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I used to reread Wheel of Time frequently. I’ve probably completed the series more than 13 times, because I started reading it in the mid 90s and would reread from the beginning every time a new book was released.

After that Amazon slop, I haven’t touched the series since. It was so, so bad. And it had the potential to be so, so good. All the material was right there. All the money was there.

Such a wasted opportunity to have made something amazing.

As a pallet cleanser, here’s a fan made version made 10 years ago that is so much more authentic and watchable than Rafe’s disaster:

https://youtu.be/myFCGun_c-8

Should have just given them the millions.

I actually do think this fits perfectly as mildly interesting.

It’s not groundbreaking, it’s not earth shattering… It’s a niche bit of lore that’s surfaced after 25 years and basically just confirms what people already “knew”.

Fantastic write up though. I was mildly interested from start to finish 😚👌

If I’ve learned anything from playing Civilisation, making a peace deal with an aggressive enemy when they’re starting to lose just means they need a moment to rebuild their army so they can try again.

Text.

Video requires too much time dedicated to consume it. If I’m looking for a specific explanation or review or walkthrough that suits a visual medium then I’ll go look for a video.

But even then, for most things a text description with photos to illustrate finer details of often better anyway.

If I’m doom scrolling there is no chance I’m clicking on random videos. My volume is turned down permanently and I ain’t turning it up just to hear it start off with “hey what’s up guys it’s some dickhead here from some shitty channel where I like to make videos about something no one cares about or is already a saturated market, anyway click on the subscribe button and them we’ll go ahead and listen to a promo from a crappy mobile game who’s sponsoring this video! And then I’ll go ahead and tell you where to buy this item I’m holding that’s tangically related, and then I’ll go ahead and…”

Just obnoxious.