Leaf Lord on Nostr: Absolutely wrong post. The whole point of WoT is that the world is fucked and headed ...
Absolutely wrong post.
The whole point of WoT is that the world is fucked and headed into beyond repair territory SPECIFICALLY because women are the only ones capable of wielding magic safely. In fact, the fact that they are actively hunting down any man who can do magic before he goes mad has caused the overall power of magic users to tank because they aren't breeding powerful bloodlines anymore as there's active selection against men magic users.
One of the central plot points is men regaining the ability to do magic safely, outclassing century-old women magic users in a matter of months, and in the process restoring balance to the world. As it progresses it is revealed just how absolutely blind and stupid the female magic users and what absolute blunders they made and how close they brought the world to the edge of destruction.
The whole story culminates in the chosen one (male) realizing the true nature of the evil they were facing and (spoilers spoilers spoilers)
Another central theme is that the greatest feats of magic (just like in irl life) require a combination of male and female power. He even accurately describes the male vs female approach to magic (seizing and entering vs embracing and being entered)
The sexes being in spiritual disbalance causes a tangible disbalance in the world.
Ultimately it is a story about regaining the world's spiritual balance. Which is the point that most people miss because the later half of the books are written by an absolute fucking hylic after RJ died.
re: Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, a southern man of aristocratic spirit. Give him a physiognomy check if you doubt me on that. His tongue dripped prophecy and he was a deep romantic.
Another thing of note. His first ever book was about the Altai (if you know, you know)
The whole point of WoT is that the world is fucked and headed into beyond repair territory SPECIFICALLY because women are the only ones capable of wielding magic safely. In fact, the fact that they are actively hunting down any man who can do magic before he goes mad has caused the overall power of magic users to tank because they aren't breeding powerful bloodlines anymore as there's active selection against men magic users.
One of the central plot points is men regaining the ability to do magic safely, outclassing century-old women magic users in a matter of months, and in the process restoring balance to the world. As it progresses it is revealed just how absolutely blind and stupid the female magic users and what absolute blunders they made and how close they brought the world to the edge of destruction.
The whole story culminates in the chosen one (male) realizing the true nature of the evil they were facing and (spoilers spoilers spoilers)
Another central theme is that the greatest feats of magic (just like in irl life) require a combination of male and female power. He even accurately describes the male vs female approach to magic (seizing and entering vs embracing and being entered)
The sexes being in spiritual disbalance causes a tangible disbalance in the world.
Ultimately it is a story about regaining the world's spiritual balance. Which is the point that most people miss because the later half of the books are written by an absolute fucking hylic after RJ died.
re: Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, a southern man of aristocratic spirit. Give him a physiognomy check if you doubt me on that. His tongue dripped prophecy and he was a deep romantic.
Another thing of note. His first ever book was about the Altai (if you know, you know)