to reference...)

I will say that people need to start giving shows more episodes in a season. I'm not just saying that because I want more now, but because it's really clear the pacing is just not good when you do a full season's story, with an ensemble cast, in eight episodes. I think 12 would have been better.

I am also happy because a good friend is reading through Harrow the Ninth and WTF-ing about it at me and I love hearing her wild guesses (sometimes eerily accurate and sometimes just ludicrous) about what's going on. The more I read this book, the more I think it's... well, it's... definitely a book that rewards a second reading, which is cool in a way but also a flaw when reading it the first time through.

Comments

[gabolange]

I am also very much enjoying the zing of this new fandom and pairing! I might also write fic? And the discord is extremely charming! A+ all around. (Though I still need icons. Or to make the ones I want.)

[holdouttrout]

Icons! Love icons, never got beyond the basics in making them...

[gabolange]

I can only color and crop, not more! But that's all I need!

[princessofgeeks]

So glad you are watching WoT and I hope you post about it! I am so happy about it.

The show is much better than the books, IMHO. The books' worldbuilding and character baselines are awesome. The writing is.... not.

[holdouttrout]

I've heard the books are... not great. But I still think I need to see for myself, you know? I bet I won't read that many of them, but you never know!

[princessofgeeks]

Oh, definitely. I went back to the books before the show came out because I wanted to be up to speed. I had read the first four or five many years ago, and then read the last four when they were finished, but I had skipped a bunch in the middle.

I cannot said I have read the entire series -- I think I skipped at least three books -- but I did want to know what was up for myself.

[goodbyebird]

We are reading the books at tar_valon, and would love to have you :)

[holdouttrout]

Nice! I'll join and be perpetually behind. :D

Seriously, though, it'll be fun to dip in and out of discussions!