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Apparatchik Magnet posted:The very strong case for Elayne's place in the cellar is that of the terrible characters she has a lot of pages but very few redeeming scenes. The other baddies at least have a bright spot or two or don't inflict pain for as long. Elayne probably killed more of her own people than anyone up to and including Lews Therin Telamon
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And Egwene took her lumps harder than just about anyone, I liked her tbh
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Mat Cauthon posted:
I swear I remember Fain thinking "maha! The seed of hosed upness I planted in her will make sure shes useless!" But I'm damned if I can remember when that was. Pre Fain Elaida was doing what she thought was right on some level, after she is pretty much a megalomaniac (who accidentally sets in motion the hunt for the Black)
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I wonder if Jordan chose the 10 day week and the crazy-rear end system of feet, spans, hides, etc to spite people who go 'metric good but time is dumb'
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Don't care, Tits & Trollocs On the other hand if this goes full Legend of the Seeker I'd be ok with that too. Make Bruce Spence a flashback male channeler who goes mad, that would rule
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:gently caress, he'd actually be a great Lews Therin. This is an incredible idea JOHN SKELETON posted:If I can't get serious and epic WoT then I'll settle for full ham, tits and bad CGI channeling WoT. Get me Ishamael chewing the gently caress out of every scene he's in and unnecessary Aiels bouncing their dick and boobs in the background while exposition is going on. As long as it isn't just forgettable halfway in between ham and serious. It's a pity Tim Curry is in a wheelchair because he would make an incredible Ishamael Who else can chew scenery to that extent?
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Oct 31, 2019 22:43
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Oct 31, 2019 23:41
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Democratic Pirate posted:Willem Defoe needs to be a scene chewer Hell yeah Wait when did Robert Patrick and Dafoe share a scene?
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Inspector 34 posted:Wrong Robert P. 
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Nov 4, 2019 05:44
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Most of the way through Winter's Heart, and I'm really enjoying how Mat only does things because there is no one else to do them. Accidental hero? Unintentional? Unwilling?
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I'm not a noble! That's not how it works! Actually, that's *exactly* how it works. Marrying one is pretty much the only way of becoming one. AWKWARD SILENCE.
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Nov 6, 2019 05:16
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Honestly that's pretty good casting.
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Nov 6, 2019 20:14
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I liked how you never really had Tam doing fully sick duels on the front lines, that time for him had passed so he became a leader. Tam rules
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Nov 6, 2019 20:41
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Huh. Mazrim Taim was Demandred all along.
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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE posted:Tam was fully badass in his own right, though not close to Thom. He ran away to go adventuring on his own, learned all the poo poo he needed on the way, fought in at least 4 wars, rose to the 2nd highest rank possible in the elite Illianer Companions, dueled and killed a blademaster, and was awarded an actual power-wrought heron-marked blade (and not a post-Breaking imitation) by the then King of Illian. I dunno he got chumped by a Trolloc
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Nov 6, 2019 23:53
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Omg Tam could say with a straight face Lord Perrin sends his regards Make it happen
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Nov 7, 2019 00:26
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Rand kills a fair portion of nobility fwiw
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Also the Shienarans were convinced he was a lord lmao
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I guess WOT came first, but that always reminded me of Ax always saying Prince Jake in Animorphs
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The Path of Daggers is also kinda... backward. The two big events (bowl, seanchanmania 2000) happen early on and the ending is relatively anticlimactic. I liked that Elayne trying to untie the weave led directly to the attack on the Tower. I never picked up on that before.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I have a copy of a book of Terry Goodkind short stories that was literally printed with "copyright 2001 Robert Jordan" on the copyright page. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, friend.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Sorry got the year wrong, it was 1998. AHAHAHAHAHA get rekt There are errors and errors, and this is one of the good kind
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"An old forest, one that could swallow armies whole and never give up the bones." I like all the little cross-referencing he does.
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Wait what's this about the strike at shayol ghul?
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Atlas Hugged posted:It's got to be this. His Dark Materials was renewed for a second season despite the first few episodes being incredibly underwhelming. Not bad, just flat. Wait, there's a show of that now too?
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I didnt mind the film, but maybe that's because Nicole Kidman taking me away appeals to me
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I'm ok with not knowing the details of the insanity tbh. There were enough hints given. And I sort of got the impression that the lightning's Rand used in TSR were what killed LTT's family
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I'm surprised she made it through the prologue without complaining about sexism.
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COT really isnt a bad book, it just had the misfortune of being after the biggest event of the series and relatively slow paced. I'm enjoying it this time around, and even the Faile plot isn't really grinding much now I can just blitz it.
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Ferrosol posted:Faile is cool. Her and Perrin's whole relationship is a summary of the whole series. If the man and the woman just sat and talked honestly for 10 minutes all their issues could have been resolved. Idk I thought Gawyn was a p good example of why ~~~nobility and chivalry and honour~~~ are dumb things to base your life around Christ, he personally causes the fall of three Amyrlins Comrade Blyatlov fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Nov 18, 2019 |
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ChubbyChecker posted:It's indefensible. But I just defended it. NOW WHAT
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:On a reread right now and I forgot how great the sequences with 'dark rand' are. Causing someone to have a near heart attack by just willing it to happen Wait I dont remember this guess I got stuff to look forward to Did him cleansing saidin kick him over the edge? I mean the entire taint flowed through him
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:What are her major accomplishments aside from dreaming? which anyone can do. Reunited the Tower, beat Mesaana, basically started the Tower learning from Windfinders, Wise Ones and the Kin, guillotined a bunch of Black Ajah She was more of a uniter than anything but she did it well
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Basileus777 posted:Well other than when she has Nynaeve sexually assaulted to distract her from realizing that Egwene is lying. Uhhhhh...... what? When?
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VikingofRock posted:This has been my experience in re-reading, too: I'm really enjoying Egwene and Nynaeve a lot more this time through and I'm finding them a lot more relatable. I'm wonder if it has to do with where I am in my life now vs. when I first read the series, or whether it's just that my first time through I was so excited to get to Rand chapters that I didn't give the other plotlines the attention they deserved. Yeah, I dont think I realised just how hosed up Rand was because of my own hosed-upness. Now that I'm doing better, I see how much of a loving nutjob he is.
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Also Egwene "trained" under the Seanchan so it's not unreasonable to think she would be good at blowing poo poo up with the Power
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Mat Cauthon posted:Yeah the Tower battle thing I think is justified because Egwene has at that point trained with Aiel, Seanchan, wilders, etc and if nothing else knows that the usual Aes Sedai thing of "sleight of hand" magic isn't going to cut it, she needs to take people out before they can do more damage. What Aes Sedai can honestly say at that point they have more battle experience than her? Cadsuane, maybe? The list would not be long
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