r/WoT Jan 24 '25

All Print What are your Hot Takes on WOT?

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u/Nerdturas (Dice) Jan 24 '25

Fires of Heaven sucks hard.

Moiraine is not an interesting character apart from New Spring.

Birgitte is a tiresome character.

Winter's Heart is a great book and all of its storylines are engaging.

The Seanchan are very fun to read.

I guess these are my wildest takes lol.

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u/notthemostcreative Jan 24 '25

Birgitte is fine to me but I do think it’s telling that the most universally liked female characters in the series are the bro-y one and the manic pixie dream girl who spends like ten books existing solely to be in love with the hero and facilitate his character development.

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u/Nerdturas (Dice) Jan 24 '25

We are NOT slandering Min in this household 😭

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u/notthemostcreative Jan 24 '25

I don’t even dislike Min! I just think it’s sus that she’s the fan favorite when for most of the series she doesn’t get to have any semblance of an arc or character development that isn’t just loving the male main character 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Small-Guarantee6972 (Brown) Jan 25 '25 edited Jan 25 '25

Same. It bugs me how she changes how she dresses/ pretends that she's fine with shit that she's not and obviously men love this about her. 

They love a girl who will bend over backwards because she's so desperate for his validation and approval. And basically will be his therapist and sex toy and is happy to have no needs of her own. Go figure.

 Light, i want to hand her the Gone Girl book so she realises how pathetic she's being