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I'm not really sure if or why any reader would need to suspend disbelief to enjoy WoT RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 30/11/2010 10:31:49 PM
Personally, I find many of the themes and the plot points of WoT to be unbelievable, but I can enjoy the series because it wasn't meant to be "realistic" or "believable". It is meant to be fun.

Once I got over my need for this story to have a deeper meaning beyond engaging my imagination, I started to enjoy it for what it is. I feel that there are works of fiction, such as "War and Peace" that try to comment or reveal something about the human condition. While "Wheel of Time" certainly has themes, they apply only as far as the bounds of this fantasy series.

The fact that we have characters whom unlikely events occur around to the extent that they seem uberpowerful and lucky (t'a'veren) in the story stretches belief enough to make suspending your disbelief a non-issue. You aren't supposed to 'believe' these characters issues are real. IMHO you are supposed to have fun with the ride getting from Point A to Point B.
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Easy life of Lightside heroes and pathetic incompetence of the Shadow - so what's new in Wot... - 28/11/2010 03:38:14 PM 3134 Views
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Re: Easy life of Lightside heroes and pathetic incompetence of the Shadow - so what's new in Wot... - 29/11/2010 01:59:18 AM 1694 Views
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I vote it has come to pass - 29/11/2010 02:48:26 AM 1512 Views
*facepalm* - good point, not sure how I missed that. *NM* - 29/11/2010 03:12:00 AM 890 Views
Re: I vote it has come to pass - 29/11/2010 09:42:51 AM 1510 Views
Prophecy never said she would be angry at the time, - 29/11/2010 11:36:53 AM 1596 Views
lol true, gg *NM* - 29/11/2010 11:52:54 AM 869 Views
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She doesn't even see that. The arches just show a possibility. - 29/11/2010 07:12:05 PM 1470 Views
Indeed - 28/11/2010 06:16:41 PM 1547 Views
am i the only one who acknowledges that it's a jerk deal for jerks - 28/11/2010 08:00:23 PM 1794 Views
i think most people feel that way - 29/11/2010 09:06:44 AM 1610 Views
I agree with you - 05/12/2010 05:13:38 PM 1388 Views
Re: am i the only one who acknowledges that it's a jerk deal for jerks - 29/11/2010 06:40:18 PM 1532 Views
I'm sure that all the men Ituralde lost would agree with you about it being a breeze -_- - 29/11/2010 12:32:56 AM 1508 Views
Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:46:01 AM 1862 Views
I agree that he was part of Graendal's plan, but - 29/11/2010 02:16:45 AM 1491 Views
Re: I agree that he was part of Graendal's plan, but - 29/11/2010 09:44:05 AM 1433 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:54:38 PM 1814 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 12:59:31 PM 1534 Views
Re: Byar was compulsed - 29/11/2010 01:10:18 PM 1634 Views
He disbelieves in the Heroes - 29/11/2010 03:33:27 PM 1466 Views
I think that's his mind deceiving itself - 29/11/2010 07:19:05 PM 1575 Views
I didn't say he was necessarily Compulsed - 30/11/2010 07:40:51 AM 1466 Views
Do we have his reaction to the Heroes themselves? - 30/11/2010 11:55:42 AM 1539 Views
Re: Do we have his reaction to the Heroes themselves? - 30/11/2010 12:05:44 PM 1408 Views
he makes no mention of the Heroes. - 30/11/2010 10:42:13 PM 1541 Views
They did get another thing right - 29/11/2010 12:40:52 AM 1533 Views
Not Mat's fault, really - Verin didn't rehash her opinion of him. - 29/11/2010 02:18:17 AM 1480 Views
It's the WOT Red Shirt syndrome - 29/11/2010 04:29:12 AM 1620 Views
I don't want everyone to win and end up happily ever after though. - 29/11/2010 04:33:06 AM 1499 Views
The disney ending is not realistic - or at least not as believable - 29/11/2010 04:41:04 AM 1641 Views
You, good sir, are - 30/11/2010 06:53:49 PM 1455 Views
I also think Lan will be saved right before the end. - 29/11/2010 06:50:34 PM 1429 Views
Re: I also think Lan will be saved right before the end. - 30/11/2010 01:47:27 AM 1588 Views
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+1 *NM* - 29/11/2010 07:18:13 PM 803 Views
it is. I love it anyways, though - 29/11/2010 07:23:24 PM 1399 Views
War and Peace was very thematic - 30/11/2010 05:00:30 AM 1848 Views
Doublethink for the win! *NM* - 30/11/2010 07:35:20 AM 849 Views
Re: War and Peace was very thematic - 30/11/2010 09:35:50 AM 1491 Views
I'm not really sure if or why any reader would need to suspend disbelief to enjoy WoT - 30/11/2010 10:31:49 PM 1498 Views
Please tell me what drugs you're on - 01/12/2010 04:04:39 AM 1583 Views
It's called 'reality' - I agree with LadyLorraine & Moratcorlm - 01/12/2010 07:57:35 PM 1499 Views
You are absolutely wrong. - 02/12/2010 04:53:52 AM 1473 Views
You are incorrect - you should read the definition you reference before posting it. - 02/12/2010 04:19:16 PM 1605 Views
No, I read the ENTIRE article, unlike you. You have to scroll down a bit. - 02/12/2010 05:47:13 PM 1396 Views
No, you need to read and comprehend. That was a THEORY. - 02/12/2010 07:11:01 PM 1312 Views
It's really very simple. - 04/12/2010 12:31:16 AM 1643 Views
mk, I think I understand more what you meant now after reading this exchange - 05/12/2010 05:42:47 AM 1489 Views
I still don't agree; sorry. I don't think this theory applies to everyone. - 06/12/2010 05:30:41 PM 1606 Views
No, those are disbeliefs that you must suspend. - 01/12/2010 08:18:25 PM 1396 Views
You have to feel the characters are somehow believable to empathize with them. - 02/12/2010 01:05:29 AM 1467 Views
I don't see how WoT's writing (Before, or now) prevents that - 02/12/2010 04:12:54 AM 1287 Views
I'm not arguing that it necessarily does for everyone, just that YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND DISBELIEF - 02/12/2010 04:48:51 AM 1480 Views
That's a load of crap... - 02/12/2010 06:03:13 AM 1656 Views
Sure - 01/12/2010 01:30:03 AM 1423 Views
Black Tower - 30/11/2010 01:50:29 AM 1404 Views
Re: Black Tower - 30/11/2010 01:57:48 AM 1559 Views
I agree with everything. - 30/11/2010 01:37:11 PM 1731 Views
Hopper's death... oh god... - 01/12/2010 01:00:12 AM 1683 Views
while i miss hopper - 02/12/2010 04:19:28 AM 1455 Views
Re: while i miss hopper - 02/12/2010 05:30:52 PM 1563 Views
Hopper wasn't that important, either, though. - 03/12/2010 02:32:10 PM 1338 Views
Re: Hopper wasn't that important, either, though. - 03/12/2010 03:10:54 PM 1398 Views
It would be awesome if it were, though. - 03/12/2010 04:41:42 PM 1528 Views
Re: It would be awesome if it were, though. - 04/12/2010 09:54:09 PM 1481 Views
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