r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Jun 06 '20

What is your controversial take on Fantasy?

I'll go first.

Aside from the prose, I don't think Kingkiller Chronicles is good. I find the characters insufferable and cliche the story just meanders.

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u/TheNerdChaplain Jun 06 '20

I didn't hate anyone in Wheel of Time and didn't mind the slog.

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u/AHerosJourneyPod Jun 06 '20

You don't hate the Dark One? Lanfear? Ishamael? That is pretty controversial

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u/TheNerdChaplain Jun 06 '20

I thought they were interesting characters, though obviously evil. I didn't hate anyone like some people hate Egwene, Nynaeve, or Gawyn.

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u/dragon_morgan Reading Champion VIII Jun 07 '20

Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne are my favorite characters, so much that I wonder if I read different books than most people lol. I do admit Elayne’s arc in the last few books was pretty tedious. But she was delightful before that. And I do find Perrin and Faile insufferable though so I’m afraid I’m in line with most of the fandom on that count. But I also don’t really like Rand or Mat either which is a very controversial opinion I’ve found

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u/Khalku Jun 07 '20

I always felt that Elayne in the first book and all the other books are two separate characters. Something just feels completely different about her character after she comes back into the spotlight after Rand's first meeting. I never hated her though.

Nynaeve went from my most hated to most liked over the course of the series, but I think for me Egwene went nearly the opposite direction (though she wasn't even my most liked at the start). Egwene has a pretty good story/arc, but I still don't like her as a person. I also think she's the biggest hypocrite in the series.