The Wheel of Time

@ginger

There there *pat pat*

No! I hate that it takes me 40 minutes to read 10 fucking pages of this DAMN BOOK!

Er, if it's making you feel angry, just put it down and walk away for a while. Sorry if I've offended you.

Sorry, I just search so desperately for stuff I might enjoy. but whenever I find it, some element of it ends up ruining my experience.

Mental deterioration is seriously my worst fear EVER

Just thought I'd post to say The Great Hunt has taken a backseat to me suffering through ADWD.

...dammit...

... you forgot to mention that Rand is THE MOST POWERFUL CHANNELER IN EXISTENCE' -_-

...dammit

We're trying not to spoil things for you!

sorry... I just desperately want to ENJOY reading something for once.

EVERY series I read just ends up making me miserable. I never enjoy anything

edited 26th Apr '12 3:57:32 AM by gingerninja666

Read Wodehouse. Everything he writes is made out of sunshine and silliness, and it's beautiful.

Wo T isn't a happy series, but it's an enjoyable one. If you really want to be spoiled: Yes, Rand does go somewhat mad. He recovers, and Nynaeve discovers a cure for the rest of the male channelers.

My problem isn't that. It's that I don't like the hero's being awesome. I prefer the villains being awesome... but I also don't want them to win.

Well, while nothing has been decided at this point, there is a strong general theme in this series of the forces of good triumphing over evil. That's as specific as I can get without spoilers, I'm afraid.

edited 26th Apr '12 5:06:30 AM by Lemurian

@Lem But as I said. I don't like the heroes being excessively powerful and awesome. I'd rather the villains be awesome and competent

I don't even think the villains in this series were given any CMO As

Again, not going into specifics. I will say the series are very well written, and that it at several points will coincide with your preferences.

@Ginger

Rand is extremely strong in the power, but that strength develops over time, and by the time he becomes that strong it's extremely late in the game.

Who is spoiling you on the series? I need to have words with them.

The character page (not even spoilered either)

mayhaps you should go through and change that page?

Now on page 122. Rand is RIGHT in the middle of tripping balls

Ah, so he's that strong now... and not even anyone to oppose him -_-

edited 26th Apr '12 12:36:21 PM by gingerninja666

@Ginger

I advise staying away from the character page at all costs. There is a TON of unspoilled shit on there.

And yeah, no. Rand has a lot of POTENTIAL power but it takes a long time for him to develop it. Same with every other channeler.

What colour branch is Moiraine from?

edited 26th Apr '12 2:13:38 PM by gingerninja666

Moiraine is Blue Ajah.

There whole shtick is seeking out causes and adventures to champion, the dedicate their time to bettering the world and doing good. In practice this usually means politics and scheming for a good cause.

edited 26th Apr '12 2:29:36 PM by LMage

are there certain colours that are prone to having lots of assholes in their ranks?

edited 26th Apr '12 2:33:48 PM by gingerninja666

Reds tend to have more jerks in their ranks, but that's largely since there purpose has basically devolved into "KILL ALL THE MEN!", and there are also a lot of awesome Reds, but we don't meet them till latter.

The Reds seem like a very wasted sector. What do they do when there aren't any Male Channelers to capture?

and couldn't the greens do their job too?

Most Reds just chill at the tower when not hunting men.

And a Greens have sort of the opposite philosophy re: Men that Reds do. There the only Ajah that allows the bonding of more then one Warder and/or marriage to ones warder. :P

edited 26th Apr '12 2:47:50 PM by LMage

There are always male channelers to capture. That being said, the number of such has been dropping until recent rush of false dragons. In theory, the greens could take over that task, but finding male channelers does require some amount of subtlety that just doesn't go as well with an organization focused on lighting shadowspawn on fire.

Edit: Also that bit about men. Greens like having trustworthy buff men around so that they don't get overwhelmed while fighting squads of trollocs.

edited 26th Apr '12 2:49:12 PM by Ironeye

Also, how do channelers fight indoors without destroying the roof? All the magic I've seen them use seems to stem from summoning stuff from the sky

So the Reds are... smart?

edited 26th Apr '12 2:51:08 PM by gingerninja666

@Ginger

Yup, most Aes Sedai are, and those that don't do an awesome job of faking it.

And most channlers are essentially walks weapon of mass destruction. It's why Aes Sedai take an oath not to use the power as a weapon.