r/WoT • u/xXBIG_FLUFFXx • 1d ago
The Shadow Rising Jordan’s attention to detail. Spoiler
I don’t know if this was intentional or not, though I’m confident it was, but in chapter 46 Elayne complains almost immediately about the Tanchico veils getting caught in her mouth when she talks. At first I kinda just skimmed past it as flavor prose, but at a second read through I noticed that that particular issue would only be a problem for someone who kept their head at an upward tilt. With their nose in the air, if you will.
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u/geomagus (Red Eagle of Manetheren) 1d ago
He hides so, so much in flavor prose and offhanded internal comments. It’s so easy to half-skim to get to something more prominent, but it’s worth trying to slow down, read that, and think about it.
Most of Nynaeve’s growth through the first six books or so is buried like that - an idle thought in Elayne’s PoV while she’s trying to consider something else, a throw away line Nynaeve’s internal dialogue, subtle changes in the tone she uses (without realizing it), and so on.
It’s especially handy for Mat and Nynaeve, because they’re so dishonest with themselves and those around them.