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pik_d posted:This is like reading Dumai's Wells and going "Hell yeah that's so cool!! Ashaman Kill!!"[/spoiler] It was pretty cool though.
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Nov 20, 2023 14:39
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Dr. Clockwork posted:It was pretty cool though. yeah
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Nov 20, 2023 14:56
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Dr. Clockwork posted:It was pretty cool though. It was a pretty excellent payoff for six books worth of careful edging on the subject of male Aes Sedai and what that would look like, but it was also an amazingly short trip from “Holy poo poo! #smileyface” to “Holy poo poo! #vomitemoji”
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Nov 20, 2023 15:21
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The one power adds dignity to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.
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Nov 20, 2023 16:33
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Invalid Validation posted:I generally fall on the side of liking Sandersons books but all his writing oozes the fact he’s a milquetoast white Mormon boy. This kinda crops up with his writing in regards to Mat in TGS. It gets better but clearly he's never really been in a bar or gambled. ninjoatse.cx posted:I haven't read much Sanderson to judge his writing style, but Jordan is pretty much two dozen threads weaving at once, fueled by dramatic irony of characters just not talking to one another, most of them solved by "this character is exceptional, and just does it". It's still really entertaining. Yeah I do definitely do miss this in the last books so far, Jordan's intricate lyricism. Sanderson is much more straight forward and more modern in speech and Idiom which takes a bit of time to get used to. Jordan is a master and I miss him.
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Nov 20, 2023 17:46
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ChubbyChecker posted:has anyone read this series: I don't even know what it's called.
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Nov 20, 2023 17:49
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ChubbyChecker posted:has anyone read this series: Yes. It’s not great.
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Nov 20, 2023 18:07
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ChubbyChecker posted:has anyone read this series: Did they make Jimmy Fallon bleed because I approve
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Jedit posted:I don't even know what it's called. The Failson Blood
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ChubbyChecker posted:has anyone read this series: I have a copy and flipped through it but I haven't read it. It's not great. There is lots of throbbing. You can see a lot of romance novel thought lines in WoT and I'm sure his eplxperience writing those was why. His Conan novels are pretty good though. You can really see him straining at the limitations of the license.
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Nov 20, 2023 19:42
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Nov 20, 2023 19:57
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Gonna tell my kids this is Mat dancing with Joline while an angry Teslyn after escaping Ebou Dar.
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ChubbyChecker posted:
It's weird the number of WoT covers that just have Rand standing around like a gormless moron, but Fires of Heaven really takes the cake 
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Nov 20, 2023 20:08
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Yes. It’s not great. Hieronymous Alloy posted:I have a copy and flipped through it but I haven't read it. It's not great. There is lots of throbbing. You can see a lot of romance novel thought lines in WoT and I'm sure his eplxperience writing those was why. yeah i kinda thought that it wouldn't be very good i should try to find his conan books, i used to read howard back in the day how was the warrior of altaii?
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Nov 20, 2023 20:12
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nine-gear crow posted:gormless moron Mods, my name, thanks
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Maybe im misremembering but Perrin's battle with the evil Lan is anime af.
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Nov 21, 2023 18:33
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Even down to the storm stopping when Perrin appears It owns
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Nov 21, 2023 19:29
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Should've been more throbbing in WOT tbh
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Hexel posted:Should've been more throbbing in WOT tbh in that turning of the wheel women were only interested in calves
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ChubbyChecker posted:in that turning of the wheel women were only interested in calves birgitte was into butts but she doesn't really count being a hero of the horn and all. Just lots ladies getting fired up at a well turned calf
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Nov 21, 2023 23:55
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It's like how in Victorian times everyone was horny for ankles
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Rarity posted:It's like how in Victorian times everyone was horny for ankles There's a YouTuber whose name I forget and her channel is all about period clothing. She makes it herself and then models it herself, and one time she made an only fans that was all about the scandalous ankle shot. And she would post pictures and videos wearing the same kind of clothing showing off ankles
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CainFortea posted:There's a YouTuber whose name I forget and her channel is all about period clothing. She makes it herself and then models it herself, and one time she made an only fans that was all about the scandalous ankle shot. And she would post pictures and videos wearing the same kind of clothing showing off ankles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSxQHQ_1gX4 She also made the Moiraine dress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLnWlKdxRNA
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CainFortea posted:There's a YouTuber whose name I forget and her channel is all about period clothing. She makes it herself and then models it herself, and one time she made an only fans that was all about the scandalous ankle shot. And she would post pictures and videos wearing the same kind of clothing showing off ankles Interesting…tell me more (*puts a hand over the phone and asks the fbi agent how long until the trace is finished*)
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DTurtle posted:Here you go: Yea, that's it. I'm also unsurprised she was interested in the show costuming. The costuming has been super rad. Edit: Lol she explains part of it in the old tongue. CainFortea fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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CainFortea posted:The costuming has been super rad. I still think about Rand's Abercrombie and Fitch sheepskin jacket
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Nov 22, 2023 18:37
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DTurtle posted:Here you go: subscribed for that naughty ankle content 
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She missed a valuable opportunity to go through the subscriber list and their history and determine the ratio of people in on the joke to actual legitimate perverts.
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withak posted:She missed a valuable opportunity to go through the subscriber list and their history and determine the ratio of people in on the joke to actual legitimate perverts.
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Neuxue Blog posted:Masema thinks the wolves fighting for them is a sign that they should go forth. What are you, Masema, a prophet of some sort? Got a good laugh out of me.
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Zore posted:You'd need more than one Black Ajah because of the way circles work which is only really spelled out fully in the BWBoBA. The big thing is that the rule is you always need more women than men unless you're doing tiny circles of 3-4 people. You can do one woman and two men but any circle of 13 needs a minimum of 7 women. It was explained that Taim could really only do a full scale production line of Turning Ashaman once he had 13 female channelers. It's the same thing as healing being stilled, it's easier/more effective to do it with someone using the opposite power. He could probably get the myrddraal, but giving him 13 Black Ajah would be harder, at least until the Tower was more broken. Even then, they made it sound like exhausting work so depending on the person being turned it might take a couple days or more than 13 to work in shifts.
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seaborgium posted:It was explained that Taim could really only do a full scale production line of Turning Ashaman once he had 13 female channelers. It's the same thing as healing being stilled, it's easier/more effective to do it with someone using the opposite power. He could probably get the myrddraal, but giving him 13 Black Ajah would be harder, at least until the Tower was more broken. Even then, they made it sound like exhausting work so depending on the person being turned it might take a couple days or more than 13 to work in shifts. Yea, Logain spent days getting the treatment and he wasn't done yet and they had to take breaks cause it took a lot of effort.
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lol Memory of Light reads like dispatches from the Civil War. Short descriptions and alot of movements and two page poo poo storms. I like it! Fits Sanderson's writing well. Though I am worried he's not gonna land/has missed opportunities for the people from the outside reacting to momentous/anime thing that Jordan was so good at. Things just keep on chugging on (horribly).
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Shageletic posted:lol Memory of Light reads like dispatches from the Civil War. Short descriptions and alot of movements and two page poo poo storms. I like it! Fits Sanderson's writing well. Though I am worried he's not gonna land/has missed opportunities for the people from the outside reacting to momentous/anime thing that Jordan was so good at. Things just keep on chugging on (horribly). I firmly believe that if RJ had finished it on his own the last battle section wouldn't have been nearly as long as it was. I think that conceptually it's a cool idea to make a Last Battle chapter 9 hours on the audiobook (and like 15k words) so you as a reader feel the exhaustion that the characters feel but... It's definitely a bit much. I know that decision was firmly Sanderson, and it definitely plays more into his style with the quick jumps.
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Still haven't gotten to that chapter (up to page 290). Let's see how it goes. It is interesting to think about how RJ would have written these battle scenes. One great thing about his writing is that each large battle is written differently from each other. All while feeling real and also really doing a good job of telling you what was happening. For one thing, I'm having trouble figuring what the numbers are in these battles so far. Maybe that changes.
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nine-gear crow posted:It's weird the number of WoT covers that just have Rand standing around like a gormless moron, but Fires of Heaven really takes the cake I appreciate how dumb they made Mat's hat look
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Invalid Validation posted:Makes him look like Crocodile Dundee. lol i saw your post only after i clicked the reply button, crocodile dundee was absolutely the model 
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