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seaborgium posted:That I could live with, but I let out a loud "MOTHERFUCKER" when it happened. Yea, me too. Although, after making that post I just realized that He died on a horn. My shitpost has at least a modicum amount of tangible evidence! pik_d posted:The big distinction is that Perrin's visions are of the past while Min's are in the future, but it does make sense that they'd reflect each other, especially in a visual medium. I'm also convinced this is the shows way of combining the Wolfbrother stuff with sniffer stuff. There's no real need for both things when you can't have 2,800 named characters. It can easily tie into tel'aran'rhiod through the wolves still. Min is seeing how the pattern plays out. Perrin is seeing reflections of what already happened through the dream world. That's my guess anyway.
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Give Perrin more poo poo why not. Dude had zero character development in S1 besides being mopey and scowling.
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Sep 1, 2023 20:40
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Haven’t watched yet. Do the Seanchan have Texas accents or not?
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RandolphCarter posted:Haven’t watched yet. Do the Seanchan have Texas accents or not? Hell yes they do
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pik_d posted:Hell yes they do Awesome. Will try to watch tonight.
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pik_d posted:The big distinction is that Perrin's visions are of the past while Min's are in the future, but it does make sense that they'd reflect each other, especially in a visual medium. I'm also convinced this is the shows way of combining the Wolfbrother stuff with sniffer stuff. There's no real need for both things when you can't have 2,800 named characters. I hadn't put any thought into it until reading this but now I'm thinking of all the ways they could try to visualize Perrin smelling something on a TV show and they're all hilarious, so thank you
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Sep 1, 2023 20:52
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Chomposaur posted:I hadn't put any thought into it until reading this but now I'm thinking of all the ways they could try to visualize Perrin smelling something on a TV show and they're all hilarious, so thank you Perrin smells Faile, a little red angry devil Faile pops up over her shoulder for a split second, before a calm and serene angel Faile shows up instead, but it's wearing bondage gear
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Sep 1, 2023 20:55
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Data Graham posted:I'm a little iffy on the flies/dinnertable scene. It's iconic and obviously they wanted to make sure to make it a centerpiece of that episode, but I feel like the execution ended up being a little generic. Like oh so he saw what went on here in a ghostly vision, like at the scene of the massacre earlier? And just like Min saw around Mat I guess? Are those the same kind of thing? Okay
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OK wait I'm on episode 3 and the QUEEN of Cairhien?? I'm done throw it in the trash < >
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:OK wait I'm on episode 3 and the QUEEN of Cairhien?? I'm done throw it in the trash < Thom had already been and gone
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Sep 1, 2023 21:11
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LIandrin Theory. We're going to see her turn to the shadow in the show. She's going to be severely punished for almost killing Nyneave, and a Black Ajah member is going to reach out to her and basically say "Hey, we can get you out of this punishment, we just need you to get Nyneave and Egwene to Falme" and she's going to agree.
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CainFortea posted:LIandrin Theory. I don’t buy that. We have her either playing Aes Sedai games with the oaths or blatantly on-screen lying about the Mat Cauthon letters. And if it’s the former, the show needs to point out specifically that she didn’t technically lie. What happened was obvious enough that even non-book-readers picked up on it, so if she isn’t already dark it’s a writing misstep.
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Sep 1, 2023 21:20
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Also holy poo poo Liandrin's evisceration of Mat. That actually hit me personally a bit lol
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:OK wait I'm on episode 3 and the QUEEN of Cairhien?? I'm done throw it in the trash < I predicted this at the end of season 1. Cairhien and Caemlyn just merged into one city for the show, all plots between the two remixed together. It makes a lot of sense, production-wise, and when you sit down to do the bookkeeping, it doesn't really require that much major changes to the story, especialy considering how wildly divergent from the books they've already shown themselves willing to be in other areas. Edit: It wouldn't shock me if they also merge Illian and Tear.
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I'll need to watch it again, but it looked like the Great Serpent ring seen under the table in the opening had a really dark stone, and when Liandrin is palming the bottle of herbs her ring looks to have the same dark stone. I could be wrong, but add that to her ranting to Nynaeve about all the power she could wield and, well.
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St0rmD posted:I predicted this at the end of season 1. Cairhien and Caemlyn just merged into one city for the show, all plots between the two remixed together. It makes a lot of sense, production-wise, and when you sit down to do the bookkeeping, it doesn't really require that much major changes to the story, especialy considering how wildly divergent from the books they've already shown themselves willing to be in other areas. these episodes have a new main character constantly telling us about how she's from Caemlyn and specifically establishing its relationship to the Two Rivers. meanwhile Rand is doing wholly separate things in Cairhien, which they went out of their way to show us is all about political scheme and great house competition. how are they merged
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Grundulum posted:I don’t buy that. We have her either playing Aes Sedai games with the oaths or blatantly on-screen lying about the Mat Cauthon letters. And if it’s the former, the show needs to point out specifically that she didn’t technically lie. What happened was obvious enough that even non-book-readers picked up on it, so if she isn’t already dark it’s a writing misstep. At around the same time we have Verin on screen saying "We both know there are loopholes around the oaths" so if someone's not picking up that playing aes sedai gently caress gently caress word games is on the table, that's on them.
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St0rmD posted:I predicted this at the end of season 1. Cairhien and Caemlyn just merged into one city for the show, all plots between the two remixed together. I believe both cities have been explicitly mentioned by name as of the end of episode three. Cairhien, of course, has also appeared visually.
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Sep 1, 2023 21:31
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Also where was Verin/Adeleas's house shot? The scenery was stunning. They've had a good variety of architecture and landscape so far.
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Health Services posted:Also where was Verin/Adeleas's house shot? The scenery was stunning. Puglia, Italy
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Health Services posted:Also where was Verin
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Very happy another false dragon was mentioned. That is a book change they would not work. They need both false dragons.
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Grundulum posted:I believe both cities have been explicitly mentioned by name as of the end of episode three. Cairhien, of course, has also appeared visually. Yeah, Elayne went to pains to point out that she's the princess of Caemlyn (and that Andor is the most powerful nation and that Egwene is technically her subject). Not a lot of elision of place-names going on, honestly.
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The first season also called out Tear specifically for Siuan and an Illianer called-as-such early in season 2, right? Characters merge, places no.
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Chomposaur posted:Also holy poo poo Liandrin's evisceration of Mat. That actually hit me personally a bit lol It's ok because we all know she's wrong and Mat is a hero and brave and strong and my friend
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I really liked it. They fuckin got me with Nynaeve's 3rd trial ending early. I still don't like Perrin's actor, I dunno. Unless he's a genius and setting himself up as the Jon Snow of the show who can't close his mouth, and sympathetic dumbass for the Battle of the Emond's Field
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Barreft posted:I really liked it. They fuckin got me with Nynaeve's 3rd trial ending early. Well, the books did kind of establish "everyone thinks Perrin is a big meathead" as a big part of his character before the return to Emond's Field, and apparently that includes the audience in the show. Full disclosure, I found all of Perrin's chapters to be the most tedious, until Sanderson took over. I do have some doubts that the guy they cast is going to be able to live up to the character that Perrin becomes, though.
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Perrin had some good moments through the return to Two Rivers and then dropped off a cliff until Sanderson took over
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Data Graham posted:Yeah, Elayne went to pains to point out that she's the princess of Caemlyn (and that Andor is the most powerful nation and that Egwene is technically her subject). That part was pretty funny, Egwene looked pretty confused about "There's a queen for the Two Rivers?" I thought they should have played that up a bit.
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seaborgium posted:That part was pretty funny, Egwene looked pretty confused about "There's a queen for the Two Rivers?" I thought they should have played that up a bit. Elayne seemed *very* stoked to meet someone who didn't know who she was.
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Barreft posted:I really liked it. They fuckin got me with Nynaeve's 3rd trial ending early. same here, all the weird fast forwarded fragmentary imagery and the memory loss made it seem like they were going in some very different direction. got me!
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Yup, things have diverged from the book so much that I 100% thought she walked out until Lan showed up. I'm going to have to go back and rewatch because I binged all three and zoned out a bit in places. I absolutely love what they're doing with Liandrian and I have no idea if she's a darkfriend or not. As others have already said, there are plenty of loopholes in what she told matt.
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One thing that kind bugged me is the idea that Nynaeve is ten times as strong as Egwene. It just seems like messing up the world building for some manufactured jealousy drama.
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Nion posted:One thing that kind bugged me is the idea that Nynaeve is ten times as strong as Egwene. It just seems like messing up the world building for some manufactured jealousy drama. This is more or less book accurate, though I don't think the exact number 10 appeared in text.
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Nion posted:One thing that kind bugged me is the idea that Nynaeve is ten times as strong as Egwene. It just seems like messing up the world building for some manufactured jealousy drama. Manufactured jealousy drama? In my Amazon Prime presents Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time? Well, I never! That makes no fewer than three instances, after the Laila/Egwene/Perrin love triangle thing from S1E1, the Perrin/Rand/Egwene love triangle thing from S1E7, and now the Nynaeve/Egwene thing from S2.
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Also Holy gently caress the TV show is HORNY Just constantly sex
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Also Holy gently caress the TV show is HORNY RJ would approve.
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Grundulum posted:Manufactured jealousy drama? In my Amazon Prime presents Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time? Well, I never! That makes no fewer than three instances, after the Laila/Egwene/Perrin love triangle thing from S1E1, the Perrin/Rand/Egwene love triangle thing from S1E7, and now the Nynaeve/Egwene thing from S2. What love triangles?
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Loel posted:Not enough spanking The "You'll get switched on your shoulders" is something that would have made him frown...well, maybe. All of the threesomes and Alanna's horniness getting cranked up to 11? Lots of hot middle aged and older women? You know he'd love that.
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