The Shadow Rising, that book was astounding. Followed by Lord of Chaos. 

I would be Gray (I'm a peacemaker) or Brown (I love reading and I'm spacey). 

I always thought some of the criteria were strange though. I mean, say you want to fight in battles and be ready for Tarmon Gai'don but you're not sex and men crazed and/or don't want multiple warders? Like if you're a lesbian or something? 

Or, say, what if you think that men who can channel need to be gentled, but you actually like other men quite a lot, and would enjoy a Warder?

I would pick Green because they seem to be the nicest people (maybe Brown/Blue too?) but they seem to not have much to do. 

Or, say, what if you think that men who can channel need to be gentled, but you actually like other men quite a lot, and would enjoy a Warder?

I feel like this is one of the most weird and out of the blue parts of the series. 

Yes I know Aviendha and Elayne were doing the weaving, and set the Warder bond around Min and Rand. But as far as I know, this is the only time a non-channeler has been able to have a Warder, and the only time someone has been able to create a Warder bond between two people that aren't themselves.

Did anyone else find this moment weird? How exactly did it work? Was this kind of bond ever mentioned as possible anywhere else in the series? 

Hi all, long time creeper, first time poster...

I started reading the series around the time The Path of Daggers came out. I loved it despite what I now realize was very bad ADHD that made me skip over much of the description and therefore the intrigue. So yeah, I had some trouble from about A Crown of Swords on, and missed a lot of details in the previous books as well. I also guess I didn't have faith that every sentence was put in there for a reason... but now I do. I've re-read various books in the series multiple times and am currently re-reading from start to finish. I am on my absolute favourite in the series, The Shadow Rising. In fact, I just finish the best two chapters, "The Way of the Spear" and "The Dedicated." Chills down spine! 

Reading posts on Dragonmount and Leigh Butler's reread over the years has helped me understand just how amazing Robert Jordan was at crafting this series. It also helped me understand what he was trying to do with gender, as I was constantly pissed off reading the series back in the day for many reasons that I probably shouldn't get into on my first post. Nonetheless I loved so many of the characters, and there are so many astoundingly creative parts of the series that I don't think any fantasy series could ever compare.  

Learning that Robert Jordan fought in Vietnam really added a massive amount of understanding to this series. It's odd because Jordan, from what I've read in interviews, always seemed like a very confident and rather unburdened-by-self-doubt kind of person, so I never understood how he wrote about that, and about PTSD, so well.

My favourite characters are, in no particular order, Mat, Nynaeve, Rand, Moiraine, Aviendha, Siuan, and ... Elayne, for some reason? Sorry. I dunno how to explain myself. I liked Loial a lot too before he became super background character. But what I like about the series is how much of a fantastically large and interesting cast it has in general. However, I did find that most people I know in real life are nicer and more trusting than the people in this series. 

I was one of the people that was sorely disappointed by A Memory of Light, but that's for another thread.

Anyway! The series will stick with me forever, so that's why I am hoping to find people who still want to talk about it while I do my re-read. 

Hoping to get to know you all!