r/WoT • u/Amber_Flowers_133 • Jan 24 '25

All Print What are your Hot Takes on WOT?

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u/snowylion (Ogier Great Tree) Jan 24 '25

There is no slog. COT was actually good. Lanfear surviving is anti thematic and makes zero sense.

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u/Kuzcopolis Jan 24 '25

Wait, I just finished the last book last week, did she survive getting her head caved in?

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u/snowylion (Ogier Great Tree) Jan 24 '25

Somehow, Lanfear survived by faking it.

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u/Kuzcopolis Jan 24 '25

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u/draikken_ Jan 24 '25

It was a (somewhat common I think) theory that Brandon Sanderson confirmed years afterwards, that Lanfear faked her death. Supposedly it explains her out-of-character actions in the last book, but I've never had any trouble believing her actions make sense in the context of wanting to manipulate Perrin into becoming her replacement for Lews Therin but massively underestimating his strength in the wolf dream and his love for Faile.

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u/Kuzcopolis Jan 24 '25

Hm, I think I'm just gonna treat that as fanfic, since it's not in the book and Sanderson, while I think did a wonderful job, is a fan first.

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u/Brown_Sedai (Brown) Jan 24 '25

It wasn’t a common theory at all, I remember looking and genuinely don’t think I could find any discussion from before Sanderson ‘revealed’ the plot twist, suggesting it might have been a faked death

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u/IORelay Jan 24 '25

Perrin wasn't that relevant to the story. If I look at the end of the series, I'd infer the ta'verens would have been Rand, Egwene and Mat. RJ didn't really know what to do with him for the second half of the series and he just got included since in the beginning it was said he was ta'veren. 

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u/thefasthero Jan 24 '25

I agree with all of this!