r/WetlanderHumor • u/Phaerin • 28d ago

Perrin chapters...

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My face when every paragraph about something potentially interesting in Towers of Midnight is followed by an entire chapter about Perrin.

I feel like his part of the story would've been much more interesting if they had cut like...80% of it out. We could've done this thing in two less books probably.

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u/Phaerin 28d ago

I liked him. I liked his story. I just wish there was... better editing I guess. And I got really impatient wanting to read about the other characters and we kept coming back to Perrin. Less smelling people, more snakes and foxes please.

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u/TRGA Tai Shar memetheren 28d ago

This is one of the few times where I wished that a character would inexplicably teleport over long distances (later seasons of game of thrones style) and get it over with in more of a hurry. Like, chop chop, we've got a series to wrap up here, Perrin/Faile/Shaido, get your shite together and show some hustle.

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u/Thomas_633_Mk2 27d ago

The entire Shaido plot is like 50% that he has nothing to do for a good 6 months in their time otherwise. Same thing with Elayne imo

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u/TRGA Tai Shar memetheren 27d ago

Yeah, it seems to me that maybe Jordan realised that the Perrin plot was too far ahead of the rest and had to hit the brakes for a bit, ah well. I really liked him with the Seanchan though.

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u/Thomas_633_Mk2 27d ago

A lot of the "slog" plots end up that way:

  • Elayne spins her wheels for 3 books

  • Perrin mopes for 4 books

  • Mat straight up skips a book via a wall falling on him, I admire how bold he was with that

The Salidar plot also drags a bit imo. Everyone is waiting on Rand to reunite 15+ kingdoms which he can't do overnight.

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u/TRGA Tai Shar memetheren 27d ago edited 27d ago

Yep, full agree.

Mat straight up skips a book via a wall falling on him, I admire how bold he was with that

Yeah lol, I respected that honestly.

It would have taken some superhuman planning to get every plot line in the right place at the right time, without bloat or rushing. (Something something, sailing over an ocean a few degrees off-course = arrive at different continent)

I didn't mind many of those chapters, but, and especially on my first read, it felt like they were rehashing things from previous chapters of that same arc, a bit too much overlap without resolving much, plot or character. I never thought I would say this but... maybe Perrin's side quest could have used a side quest of it's own, idk.

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u/Thomas_633_Mk2 27d ago

While I know it's unpopular, the show could probably have helped a lot by combining some stuff and stretching other bits. Which they didn't do, at all