Yeah, it does make some of those interactions with Laila make sense now, especially the way she reacted to when Perrin told her that he loves her, but it still feels so off. And not even to a book reader, but rather that if this was the approach, there should have been so much more build and indications of this.

In the books it always seemed like Perrin was this guardian of Egwene and Rand’s love and eventual marriage. He doesn’t like Aram because Egwene is SUPPOSED to be with Rand. They bond over their escape from Shadar Logoth, and their time at the hands of the Whitecloaks, but it never felt romantic to me. It’s and odd…

I have a Sam Waterston story that shows he’s pretty much the *opposite* of Noth. While in school, I worked in a legal job for the Baltimore PD. Off-duty officers were (as is typical) working as on-set security for John Waters when he was filming “Serial Mom”. A couple of the cops were sitting down to lunch at craft…

When Nynaeve walked into Lan’s room after they had already said goodnight, I howled and said 3 words I don’t think I ever have before in my life:

FWIW, the showrunner is on record saying that book readers know who the Dragon is, so that is not going to change, I wouldn’t think.

This was kind of a weird episode in that I personally didn’t like it, but I could easily see why someone would like it. As a whole it relied so much on everyone already caring for these characters and their relationships instead of really giving reasons to care for them, so deciding factor is how invested are you as a…

I feel comfortable saying that, while she is no longer physically with us, hooks is never going to die. She’s her own tier of scholar.

I mean, the whole concept of an “independent” murder intelligence organization, operating outside of government oversight has more than a whiff of fascist fantasy to it.

Am I misreading something? Where does the author claim the previous movie was right-wing? He’s saying the new movie is based on a right-wing historical mythology.

It makes me think of the (non-finale) runaway-train scene from Spider-Man 2, which is clearly full of CGI, but much more wisely used.  I totally recognize how I was being manipulated in the end, too, with the passengers taking care of Spidey, but I fall for it every time.  Let’s have more of that.

I think a better ad would have been the original Peloton lady, now incredibly buff, watching the episode while she cycles. She sees Mr Big die, mutters “Pussy”, and keeps on riding.

The relationship being in New Spring is probably why barely anyone seems to know about it. Of the WoT readers i’ve talked to, prequel readers were like 1 in 6.

Siuan and Moiraine being lovers is canon, that’s what RJ meant when referring them as “pillow friends.” They weren’t just gal pals.

This episode was really carried by Pike , and Okonedo naturally, with them doing some excellent heavy lifting at times. It was also the first time it felt like the show earned putting Moiraine to the heart of its promotional material. There was just something really heartfelt with the dynamics between the two…

Screw everyone, I loved the show. It’s especially telling that there were an equal number of people accusing it of both being too much like the original show, or not enough. And I absolutely loved what they did with Julia and just laughed at all the people saying it wasn’t true to the character. Because oh yeah, there…

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Yes, I’ve been saying for years I’m still around because I am too old to unlearn and relearn new sites. And I like the commenters here.

I think it may have been a mistake to make Valda (extremely-neatly-trimmed-)moustache-twirling evil. It’s not like the show has made him any less despicable, but the Whitecloaks in the books were terrifying because they were unreasonable but principled zealots, not because they were sadistic cackling madmen. The show…

Ghosted with Craig Robinson and Adam Scott was a mess, one of the most retooled one season shows, and they never landed on a version that was any better than the one they started out with 

It is really hard to know what to think of this show. As a pretty big WoT (books) fan, I’ve realized while watching that all my favourite moments are the moments that remind me of the books. I smiled so much at meeting Loial. He does look a little off, but his character is absolutely perfect and I was so happy when I…