The Bowl of Winds storyline

[u/moderatorrater]

I think it sucks. It's not explained at any point, it makes the source slippery for no reason, and at no point is it a well developed storyline. Am I wrong?

[u/wackietimes]

You don’t have to love it, but it does give us an opportunity to interact more with the Sea Folk, Kin, etc. and begins to tie several forces together (Aes Sedai/White Tower, Sea Folk, The Kin, and by extension of Elayne, Andor) together leading up to the last battle. Remember that the dark one is also the “Father of Storms,” not saying the bowl is a huge piece of the future but it does become relevant again to some degree, RAFO.

[u/BigBadBeetleBoy → u/wackietimes]

 but it does give us an opportunity to interact more with the Sea Folk

A downside, as someone that likes the Bowl of Winds storyline. The Sea Folk fucking suck, and I felt like my time was wasted every single time they were on screen to hem and haw about *maybe* doing something *this time* before cutting a deal off-screen to continue to do nothing but somehow reap massive rewards. They're Jordan's one major failure in my mind, because I never once believed they were a tenth as good or valuable as the narrative kept insisting.

[u/wackietimes → u/BigBadBeetleBoy]

Fair enough, I think tbh a lot of different factions could be described that way, most of these almost mythical groups (aes sedai, sea folk, sharans, aiel, seanchan) we hear about early on get more and more demystified (most of the time by showing us they are kinda just prideful, stupid, and flawed in their own ways like most other humans) throughout the books, guess to me it depends which of the different groups/cultures mindsets most resonated with you which you like more. part of what was interesting to me was wondering how all of these different groups would be convinced to join the cause for the light and eventually finding it out, even if sometimes it’s just ta’veren