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Jedit posted:We've already seen male channellers hallucinating companions twice - the unnamed guy in the cold open and Logain. It would be interesting if they marked Rand's descent into madness the same way, wrestling with an increasingly less shadowy Lews Therin. It even creates a simple visual metaphor for when Rand accepts that he is Lews Therin and the two of them integrate. Logain's hallucination was supposed to be a bit more developed. Nobody knows why this poor woman was dropped in favor of the taint puppets. 
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Feb 7, 2022 22:46
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Aviendha and Elayne just went through the first-sister ceremony. Did they really experience a rebirth via Amys or was that some kinda spiritual bullshit?
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Feb 7, 2022 23:34
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Hexel posted:Logain's hallucination was supposed to be a bit more developed. Nobody knows why this poor woman was dropped in favor of the taint puppets. That dudes eyes are loving haunting.
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Feb 7, 2022 23:43
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I just realized this dude at Rand’s academy in Cairhien is building a locomotive. He got a Nikolai Tesla here too making lightning in a jar. Did Aviendha’s future visions see any of this advanced poo poo or was it all bleak stuff? I seem to recall it being Seanchan focused..
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Feb 8, 2022 02:06
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It was advanced but the Aiel went the way of the Native American. Actually worse, really, the Seanchan all but completely wiped them out.
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Feb 8, 2022 02:12
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Hexel posted:I just realized this dude at Rand’s academy in Cairhien is building a locomotive. He got a Nikolai Tesla here too making lightning in a jar. It comes up later in the series instead.
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Feb 8, 2022 02:20
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Hexel posted:I just realized this dude at Rand’s academy in Cairhien is building a locomotive. He got a Nikolai Tesla here too making lightning in a jar. In Avi's vision the Seanchan definitely have some form of rifles, it was all pretty bleak though since it was from the losing side's perspective
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Feb 8, 2022 02:28
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there was also was what was pretty clearly a car/truck of some sort
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Feb 8, 2022 02:31
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:It was advanced but the Aiel went the way of the Native American. Actually worse, really, the Seanchan all but completely wiped them out. Fortunately they figured out a role for the Aiel and that future was averted.
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Feb 8, 2022 02:32
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Regarding the sickness that Rand starts having and dizziness and poo poo when seizing saidin: is that from crossing the streams with Moridin? “He turned toward the window, to fetch the leather scrip, and a wave of dizziness hit him. Knees turning to water, he stumbled. A shimmering face he could not make out flashed through his head. With an effort, he caught himself, forced his legs straight. And the whirling sensation vanished. Lews Therin panted hoarsely in the shadows. Could the face be his?”
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Feb 8, 2022 02:39
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Hexel posted:I just realized this dude at Rand’s academy in Cairhien is building a locomotive. He got a Nikolai Tesla here too making lightning in a jar. Now we can do the argument about which age we are in now and which Forsaken Trump and Biden are.
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Feb 8, 2022 02:54
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Hexel posted:Regarding the sickness that Rand starts having and dizziness and poo poo when seizing saidin: is that from crossing the streams with Moridin? Yeah, that or its an early portent of the visions he/Mat/Perrin start sharing when they think of each other.
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Feb 8, 2022 03:00
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Hexel posted:I just realized this dude at Rand’s academy in Cairhien is building a locomotive. He got a Nikolai Tesla here too making lightning in a jar. That part was pretty funny in general, just a couple solid pages of "The inventor insisted this printing press was a vast improvement over existing designs; Rand had no loving clue about printing presses, so he just smiled and nodded. Then some other mad scientist's machine caught fire, and"
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Feb 8, 2022 03:07
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The Seanchan in avis visions were called lightbringers and had what were clearly electric lights
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Feb 8, 2022 03:10
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Barreft posted:oh god you just pinged my brain. that was so drat sad. Just got to this part in my reread and it was gut wrenching. If the show gets this far, they have to include this scene
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Feb 8, 2022 03:34
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Killer robot posted:That part was pretty funny in general, just a couple solid pages of "The inventor insisted this printing press was a vast improvement over existing designs; Rand had no loving clue about printing presses, so he just smiled and nodded. Then some other mad scientist's machine caught fire, and" For all his faults, Rand really understands leadership ever since his trek through the portal stones with Hurin and Loial. Put on the face people expect, be the thing they need even as it kills you inside
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Feb 8, 2022 04:04
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DarkHorse posted:For all his faults, Rand really understands leadership ever since his trek through the portal stones with Hurin and Loial. Put on the face people expect, be the thing they need even as it kills you inside Alternatively, M - do the things they need even as you tell them you really really don’t want to be doing it P - sit in contemplation, suddenly stand and explain the solution, leave
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Feb 8, 2022 04:36
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DarkHorse posted:For all his faults, Rand really understands leadership ever since his trek through the portal stones with Hurin and Loial. Put on the face people expect, be the thing they need even as it kills you inside I think it's more that Rand's just happy to see that they are creating things. He doesn't really care what they're making. He knows how much destruction he has caused already and will cause in the future, and he's just happy to know that the academy is a positive mark he has made on the world. That he is, in some way, responsible for making things as well as breaking things.
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Feb 8, 2022 04:55
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Killer robot posted:That part was pretty funny in general, just a couple solid pages of "The inventor insisted this printing press was a vast improvement over existing designs; Rand had no loving clue about printing presses, so he just smiled and nodded. Then some other mad scientist's machine caught fire, and" I think that's the same part where there's some new farming tech and he gets really excited about it and wants to check out the planting techniques but something comes up and he has to leave. I forget exactly when that happens but it struck me as this really weirdly wholesome moment in between Deep Pain and WTF Are These Nerds Doing With Steam
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Feb 8, 2022 04:55
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Thank you RJ, for letting us know that Elayne and Birgitte’s periods synced up because of the warder bond
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Feb 8, 2022 05:13
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Hexel posted:Logain's hallucination was supposed to be a bit more developed. Nobody knows why this poor woman was dropped in favor of the taint puppets. That’s a drat shame, she looks cool as hell.
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Feb 8, 2022 06:21
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I'm genuinely looking forward to getting to those bits in the reread where Rand's overconfidence and dumb actions catch up to him because on my first time through I kept being absolutely put off by all these scenes of this 18 year old kid suddenly being an expert in naval warfare and farming and international politics and also a master ninja and whole nations just slobbering over his every pronouncement like he's fuckin Kim Jong-Un
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Feb 8, 2022 12:20
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Data Graham posted:I'm genuinely looking forward to getting to those bits in the reread where Rand's overconfidence and dumb actions catch up to him because on my first time through I kept being absolutely put off by all these scenes of this 18 year old kid suddenly being an expert in naval warfare and farming and international politics and also a master ninja and whole nations just slobbering over his every pronouncement like he's fuckin Kim Jong-Un In TSR as they're traveling through the waste he notes a few times that Moiraine is constantly making info dumps into his brain about this kind of stuff. I never noticed that on my first read through.
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Feb 8, 2022 12:48
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Minor season 2 news: filming took place recently at a chateau in the town of Chlumec nad Cidlinou. The marble main hall was utilized along with some kind of grand marble seat. This looks like Barthanes crib to me.  https://www.wotseries.com/2022/02/07/filming-at-chateau-karlova-koruna-other-updates/
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Feb 8, 2022 14:10
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Hexel posted:In TSR as they're traveling through the waste he notes a few times that Moiraine is constantly making info dumps into his brain about this kind of stuff. Yeah, prior to him leaning on Lews Therin to become the greatest male channeller in the world, Rand is never really presented as being an expert at anything. His insecurities as leader are kind of the point of books 2-5. He knows little of war, which is why he sticks Rhuarc and Bashere in charge of his armies as soon as he has armies. There's the part in TSR where he's lecturing the High Lords on taxation and crop rotation that can come across a little weird on first reading, but what's actually happening there is that the Lords are being deliberately obtuse; they loving know they're squeezing the peasants dry and they're willfully misunderstanding his pronouncements in the hopes that they can go back to the status quo when the Dragon is off in Illian fighting. The only thing Rand's genuinely an expert on in his own right is swordfighting, and that's partly having excellent teachers and partly practice and desperation.
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Feb 8, 2022 14:13
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RandolphCarter posted:That’s a drat shame, she looks cool as hell. It's possible she was meant to be the sister the taint puppets mentioned. Logain was apparently supposed to have a bit of backstory based on these deleted scenes from the amazon x-ray. I believe these scenes are showing his first manifestations of touching the source. He was a minor noble we know from the books and in the bottom left image he appears to be walking and talking with a man and woman but the man is holding and concealing a knife, then in the bottom right image it looks like he uses the one power to defend himself after being attacked with the knife.  Hopefully in some future AMA or interview people will ask Judkins what these scenes were. They're interesting as gently caress to me. Hexel fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Feb 8, 2022 |
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Feb 8, 2022 14:26
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:There's the part in TSR where he's lecturing the High Lords on taxation and crop rotation This is also because "He's been spending a ton of time with Elayne, and they're not fuckin EVERY hour of the day." She explicitly teaches him a bunch of that stuff. Hexel posted:It's possible she was meant to be the sister the taint puppets mentioned. Yeah, Logain's expanded story is one of the best things about the show and I'd be super down to see more of it. maybe in flashbacks?
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Feb 8, 2022 14:28
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Gwaihir posted:Yeah, Logain's expanded story is one of the best things about the show and I'd be super down to see more of it. maybe in flashbacks? It's possible these scenes will eventually make it into the show they seem to have went to a lot of effort with complex and ornate locations. Even the Egwene paint pool scene which featured so heavily in promos.
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Feb 8, 2022 14:36
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Logain's character (and the Black Tower in general) being sidelined really badly is one of my least favorite parts of the books and, while I have my problems with the show, I would be extremely happy to see the show correct that.
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Feb 8, 2022 16:14
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Yeah, prior to him leaning on Lews Therin to become the greatest male channeller in the world, Rand is never really presented as being an expert at anything. His insecurities as leader are kind of the point of books 2-5. He knows little of war, which is why he sticks Rhuarc and Bashere in charge of his armies as soon as he has armies. There's the part in TSR where he's lecturing the High Lords on taxation and crop rotation that can come across a little weird on first reading, but what's actually happening there is that the Lords are being deliberately obtuse; they loving know they're squeezing the peasants dry and they're willfully misunderstanding his pronouncements in the hopes that they can go back to the status quo when the Dragon is off in Illian fighting. He's a farmer/sheep herder too, so crop rotation and stuff like that would be stuff he would likely know.
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Feb 8, 2022 16:38
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Siuan doesn't know much about war or politics or agriculture, but if there's ever a fishing crisis, boy howdy
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Feb 8, 2022 17:04
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Data Graham posted:Siuan doesn't know much about war or politics or agriculture, but if there's ever a fishing crisis, boy howdy All of Randland is a fishing crisis 
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Feb 8, 2022 17:13
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Will Billy Zane be playing Moridin? He better be doing something. He might make a good Demandred.
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Feb 8, 2022 17:18
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seaborgium posted:He better be doing something. He might make a good Demandred. Let him cameo as Belal
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Feb 8, 2022 17:50
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goethe.cx posted:Thank you RJ, for letting us know that Elayne and Birgitte’s periods synced up because of the warder bond What's that you say? An eternal amalgamation of a heroic ideal that resides entirely in the dream world and was ripped directly out of it still menstruates? Sure my man RJ
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Feb 8, 2022 20:00
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Democratic Pirate posted:Alternatively, M - Have so little understanding of yourself that you constantly find yourself doing the exact opposite of what you thought you were doing P - forget that you are a huge loving unit and casually terrify people with the feats of strength you perform while you're distracted trying to solve things delicately
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Feb 8, 2022 22:08
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Josha posted a group photo to his insta today. Nobody we didn’t know about in here but it is the first time we’ve seen Natasha O’Keeffe and Arnas Fedaravičius with the cast. https://twitter.com/geekyeri/status/1491165846789832704?s=21
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Feb 9, 2022 00:17
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Reminded of this in the meme thread and I couldn't help but think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc&t=79s 'Cut off from the True Source, still able to sense its presence, but unable ever again to reach it"
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Speaking of memes: Anytime the cast drops a photo on social media 
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