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CainFortea posted:some book reading mega nerds might speak awkwardly But enough about Something Awful
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IcePhoenix posted:I just figured that's because she assumed he would be too dumb to follow along otherwise (she's right) 
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Sep 18, 2023 07:35
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Rarity posted:more Avi reading off from an Aiel factbook But enough about the book
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Sep 18, 2023 10:54
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The only issue I have with the eidetic memory scene is, what has it to do with what we saw? Did I miss a part where it says that the Brown sister replicated two bits of Sheriam's writing or something? Couldn't you put down the shakiness to the Brown sister in that case? When I saw that scene I assumed that the bits of writing they were examining were actually written by Sheriam and not replicated by the Brown sister but I didn't know why she felt the need to mention her eidetic memory.
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Sep 18, 2023 11:47
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Eighties ZomCom posted:The only issue I have with the eidetic memory scene is, what has it to do with what we saw? Did I miss a part where it says that the Brown sister replicated two bits of Sheriam's writing or something? Couldn't you put down the shakiness to the Brown sister in that case? When I saw that scene I assumed that the bits of writing they were examining were actually written by Sheriam and not replicated by the Brown sister but I didn't know why she felt the need to mention her eidetic memory. Instead, she looked at the various entries made in the book and then drew exact copies of the entries for our trio and other entries. Those copies/extracts drawn from memory are the ones Verin examined.
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Sep 18, 2023 12:06
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But just because the Brown sister has eidetic memory doesn't mean she'll be able to perfectly replicate what she saw? Unless she was using the One Power I guess.
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Sep 18, 2023 12:08
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The browns making copies of books is part of their duties. They are the librarians, researchers and bureaucrats of the tower. How they introduced that sister was very clunky and forced, but I don't think anything they did wasn't in keeping with the books lore.
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Sep 18, 2023 12:33
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Red - theater kids Blue - the cool kids Yellow - the actual cool kids Green - jocks Brown - dorks Gray - debate club White - nerds Black - religious kids
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Sep 18, 2023 13:43
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Rarity posted:Funny that we're talking about clunky dialogue and it's about the Brown Ajah and not that one scene between Perrin and Aviendha that was less a conversation and more Avi reading off from an Aiel factbook There is nothing that Aiel like better than explaining ji'e'toh to nosy wetlanders, despite them supposedly hating wetlanders.
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Sep 18, 2023 14:03
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sweet geek swag posted:There is nothing that Aiel like better than explaining ji'e'toh to nosy wetlanders, despite them supposedly hating wetlanders. Someone was wrong
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Sep 18, 2023 14:43
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ManSedan posted:Red - theater kids Swap red and blue and spot on.
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Sep 18, 2023 14:56
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But the theatre kids are the cool kids
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Sep 18, 2023 15:09
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Red are hall monitors
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Sep 18, 2023 20:14
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How do non book readers feel about the various characters? What sense do you have of Rand, Moraine, Nynaeve, Egwene, Elayne, Perrin, Mat, etc? Are there particular characters you like, dislike, love or hate or love to hate? Or does everyone just feel blah? Who's resonating and who isn't?
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Sep 18, 2023 20:19
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:How do non book readers feel about the various characters? What sense do you have of Rand, Moraine, Nynaeve, Egwene, Elayne, Perrin, Mat, etc? Are there particular characters you like, dislike, love or hate or love to hate? Or does everyone just feel blah? Who's resonating and who isn't? I'm working through the show with someone who went in completely blind with no knowledge of anything regarding the series and we're on 2x03 right now and every character seems like they're hitting the mark with him. Any time anyone comes on screen he can instantly just crack a joke that's completely relevant to whoever's on screen at that time's characterization and arc, and after were we done with 2x02 he installed called Selene as being Lanfear, albeit not in those exact words or context because he currently doesn't know about Lanfear, but we're getting there. But he said immediately, "This lady is from the previous era and she's banging Rand because she's got unfinished business with Lews Therin and this is as close as she's gonna get."
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Sep 18, 2023 20:44
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How was Jordan allowed to get away with naming someone with the title daughter of the night Selene.
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ManSedan posted:Red - theater kids Green - bastketball Yellow - volleyball Blue - soccer Brown - band Gray - track White - tennis Black - color guard Red - field hockey
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Sep 19, 2023 02:10
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i say swears online posted:Green - bastketball Green - Motley Crue Yellow - Queen Blue - Rage Against the Machine Brown - Rush White - Tool Black - Rammstein Red - Pussy Riot
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Sep 19, 2023 03:37
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blue be like "hey, we're those that work forces"
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Sep 19, 2023 04:29
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i say swears online posted:blue be like "hey, we're those that work forces" Yeah, but the Reds are those who burn crosses.
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Sep 19, 2023 04:36
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Flowing Thot posted:How was Jordan allowed to get away with naming someone with the title daughter of the night Selene. The Wheel turns endlessly and Randland exists in our past, or our future.
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Sep 19, 2023 05:16
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Flowing Thot posted:How was Jordan allowed to get away with naming someone with the title daughter of the night Selene. Jordan often has a yolo-esque approach to such things see also naming loial literally "loyal" Or having Lan(celot) and *two* Merlins show up to save young Al'Thor Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Sep 19, 2023 |
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Sep 19, 2023 05:34
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Jordan often has a yolo-esque approach to such things Two Merlins, one of whom works for and is loving a third Merlin and comes from House (da)Mordred 
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Sep 19, 2023 06:11
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And his girlfriend is [e]Guin e'vere
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Sep 19, 2023 06:18
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One of the hero's two sidekick friends is literally just named with a conflation of Merry/Pippin
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Sep 19, 2023 06:25
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Rarity posted:One of the hero's two sidekick friends is literally just named with a conflation of Merry/Pippin Is it? Always assumed he was named for the god Perun.
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Sep 19, 2023 06:41
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I can't never imagine them as a trio of frat boys on a roadtrip: Randall, Matt and Perry
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Sep 19, 2023 07:44
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has the dark one's name been revealed? iirc it is revealed v early on in the first book, like the prologue even, but i can't remember if the show did the same asking because the name of (no plot spoiler besides the spelling of the name itself and irl cultural context) Syai'tan is basically the malay / indonesian word for devil, which greatly amuses me
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Sep 19, 2023 09:17
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaitan
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Sep 19, 2023 09:21
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i just want to say that the way that dude's head popped off still loving slays me you go, lanfear
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Sep 19, 2023 15:46
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The violence in the show has been very funny. Its very PG-13 90% of the time and then suddenly someone gets skewered through the mouth or head popped off.
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Sep 19, 2023 16:28
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The head thing gets by on pg-13 cause it doesn't actually get popped off. It gets dusted and there's no blood.
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Sep 19, 2023 16:30
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Artelier posted:has the dark one's name been revealed? iirc it is revealed v early on in the first book, like the prologue even, but i can't remember if the show did the same Also Shai'tan is straight up the Islamic term for it.
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Sep 19, 2023 20:00
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Shageletic posted:Also Shai'tan is straight up the Islamic term for it. Yeah, it's literally where we get the name Satan from. We Anglos were just too lazy to pronounce it fully.
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Sep 19, 2023 20:05
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nine-gear crow posted:Yeah, it's literally where we get the name Satan from. We Anglos were just too lazy to pronounce it fully. Nah, Satan comes from the Hebrew word שָׂטָן, transliterated as "Satan". Shaitan is a cognate of Satan, and isn't actually The Devil/Satan...that's Iblis, who is a Shaitan. It's a bit nuanced.
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Sep 19, 2023 20:29
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What do the baddies want? What's the world look like under their rule? "Broken?" Would it just be like having a different king and you have to put up with Trollocs gobbling up your neighbors, or what? The existing kingdoms don't seem to do much for the peasantry, or even the nobility
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Sep 19, 2023 21:42
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Vim Fuego posted:What do the baddies want? What's the world look like under their rule? "Broken?" Would it just be like having a different king and you have to put up with Trollocs gobbling up your neighbors, or what? The existing kingdoms don't seem to do much for the peasantry, or even the nobility They haven't really gotten into it beyond that Ishamael is a True Believer and wants to Stop The Wheel.
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Sep 19, 2023 21:47
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Vim Fuego posted:What do the baddies want? What's the world look like under their rule? "Broken?" Would it just be like having a different king and you have to put up with Trollocs gobbling up your neighbors, or what? The existing kingdoms don't seem to do much for the peasantry, or even the nobility Dana the Darkfriend from season 1 wants time to stop; literal nothingness is preferable to the tortured grinding existence she lives in that podunk mining town. Both Suroth and Liandrin seem to think they will eventually be placed in positions of authority over the other woman. So you have two examples there of what the bad guys/gals want: nihilism and power. There’s more information by this point in the books, unsurprisingly, but I think the above covers what the show has given us. Edit: forgot a third one. Padan Fain just wants to murderhobo everyone and swagger wherever he drat well pleases. Grundulum fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Sep 19, 2023 |
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Sep 19, 2023 21:53
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Lanfear just wants to gently caress her ex which hell same. Wish he would grow his hair out though.
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It's pretty much what's slowly being revealed. The Forsaken all have their own individual interpretations of what they're getting out of it. We heard Ishamael and Lanfear batting around their respective ideas in this past one.
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