He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus
Yea but he is a very nice person so I’d expect him to say nice things. I know he didn’t like Perrin killing his wife. Well him having a wife at the beginning is dumb anyway
Yea, I’ve heard that as well. Makes zero sense and that is a drastic change from the source material. I hate it when people who’ve read the books defend the show
Makes me want to buy his books even more. I remember seeing him get attacked because he didn’t have gay characters.
Has he given any opinions on the Wheel of Time show?
I think I remember reading that he makes himself think that the show is not about the books but something unrelated.
Might misremember, could even be a different author and a different IP
He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus
Yea but he is a very nice person so I’d expect him to say nice things. I know he didn’t like Perrin killing his wife. Well him having a wife at the beginning is dumb anyway
Yea, I’ve heard that as well. Makes zero sense and that is a drastic change from the source material. I hate it when people who’ve read the books defend the show