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Hexel posted:They need something for Moiraine to do is season 2 so... ChubbyChecker posted:maybe her sister will be a darkfriend A darkfein would be more interesting. In a story that already has a shitload of characters, they are going to create even more? I wish they'd focus on fleshing out the existing ones. I don't need to see 6 different storylines in a 55 minute episode.
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I'd hazard a guess this character will replace the head of House Damodred that Rand meets with in Cairhien, hid name escapes me right now. Barthanes?
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Jun 27, 2023 23:18
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they need to create new plot for Moiraine, because Pike is a huge name and they can't have her do nothing for half a season.
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Jun 27, 2023 23:18
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Sure, I get that. Have her story interweave with existing characters, so the main ones can get better fleshed out.
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Jun 27, 2023 23:21
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It's completely fine and often necessary to invent new characters in adaptations. Kind of like in S1 the darkfriend girl was a new character, because you don't have time in a TV show to have four different darkfriends in four different villages. Instead you compress them into one character that tries to hit multiple plot/theme points at once. Whether main characters get enough development and screen time is a completely unrelated matter.
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Jun 27, 2023 23:40
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they could do that, but then they'd have to torpedo one of the biggest themes of books 2 and 3, which is "Rand goes off without Moiraine". *shrug*
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Jun 27, 2023 23:40
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I wonder if in the season after Moraine's "death" we will get some scenes with her in captivity.
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Jun 28, 2023 23:29
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Speaking of captivity, does Ran hang dong in book 2?
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Jun 28, 2023 23:55
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Not on screen but yeah, the mixed baths and such
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Jun 29, 2023 00:03
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You don't remember the three pages of description of Rand's hog?
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Jun 29, 2023 18:44
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JOHN SKELETON posted:You don't remember the three pages of description of Rand's hog? Must have been drowned out by everyone talking about Randy’s taint all the time.
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Jun 29, 2023 18:54
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Someone post the Aes Sedai boob ritual but if it was men, you know the one.
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Jun 29, 2023 20:21
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I think the Aiel flashback chapters in TSR are some of my favorite passages to read, ever. Definitely in fantasy anyway.
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Jun 29, 2023 22:04
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Shageletic posted:I think the Aiel flashback chapters in TSR are some of my favorite passages to read, ever. Definitely in fantasy anyway. the flashbacks were the best thing that jordan ever wrote the flashforward was good too, was it jordan's?
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Jun 29, 2023 22:19
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All the alt dimension stuff is really good. I’ll lump the travel stones where he meets Lanfear in there too.
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Jun 30, 2023 00:54
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And, of course, flicker.
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Jun 30, 2023 00:57
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All his little short stories are great. I love the one on the tower as the mass invasion begins.
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Jun 30, 2023 01:31
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ChubbyChecker posted:the flashbacks were the best thing that jordan ever wrote I'm pretty sure the flash forward was Sanderson. e: Yeah it was him. "Aviendha's trip through the glass pillars was the most audacious thing I believe I pitched at Team Jordan, and was one of the things about which they were the most skeptical. Perrin's balance between action and inaction risked having him descend into passiveness." "When asked about Aviendha’s second trip through the pillars in Rhuidean, Brandon said that he pitched that sequence. He related that Team Jordan was initially reluctant, but once he actually wrote a draft of the scene, they loved it. He said that he is most proud of that chapter."
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Shageletic posted:I think the Aiel flashback chapters in TSR are some of my favorite passages to read, ever. Definitely in fantasy anyway. They are legitimate masterpieces. They make SO MUCH SENSE on how the Aiel became a warrior culture from a people sworn to never do violence. The scenes are great, and heartbreaking. And also do so much to flesh out the history of the world between the Breaking and the "current" time. Just amazing writing, and proof why fantasy and sci-fi don't belong in some ghetto, distinct from "real" literature.
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Torrannor posted:They are legitimate masterpieces. They make SO MUCH SENSE on how the Aiel became a warrior culture from a people sworn to never do violence. The scenes are great, and heartbreaking. And also do so much to flesh out the history of the world between the Breaking and the "current" time. Just amazing writing, and proof why fantasy and sci-fi don't belong in some ghetto, distinct from "real" literature. And it explained them without an info dump but just this traumatic line of narrative where you see child and grandchild being irrevocably affected by the pain of their parents. It's so subtle, from the constant rejoicing of whatever time period they are in as being the only one that exists, to moral decisions being battled by competing notions of duty and responsibility...ah so good. It also literally pays off 4 books worth of suggested backhostory and vague allusions and intriguing side characters , and gently caress And I have no idea how you can do it justice outside of a book.
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Jun 30, 2023 13:41
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Double denim is back in style as of now https://twitter.com/GradeKangusBeef/status/1674780363636486144
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Jun 30, 2023 16:02
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Who is she? What character?
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Jun 30, 2023 19:38
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Who is she? What character? That's Ceara Coveney who is playing Elayne, Princess of the jrapless jodice \/ she's already confirmed for Elayne
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Who is she? What character? Possibly Elayne but no telling for sure. If they're on the path of creating new characters for the show then she could be Sherrin, half-sister of Perrin.
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Jun 30, 2023 19:44
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Poor Sherrin, fell on a pair of shears
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Shageletic posted:And it explained them without an info dump but just this traumatic line of narrative where you see child and grandchild being irrevocably affected by the pain of their parents. It's so subtle, from the constant rejoicing of whatever time period they are in as being the only one that exists, to moral decisions being battled by competing notions of duty and responsibility...ah so good. It also literally pays off 4 books worth of suggested backhostory and vague allusions and intriguing side characters , and gently caress It really is a great example of how intergenerational trauma builds on itself until you have a culture where folks would rather kill themselves than accept the truth of their past. Didn't get to see that a lot (ever?) in the fantasy of that era.
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Jul 1, 2023 19:39
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Just finished the Rosamund Pike Great Hunt. Since she is doing a Texas accent for Seanchan, that makes me almost certain we get it in the show too.
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Mage_Boy posted:Just finished the Rosamund Pike Great Hunt. Since she is doing a Texas accent for Seanchan, that makes me almost certain we get it in the show too.  please let it happen
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Jul 5, 2023 13:26
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Here's something amusing. I purchased The Shadow Rising and the colored map at the front of the book is upside-down. 
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OhFunny posted:Here's something amusing. I purchased The Shadow Rising and the colored map at the front of the book is upside-down. Obviously the Lord of Chaos got to your copy before you; that, or it's simply the view from the Land of Madmen.
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Jul 10, 2023 10:56
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*map comes to life and starts attacking you with sextants and astrolabes*
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Jul 10, 2023 11:12
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Is there an arrow in the middle of the map with the caption "here be dragons?"
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I forget was the WoT map one of the more funny versions of fantasy writers don't know geography thing (the way rivers and mountains are places on a map)? It kinda made sense to me with most of the rivers originating from mountains but Randlans does kinda look like a very fat belly
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Shageletic posted:I forget was the WoT map one of the more funny versions of fantasy writers don't know geography thing (the way rivers and mountains are places on a map)? So like the Buddha angreal eh?
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Jul 10, 2023 15:39
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I imagine WoT geography has some license to be weird considering that a lot of it is essentially the result of an apocalypse instead of natural forces.
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Also Jordan didn't want to have a map. And just drew some garbage on a legal pad when he finally gave in to pressure
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CainFortea posted:Also Jordan didn't want to have a map. And just drew some garbage on a legal pad when he finally gave in to pressure I don't think Jordan drew the original map(s) himself. He gave direction to an artist I think. The various "errors" in the WoT maps, such as mountain ranges going down into the sea along the Blight edge, are apparently deliberate and intended to be signs and vestiges of the Breaking.
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Jul 10, 2023 16:03
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It's pretty funny that so much of the story takes place in the Waste and all the maps cut off there
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Jul 10, 2023 16:05
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No one had maps of the waste for the most part! Checks out.
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We're getting an anime? https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wheel-of-time-is-getting-an-animated-prequel-film-called-the-white-tower quote:The Wheel of Time Is Getting an Animated Prequel Film Called The White Tower
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