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You're looking for opinions? I got opinions.
The Chosen One who gets dragged around like a sack of potatoes until they Come Into Their Own and go on to Turn The Tide.
The Wise Yet Enigmatic Sage.
The Sharp-Tongued Princess.
The Rogue With A Heart of Gold.
Plots based on misunderstanding ancient prophecies that are so vaguely written they could be cookie recipes.
Gods that slot into neat roles on a godly table of elements.
Magic systems so detailed and prosaic you may as well call them technology.
Elves that are exactly like every other elf character you've ever read about except for one glaring but superficial difference which is there to make you think the author's not plagiarising their own favourite author.
Me reading the wheel of time:
The Chosen One ✓ the main male characters, but definitely Rand
The Wise Yet Enigmatic Sage ✓Moiraine
The Sharp-Tongued Princess. ✓Nynaeve
The Rogue With A Heart of Gold. ✓Mat
Plots based on misunderstanding ancient prophecies that are so vaguely written they could be cookie recipes. ✓All the prophecies
Gods that slot into neat roles on a godly table of elements. ✓The forsaken all having distinct methods to get to the top
Magic systems so detailed and prosaic you may as well call them technology. ✓The one power
Elves ✓Warders
All that said, I'm still enjoying the series thus far.
Now I want to read a fantasy comedy where someone trying to make cookies from an ancient recipe is whisked off on an adventure to fulfill the prophecy, but they just want snickerdoodles dammit.
That sounds amazing. OMG I would so read that
as a reward they get one magical wish and they wish for snickerdoodles