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Robert Jordan’s author picture in the paperbacks I read has him wearing a dumb hat that matches his description of Mat’s, make of that what you will
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Soul Glo posted:Robert Jordan’s author picture in the paperbacks I read has him wearing a dumb hat that matches his description of Mat’s, make of that what you will lol post it
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Nov 26, 2023 16:32
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it's this so, very likely to be an self-insert into the story lol
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Nov 26, 2023 17:47
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I'd pay a gold mark for a hat like that
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Nov 26, 2023 17:54
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Soul Glo posted:it's this m'veren
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Nov 26, 2023 18:15
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I'd pay a gold mark for a hat like that You won't get that deal twice
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Nov 26, 2023 18:26
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Soul Glo posted:it's this He was also a pretty tall dude, somewhere close to 6'3" I think. He then went on to make Rand and Perrin super loving tall, and while Mat isn't quite there he's certainly no shorty.
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Nov 26, 2023 18:58
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ChubbyChecker posted:m'veren 
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Nov 26, 2023 19:01
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I would have picked a nicer wall.
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Nov 26, 2023 21:12
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Soul Glo posted:it's this Officially his self insert was the library ter'angreal that the wondergirls recovered in Ebou Dar
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Nov 26, 2023 21:33
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ChubbyChecker posted:m'veren
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Nov 27, 2023 02:13
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Man it's a shame that so much of the Last Battle hinges on fighting a slavering monolithic horde that literally breeds to get its number up. Iirc Tolkien regretted that he made the orcs that way. It's just makes the battles so much flatter.
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Nov 27, 2023 02:15
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NeurosisHead posted:Officially his self insert was the library ter'angreal that the wondergirls recovered in Ebou Dar Also Loial/Thom. Shageletic posted:Man it's a shame that so much of the Last Battle hinges on fighting a slavering monolithic horde that literally breeds to get its number up. Iirc Tolkien regretted that he made the orcs that way. It's just makes the battles so much flatter. I really wish we would have been able to get the post-series book that he had an idea of that was Mat in Seanchan basically ending their system of slavery. All that was written down was like, two sentences so it'll never happen.
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Nov 27, 2023 02:47
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Soul Glo posted:it's this There's a neat little detail in I think it's 2x01 where Rand is entering the Foregate of Cairhien for the first time (that we see, anyway). Coming up behind him in the distance just out of focus but right in the center of the shot is a dude on a horse who's wearing Jordan's hat, jacket and beard style.
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Nov 27, 2023 05:18
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Shageletic posted:Man it's a shame that so much of the Last Battle hinges on fighting a slavering monolithic horde that literally breeds to get its number up. Iirc Tolkien regretted that he made the orcs that way. It's just makes the battles so much flatter. Wistfully remembering Narg and wondering if the Trollocs were supposed to have more individuality and personality before Jordan sort of figured out where he was going with things.
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Nov 27, 2023 07:43
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RembrandtQEinstein posted:Also Loial/Thom.
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Nov 27, 2023 12:29
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JOHN SKELETON posted:I wouldn't mind some new author trying to write that one and being released "officially". If it sucks I can just ignore it, and if it doesn't suck, then good! eh imo dead people's works should be left in peace. finishing wot was kinda borderline case, because the og author had written scripts on how it should end and wanted someone to finish it
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Nov 27, 2023 12:36
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Kevin J Anderson did such a fine job with Dune he should get to do it. *runs away*
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Nov 27, 2023 12:40
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His Divine Shadow posted:Kevin J Anderson did such a fine job with Dune he should get to do it. even frank couldn't write a good sequel to dune
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ChubbyChecker posted:m'veren I'm still laughing at this.
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ChubbyChecker posted:eh I don't think I would call it borderline. He prepared speficially so someone could finish it due to knowing he was dying. It was his explicit will. I would say that only extends to finish through the last battle though and not the outrigger novels that had no notes for them.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Kevin J Anderson did such a fine job with Dune he should get to do it. *Paulo chases*
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Nov 27, 2023 23:19
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ChubbyChecker posted:m'veren Oh goddammit pik_d posted:He was also a pretty tall dude, somewhere close to 6'3" I think. He then went on to make Rand and Perrin super loving tall, and while Mat isn't quite there he's certainly no shorty. I'm 6'3" and he was taller than I am, about 6'5" I'd guess, and broad also (that photo with the hat is post-diagnosis I think and he'd lost a lot of weight). At one point he decided to buy a porsche (I think he'd always wanted one) and they had a big problem finding one that he could fit into. They ended up measuring all around him and finding one with like an inch of clearance each way. I saw him zipping around Charleston in it once. RembrandtQEinstein posted:Also Loial/Thom. I think most of the male characters were some aspect of his personality but Thom and Loial were the closest direct matches at least as I knew him, Thom especially -- Thom the public persona and Loial the more rarely seen private. Thom even had his same limp which I'm sure was deliberate. His Divine Shadow posted:Kevin J Anderson did such a fine job with Dune he should get to do it. Y'all don't know how lucky we are. No joke. I literally heard Tom Doherty (the founder of Tor Books)float this ("Kevin Anderson did a great job with the Dune books") at the reception following Jordan's funeral. Everyone standing around just sort of grimaced. Calenth fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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Pretty major casting news here in terms of role and recognizable actor. https://www.wotseries.com/2023/11/28/olivia-williams-joins-amazon-wheel-of-time/ Seems weird that they would do this splashy casting without some sense they’d get another season but 
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ChubbyChecker posted:m'veren Ugh, fine, I’ll say it. I don’t get it. Ta’veren but…?
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latinotwink1997 posted:Ugh, fine, I’ll say it. I don’t get it. Imagine this dude saying it. 
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Nov 28, 2023 18:53
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I lol'd when Owl House namechecked that meme
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buffalo all day posted:Pretty major casting news here in terms of role and recognizable actor. Hell yeah, Olivia Williams rules
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Nov 28, 2023 20:40
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buffalo all day posted:Pretty major casting news here in terms of role and recognizable actor. What should I know her from? I looked her up on IMDb, and while she has a ton of credits, the only one I know her from is Bruce Willis' wife from The Sixth Sense 24 years ago. And she was in The Crown as Camilla which I didn't watch but fine. Even so, I don't think it's all that major. This is probably a "me" problem. What big thing am I missing? She's probably huge in England and I just don't know. edit: Oh, Rushmore, which is cool, but I haven't watched in ages. And X-Men 3 as Moira, which...eh. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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Nov 28, 2023 20:54
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I'm in England and although I recognise her face I can't think of anything I have seen her in.
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thrawn527 posted:What should I know her from? I looked her up on IMDb, and while she has a ton of credits, the only one I know her from is Bruce Willis' wife from The Sixth Sense 24 years ago. And she was in The Crown as Camilla which I didn't watch but fine. Even so, I don't think it's all that major. This is probably a "me" problem. What big thing am I missing?
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Nov 28, 2023 22:28
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I saw the movie where she was Eleanor Roosevelt against Bill Murray playing FDR. It wasn't very good. Anyway it's cool how all these actresses of a certain age get a bunch of Bezos money through this show.
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Nov 28, 2023 22:34
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She's in Rushmore, and really great in Counterpoint.
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Nov 28, 2023 22:36
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I knew WoT fans were sick freaks but the number of people itt who haven’t seen Rushmore…
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She was great in Dollhouse
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I haven't seen any of the mentioned films so far.
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Nov 28, 2023 23:25
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Dysgenesis posted:I haven't seen any of the mentioned films so far. Wait, all other things aside, you haven't seen The Sixth Sense? Fascinating. I figured that was one of those, "Everyone saw it" movies.
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I've seen none of those except a little bit of Dollhouse which was very Whedon in a bad way. Sixth Sense is one of those "everyone has seen or knows the ending" movies, not just the first half of that statement.
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buffalo all day posted:Pretty major casting news here in terms of role and recognizable actor. So this is the royal family of andor then 
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Just got to the part where Mat gets control over the battlefields in MoL. gently caress it sucks to tear myself away from it rn. So many events are happening so quickly but it's so good too.
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