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The title pretty much says it! I'd like to explore that idea a little and would love to hear y'all's recommendations. This thought was originally inspired by lord of the rings, but I'm also currently on a little nostalgia trip by reading The Sea of Trolls and the soft magic system in that is pretty fun

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[–] hamsesh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did someone say The Wheel of Time? I recently read the first two books and it seriously has me hooked. Definitely has a softer magic system similar to LotR, at least so far! I definitely recommend.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The wheel of time is the greatest fantasy series ever written and i will die on this hill

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You must hate women. Those characters are often terrible in that series

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Because you are willing to die on that hill of the greatest series. The women in that book are not well written and most of them are kinda shit. The greatest fantasy series of all time should be better than that and you must hate women if you can ignore that to die on your hill

Can you perhaps provide an example? The vast majority of the women in WoT are strong, independent, and capable. The main female characters that start out timid or "weak" experience amazing growth over the series. Are there shitty women in the series? Yes. There are also shitty men in the series. There are over 1000 named characters throughout the series and (in my opinion) Jordan did an amazing job in the sheer diversity of types of characters portrayed.