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Nihilarian posted:Sanderson is better than Goodkind Yeah I cannot fathom someone saying Sanderson is the worst big name fantasy author out there. I mean I also don't mind his books, but even so. Sword of Truth is *so goddamn bad*.
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Okay I started my umpteenth reread, and this has bugged me for years. I know next to nothing about women's clothes. What is a dress slashed with some color? What does that mean? Can someone point me to an image of such a dress?
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Nov 14, 2019 02:20
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Gnoman posted:Unless I'm mistaken, this refers to a dress where the skirt is slit at regular intervals, and fabric of another color is sewn between the cuts, giving a two-tone look. I think that's what I was picturing, but then couldn't find examples, because I'm bad at google AND bad at clothing...
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Nov 14, 2019 02:36
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You mean Gnoman. Thanks! I'm not at all surprised it's a real thing, just...couldn't find it.
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Nov 14, 2019 02:38
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Wait, there's a show of that now too? Yep, HBO exclusive. Even if it's flat, it sounds way better than the movie which was so, so bad.
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Nov 14, 2019 03:29
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There is a rumour of some kind of adaptation of the fifth season and I don't know if I'm excited or apprehensive, that series is heavy.
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Nov 14, 2019 06:31
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Invalid Validation posted:The one thing I dislike the most in these books is how much of a prude everyone is. I don’t need sex and rape every other chapter like GRRM. But non stop ewww cleavage is tiring. But boobs are awesome??? So are butts? I don't understand your point. Characters go "what a behind" pretty often...
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Nov 14, 2019 13:50
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Though that might mostly be tylin and birgitte
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Nov 14, 2019 13:51
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ChubbyChecker posted:Yeah you didn't, he was complaining about the puritanical reactions, not about boobs' existence. But a bunch of people are like whatever mixed baths, that butt is great, those legs, etc I dunno.
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Nov 14, 2019 14:57
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I just did actually and yeah paying close attention to all of it, it's super good and ought to be the intro to the show too.
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Nov 14, 2019 15:22
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Mat Cauthon posted:Yeah a lot of the more grimdark fantasy of the recent era was influenced in tone if not in substance by that prologue. It's up there as far as essential readings in SFF, I've seen it used in more than a few writing workshops. They're more steppe raiders, always on horses and all that.
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Nov 14, 2019 16:43
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I wanted a M-Rod-N name, personally.
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Nov 14, 2019 23:13
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And Rodor
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Nov 15, 2019 00:12
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Basileus777 posted:The oath rod was a binding rod used on criminals. There were tons of them. See: the numerals. The oath rod was 3, but that other one Sammael found was...111? Something like that.
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Nov 15, 2019 02:48
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Comrade Blyatlov posted: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. It's bad, despite having a few decent chapters, and "I can skim it" is definitely not an excuse, especially given audiobooks now...
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Nov 18, 2019 13:02
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:At some point someone will need to go through and make an abridged version of WoT that cuts books 7,8,9, and 10 down to one volume. That's what this thread is for, right!? (shows getting cancelled after three seasons isn't it  )
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Nov 18, 2019 13:11
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ChubbyChecker posted:As a whole, the series failed. It is bloated and meandering, has too many side characters and side plots, has weird ticks about tugging etc., and spends pages upon pages on boring poo poo no one cares about. But there are some good bits inside. If it was cut to a trilogy it would be good genre literature that would be known for its quality instead of only its length. To provide a different subjective opinion, no it didn't.
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Nov 18, 2019 13:55
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silvergoose posted:To provide a different subjective opinion, no it didn't. Just gonna narcissistically quote myself here.
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Nov 18, 2019 19:16
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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. Yeah his first scene or two were fine, but everything after that was p bad. Basically refused to trust anyone ever that they could possibly know better than him about anything.
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Nov 18, 2019 19:31
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"The horn has already been found???"
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Nov 19, 2019 12:32
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I mean being trained by literally the best in the world is something. Also he's a dead swordsman reborn. Eh.
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Nov 19, 2019 15:38
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Data Graham posted:He duels his dad for fun at one point, right? To learn how to let go. Also to be taught that he's poo poo with only one hand. He fought like five dudes in caemlyn for fun and was clearly doing that repeatedly... Oh his weird fight with fain but that doesn't really count.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:40
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Also I'm getting weirdly irritated by people misspelling Gawyn's name unless you're doing it on purpose to annoy me, in which case carry on 
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Nov 20, 2019 00:20
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Vavrek posted:I'm fond of a friend's reason for disliking her: "Egwene" is a terribly awkward name. Egbert Smith is nicknamed Eggie, as it happens! In the Shelly Laurenston pride books. (yes, I read silly romance novels shut up this is the wheel of time thread no judgement right)
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Nov 21, 2019 05:27
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Mad Hamish posted:Somehow I missed it, what exactly were the contents of Elayne's letter to Aviendha that made Aviendha hate Rand so much, in her special fourth-grade way? Iirc it was the two letters to Rand, one of which was super full of love, then she was like poo poo I don't want to seem eager, sent a "but you suck" letter to him, and at one point described the first one to Aviendha, did not mention the second, and she took that to mean Rand wasn't being good to her because he didn't return the same feelings. Or something like that. It was really dumb.
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Nov 22, 2019 21:24
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ConfusedUs posted:I loved that letter, and not just because of the words. I was so goddamned tired of Elayne's everything that it was nice just to see someone try to pop her little bubble. Yeah that letter was funny.
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Nov 22, 2019 21:24
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Yeah he sends Lan in right before the battle of Carhien to chat him up to figure out the extent.
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Nov 23, 2019 00:41
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Mat Cauthon posted:This besmirching of a man's good character will not stand. 
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Nov 23, 2019 01:01
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Brolander posted:Uh yeah, he likes to "snuggle", disgusting I believe he also likes a bit of slap and tickle or something.
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Nov 23, 2019 01:39
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tithin posted:I love Wheel of Time, and there's one scene in particular that just - it's such a payoff. I mean that scene is one of the ones in the series that still make me tear up so. fuckin Verin at the end does it every time though
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Nov 25, 2019 02:10
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Ter'angreal library but yeah.
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Nov 27, 2019 13:23
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The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign is just one of those endings you remember.
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Nov 27, 2019 20:04
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ConfusedUs posted:What even is my life when I recognized this URL before I clicked With the preview or just the url??
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Nov 27, 2019 22:08
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Mad Hamish posted:Doesn't Aviendha think that Rand has unusually good eyebrows, or something? I seem to recall reading that at some point. Yes. Sulin teased her about it iirc.
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Nov 28, 2019 20:48
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:"If I could make everyone obey, I would" Yup, it's pretty blatant!
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Nov 29, 2019 19:56
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Data Graham posted:At least he's not talking about sand sandin
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Nov 29, 2019 20:59
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Pleads posted:These audiobooks are so very good. Not a whole lot seems to happen in Crown of Swords (so far) but Michael Kramer and Kate Reading give a lot of scenes some life they didn't have when I last read through the series. It's a low-event book with a lot of fun scenes. They're both amazing, yeah.
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If you have a long commute, it's amazing. Mine got shorter so I had to get shorter audiobooks instead of listening to it...again.
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Dec 1, 2019 13:05
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Yeah it's to taste; I get screamy at other drivers with just music, so I switched to books and podcasts.
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Thom doesn't really need to be ancient, just weathered. I have to say, the casting tweets are pretty amazing.
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