Despite getting better and better with each season, Prime Video ultimately cancelled The Wheel of Time — and we’re still angry over it.
Despite getting better and better with each season, Prime Video ultimately cancelled The Wheel of Time — and we’re still angry over it.
What is gender essentialism?
Men be like X, women be like Y, and there’s no nuance or middle ground.
In The Wheel of Time, only women are able to safely practice magic. Some men can get the ability, but if men use magic, they go insane. It’s just how the magic works.
There is a transgender aes sedai in the show. Also there is a forsaken that gets put in the opposite gender body in the books. I’d say that’s some nuance.
Really? I completely missed that. In-character-trans, or real-world-trans-in-character-not-discussed?
Real world trans. Lelaine Akashi is played by Rebecca Root. She’s the keeper of the chronicles in the past when the aes sedai choose Siuan as the amyrlin seat.
That explains why I missed it. I have no idea who she is, but I do like it!
this is because mens side of magic in one of the cycles got tainted, it wasnt always like this, they show it was different in the backstory parts when they show the past dragon
If I recall correctly, that does, turn out to be enforced by some powerful assholes, at least - not an intrinsic aspect of sexuality or gender.
But I don’t mean to claim that forgives the various essentialist tendencies. It all feels a little off.
Male side is tainted but yeah, if you are someone whi gets upset by their being a hard divide between whats male and female you wouldnt like it, but its fantasy, in this world ppl are always born as what they identify as
They are always the same gender across cycles, but different races and names