#guys taveren is a horror concept.

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the thing is (5 books in) book mat’s central tragedy is that he knows he’s a side character. vs show mat, who thinks he’s a villain. this is kinda the true genius of the wheel-as-metatext element of worldbuilding and mat as a story conscious character… either way you do it, it’s versatile.. book mat is screaming crying throwing up because he doesnt want to be a predetermined figure in a story (doomed) but he doesnt want to not matter to the story either. the fact that he’s trapped bc he isnt the hero so he cant influence the story but he does matter enough to be hurt by it.. being a marginal figure in your own life unable to change anything.. the way he fervently rails against being constrained by the story and his role but he cant escape it.. woe prophecy of prescribed heterosexuality be upon you.. the fact that he LITERALLY has the thing from rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead where he always rolls the same number on his dice. trapped trapped trapped. butttt show mat is trapped in the same way judas is trapped in HIS story. bro thinks hes ishamael… literally doomed to betray and kill ur best friend type deal and then hang urself because there is something inherently wrong with you… not just your addiction issues and familial abuse making u think youre just gonna continue the cycle (and the magic cursed dagger that makes uou explode and be evil), but COMPOUNDED with being metatextually destined to kill your best friend that you might be in love with maybe idk. because thats your role. to be destructive and depressive and failed. What the fuck kind of chemicals did they put in this fella. and in no one else. Punting robert jordan about like a football