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TheGreatEvilKing posted:I am going to thoroughly enjoy the inevitable screeching when all the marketing about "powerful women" runs into the books stating men are more powerful than women as magic users. Faile will 100% be in the show.
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Sep 7, 2019 15:19
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Torrannor posted:Was Elayne revealed already? I bet they have her show up in the first Seanchan appearance at Falme.
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Sep 8, 2019 01:02
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:Please God no. They can cut books 7-11 of Perrin's arc into 2-3 episodes. Cut out the prophet entirely actually.
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Sep 8, 2019 05:56
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NecroMonster posted:as much as i love thom he really doesn't do much in the books that isn't either off screen or old old old history Mentors Rand and Mat, sacrifice to eyeless helps motivate Rand. Teaches Matt and Rand gleeman stuff that they use, kills king of Cairhein, goes with Matt to rescue the super girls, goes with super girls to Tanchico, saves girls from forkroot. Is Elyane's father figure and helps her character growth move on from spoiled brat. Goes to Ebou Dar and helps Mat escape after the Seanchan show up. He is the one everyone assumes is the great general which i always find hilarious. He saves Moiraine, he protects Moiraine/Nynaeve/Rand during the last battle. He is too good of a character to get rid of imo.
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Sep 14, 2019 14:48
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I have won again, Lews Therin. Same
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Sep 14, 2019 23:29
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6 is good. Skip 8-10 if you are going to skip anything
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Sep 24, 2019 03:35
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seaborgium posted:This thread made me start a reread, and he does actually bring up that he's daydreamed about adventures, or talked about it with the other boys before. He doesn't say it to anyone, but it's part of his POV that he's wanted to go on an adventure. Right, it makes sense. You're a boy from a small farm town. Adventure sounds great. Until your father is almost murdered, your hometown burns down, and now you are told you have no choice but to adventure or everyone you love will die. Oh and also your adventure will involve running from manifestations of evil chasing you that will eat you and your friends if they catch you. Ps you don't know anything about fighting have fun 
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Sep 27, 2019 12:36
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Finished book 13 today. Good stuff. Was pretty surprised when Mat lost his goddamn eye. It was pretty funny how casual he was about it for the rest of the book. Do you remember his 3 answers? It's been foreshadowed since book 4. Also that whole sequence is one of my favorite of the series. What did you think of Perrin in this book?
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Oct 2, 2019 14:14
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I'm the biggest WoT fanboy supporter and I can admit that book 10 wasn't very good. I have still never skipped it in a reread however.
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Oct 6, 2019 18:27
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Rand madness is better every reread. Same with character relationships. Like how important certain Aes Sedai or Sea Folk or Aiel are. Or knowing how the Seanchan society is structured. Knowing the history of the world helps. For you other nerds, have any of you read "The World of the Wheel of Time?" It came out around or right after a Crown of Swords came out. It has alot of information on the history of the world, maps of the 10 nations and pre Artur Hawkwing. Age of legends information, the story of the war of power. It's fantastic. Ps if some of you didn't know, be on the lookout for real world references in the wheel of time. I love this series so much. Now my wife can finally know of this wonderful world without hearing me ramble incoherently after rereading a book.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:48
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Spek posted:It'll be very interesting to see if the actor for Rand can manage the simultaneous and slow transformations between country bumpkin -> confident ruler and sane->mad and then come full circle with Rand Sedai at the end. Wasn't it Tremalking?
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Oct 9, 2019 16:06
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Based on that link, it was Tremalking! Haha. Iirc is was reddish mud on her skirts that she channeled off in the library basement that someone might recognize
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Oct 10, 2019 01:20
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Apparatchik Magnet posted:Age is wrong, but Siuane Sanche. Boats instead of profanity. Fish guts is profanity 
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Oct 11, 2019 12:47
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I cannot stress enough that the audiobooks are incredible. They do a fantastic job voicing the characters, and it definitely makes the books 8-11 chapters of Elayne and others better. I really enjoy the different pacing styles of the books. The series is divided up pretty well into 4 sections in my opinion. Spoilers below I guess Books 1-3 is more fast paced young heroes coming of age. We don't know much about the history of the world yet and we barely know anything of any of the world's nations. Books 4-6 is the reader learning about the layout of the land, the state of the different nations, and some of the history of the world (Rand's Aiel vision, some of Mat's memories). Normal rules of the land start to fail as the tower is broken and the Seanchan return. Founding of the black tower. The Aiel crossing the spine. This seems like the set up for books 7-11. For our heroes we get the main characters falling into their roles. The rise of the Dragon Reborn to power as well as Mat the general, Lorn Perrin, Egwene the Amrylin, Nynaeve the healer. Books 7-11 is just pieces moving on the board getting everything into place for the last battle. The main focus is the struggle of Egwene vs Elaida, Seanchan vs Rand, and cleaning up some plot threads *cough* Perrin *cough* Then we get 12-14. Preparing for and fighting the last battle. I enjoy that by these books the reader has visited every nation in the books, seen perspectives from most of the good and bad guys, and knows the history of the world. Sorry about the bad ish write-up, I just have a jumble of thoughts to phone post while I wait to start work today. Best characters in order. 1. Hopper 2. Nynaeve 3. Mat 4. Birgitte 5. Thom Fight me
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Oct 14, 2019 12:50
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How are u posted:Thom has to be grizzled, spry (before the limp), and somehow not too old for moiraine to find a tasty snack. I always pictured Patrick Stewart with a mustache
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Oct 15, 2019 22:25
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I read it as LTT giving them honors, but more of a "here is the second place Nobel Peace Prize. I would give you the first but I already won it. But you still did pretty good champ."
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Oct 21, 2019 12:35
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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE posted:Yeah as it is the books basically tell us about Perrin's family what feels like 1 whole pov before telling us they're dead. And yet that moment has me in tears every time.
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Oct 26, 2019 20:08
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awesmoe posted:actually, nobody is worse than elayne, not even faile You misspelled Elaida
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Oct 29, 2019 21:53
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Elaida exists to be hated and does that job well though. Elayne doesn't???
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Oct 29, 2019 22:03
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^ exactly. And perrin needs the father figure
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Nov 6, 2019 19:35
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She does. Egwene is the worst character. She is just an actual terrible person who cares only about her personal satisfaction and power. Nynaeve however is the best character in the series. Then Hopper and Birgitte.
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Nov 20, 2019 13:48
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Brolander posted:RE: Egwene and That Scene: Yeah, its her job to do that. She knows all about listening to people who know better. Its why she obeyed the wise ones telling her to not be in the world of the dreams at the time she was teaching Nynaeve why to listen about not going in the world of dreams. Google why is Egwene the worst. There are some comprehensive lists that have been gathered over the last 29 years.
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Nov 21, 2019 04:28
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:So Egwene has some lovely traits but also accomplished a hell of a lot of unequivocally good things Like the main character of Terry Goodkind. Both are equally good
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Nov 21, 2019 05:16
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Try listening at 1.3x speed.
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Dec 1, 2019 16:13
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Anias posted:You have access to the world of dreams and traveling, and yet somehow you aren't just opening gates in bad people's heads. Once Sanderson takes over, he starts breaking the magic system
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Dec 9, 2019 15:20
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I guess Alanna is going to have a bigger role early on. Makes sense what with what she does to Rand and the role she has in the Two Rivers.
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Dec 24, 2019 01:56
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Moghedien is one of my favorites because of her constant cowardness as a stark contrast to brave Nynaeve who thought she was a coward
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Jan 4, 2020 01:39
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I think shoving book 1 and part of 2 into one season makes sense. You can get the wonder girls into the white tower training. Cliffhanger the Seanchan Liandrin betrayal maybe. Alot happens in book 1 that can be moved to other places. Maybe we meet Bayle as captain who takes the wonder girls towards Tear. Or who take Mat out of Tar Valon. It's better to get people hooked with action and quick plot then to bore people and get dropped after a season imo.
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Jan 23, 2020 15:14
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The Neal! posted:Hey weird book question that's not really related to anything we're talking about now Yeah. Males heal females fully and vice versa
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Jan 30, 2020 03:59
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:god that bit just comes out of loving nowhere It's brought up that Grandral was moving a massive army through the ways, posing as Samaeal Spelling
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Feb 14, 2020 01:23
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Its cool because it goes into the Age of Legends, The Trolloc Wars, and the Hawkwing Conquest.
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Feb 18, 2020 18:50
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Shageletic posted:The Forsaken have at least 3 dudes that can't get Rand out of their mind. Are you telling me Ben Shapiro is a forsaken?
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Jul 28, 2020 14:47
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Once I'm done with my reread of Stormlight Archive I'm coming back to do my bianual reread of the wheel of time. Would anyone mind if I posted my thoughts on my reread? I'm going into it trying to hate Egwene and Elayne less.
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Sep 14, 2020 15:42
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:The easiest of the harem characters to write What is the worst possible choice that this character could make right now -> submit chapter -> repeat.
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Sep 14, 2020 16:45
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She pointed out to Rand that he had to break the seals and redo the prison, not just patch over the bore.
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Sep 15, 2020 01:17
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Johnny Joestar posted:that's impossible, this is long-running fantasy. everyone is either constantly looking for a relationship, in a relationship, or chided for being a frigid loner Verin?
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Sep 15, 2020 03:08
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Watch an episode before declaring it's the worst
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Dec 25, 2020 02:26
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rndmnmbr posted:Yeah, yeah, I've had this discussion before. And everyone generally lands opposite of me on this, that the fine details aren't as important as general tone and plot and quality of production, so I can admit I am that guy and should just deal.
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Dec 25, 2020 09:40
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Mat Cauthon posted:It's probably easier to have the dude pretend to play guitar than pretend to play a harp, especially if he has any familiarity with the instrument at all. Imagine if they ruin Mat
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Dec 25, 2020 17:32
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