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Jeff Yang
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Okay folks #WheelOfTime has set the absolute standard for how epic fantasy should be cast, a world where magic exists should have even more diversity than ours not less

@WoTonPrime @danielhenney @Marcus_Rudda #ZoeRobins @tigermadden
I read the #WheelofTime books very begrudgingly (i think i threw one across the room after the fifth skirt smoothing in a single chapter) but I will watch the heck out of this series especially since they’re still casting and the trend is so good
(A word though, some darker complected heroes would be nice, @WoTonPrime—colorism in epic fantasy is as ugly as racial erasure)
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