The problem with the Wheel of Time and Rings of Power is that they deviated from the source material and tried to make a DEI and LGBT+-friendly series. Most of the true fans know the writer well enough to realize that he would have never turned his characters into caricatures of themselves. Galadriel wasn't the girl boss Amazon wanted her to be. The Men in the Wheel of Time weren't as stupid as Netflix wanted them to be.
True fans decided not to watch these shows, so they will eventually die.
So glad I'm opting out of stories like this, and am writing my own such as Empire of Shadows and Herakles and the Twelve Labours, and reading stories by Isaac Young, Man Behind the Screen and Black Knight and Therese Judaena.
Am really sick of woke shows and stories, honestly history and classics and indie fiction is far better than anything the lamestream could ever produce.
I powered through the first season of Wheel of Time. Some of the special effects and scenery shots were great, but the changes made to the original story were really, really hard to swallow. I could maybe see it as that whole "another turning of the wheel" but really just had given up by then. Same for Shannara Chronicles. Lots of promise, but MTV had to push their stuff into the story.
I never tried any of the other series - saw enough to know not to bother. I do agree that Sanderson's Mistborn wouldn't be bad, but now not really looking forward to what he might do in future books. It's a shame because up until this book, he had some pretty good writing. I don't imagine his fully embracing this new direction and tripling down on it will bode well for future books, though. :(
Years ago, Sanderson had shown inklings of new thought by saying if Mistborn Era 1 was made into a movie they’d have to change the characters (like Ham to a woman) because there are too many male characters - in a book he wrote. At that time I suspected he was changing his views but didn’t expect his work to end up like this.
Fantasy went in a dark, nihilistic direction for a very long time. There's been a huge effort to tell us that characters who steal, rape, and murder are the ones we should be rooting for, and that will take a long time to claw back. I have no objection to nuanced characters who sometimes slip toward the dark side or maybe messy sidekicks ala Han Solo, but I think the best fantasy series have arcs that bend toward truth, goodness, mercy, and heroism. (I do like a more modern dialogue, personally; I say my characters fight like Medieval warriors and talk like American GenXers. But you'll never hear one of them say "That's racist!")
"Something fans might be glad isn’t happening, given the recent scenes in Wind and Truth where Kaladin announces he’s a therapist in a fantasy setting and another point where a character throws modernism in, saying, “That’s racist!”"
Misleading. Kaladin gets the term "therapist" from another character who is accustomed to modernity.
The problem with the Wheel of Time and Rings of Power is that they deviated from the source material and tried to make a DEI and LGBT+-friendly series. Most of the true fans know the writer well enough to realize that he would have never turned his characters into caricatures of themselves. Galadriel wasn't the girl boss Amazon wanted her to be. The Men in the Wheel of Time weren't as stupid as Netflix wanted them to be.
True fans decided not to watch these shows, so they will eventually die.
It can't happen soon enough.
The only thing worth sacrificing one's art to is Christ because only He will give it back to you 100fold.
So glad I'm opting out of stories like this, and am writing my own such as Empire of Shadows and Herakles and the Twelve Labours, and reading stories by Isaac Young, Man Behind the Screen and Black Knight and Therese Judaena.
Am really sick of woke shows and stories, honestly history and classics and indie fiction is far better than anything the lamestream could ever produce.
I powered through the first season of Wheel of Time. Some of the special effects and scenery shots were great, but the changes made to the original story were really, really hard to swallow. I could maybe see it as that whole "another turning of the wheel" but really just had given up by then. Same for Shannara Chronicles. Lots of promise, but MTV had to push their stuff into the story.
I never tried any of the other series - saw enough to know not to bother. I do agree that Sanderson's Mistborn wouldn't be bad, but now not really looking forward to what he might do in future books. It's a shame because up until this book, he had some pretty good writing. I don't imagine his fully embracing this new direction and tripling down on it will bode well for future books, though. :(
Years ago, Sanderson had shown inklings of new thought by saying if Mistborn Era 1 was made into a movie they’d have to change the characters (like Ham to a woman) because there are too many male characters - in a book he wrote. At that time I suspected he was changing his views but didn’t expect his work to end up like this.
I am thankful for creators, such as Jon Del Arroz and others, who write excellent books and don't incorporate LGBTQ or DEI.
Book by book, show by show, we'll take back the arts, reclaiming them for goodness.
Such a shame turning great epic fantasies into woke garbage. So disappointed in Sanderson.
Fantasy went in a dark, nihilistic direction for a very long time. There's been a huge effort to tell us that characters who steal, rape, and murder are the ones we should be rooting for, and that will take a long time to claw back. I have no objection to nuanced characters who sometimes slip toward the dark side or maybe messy sidekicks ala Han Solo, but I think the best fantasy series have arcs that bend toward truth, goodness, mercy, and heroism. (I do like a more modern dialogue, personally; I say my characters fight like Medieval warriors and talk like American GenXers. But you'll never hear one of them say "That's racist!")
"Something fans might be glad isn’t happening, given the recent scenes in Wind and Truth where Kaladin announces he’s a therapist in a fantasy setting and another point where a character throws modernism in, saying, “That’s racist!”"
Misleading. Kaladin gets the term "therapist" from another character who is accustomed to modernity.
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