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I think one of those WoT parodies described Elayne best. Something like... "the borderline pedophile fantasy of a middle-aged writer".
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Marie, how can I not love your new sig.
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Couple songs by Mindless Self Indulgence
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Poor Niklas
And poor limpy Jan and Laura too. -
Happy Halloween, Moiraine's World! 
Here's mah Jack-o'-Lantern:
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Does it give you an error code or a popup or something? What were you trying to edit?
I go to my profile and click the "Edit My Profile" button and it redirects me to a board message page that says "An Error Occurred":
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If I have to read one more time about someone gritting their teeth I swear to Olivia's grandmother I will hurt somebody!
My grandmother?
For me, it was when characters would start a sentence with "Look,..."
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Yay, CATMWLT update! I'm surprised you found the time, what with TGS readings
Siuan pretended Elaida was her hoe as she slammed it down into the soil again and again and again
I read that as "Siuan pretended Elaida was her ho as she slammed it into her again and again and again". *sips blueberry tea* -
Chapter 22, oh my Jesus.
I hope they save Elaida, however, because I can't stand the thought of anyone being leashed. In fact, I really would like to see the Seanchan put in their place about that.
Also, Mat. It was so obvious BS was trying really, really, REALLY hard to make Mat "Mat" and it just failed. All of his chapters were just awkward to the extreme.
My TL;DR first thoughts on TGS:
I think overall Sanderson just isn't nearly as subtle as RJ was. Rand's madness and out of control-ness in this book just felt way too blunt to me. Especially true with Mat, like you already described well, Marie.
I did not like the capture of Sheriam. Not because I feel for her but because that red hair thing seemed way too obvious of a trip-up - you'd think even an incompetent Black sister would watch her tongue better. Still, that scene could not distract from the PURE AWESOME that was Verin's death. And I was SO glad the Seanchan attack on the Tower wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Really cool moment for Egwene there. It's kind of bad for me to want a genocide, even for a fictional culture, but damn are those Seanchan hideous. I was hoping with Tuon that that whole "sul'dam can channel too" revelation that has been around since book TWO would finally come to a head and crush their culture.
Oh btw.. FORTUONA!
When I read her name, "O Fortuna" starting playing in my head at full volume.I felt a little bit of a father/son theme in this book. Gawyn thinking of Taringail (who I don't think has ever shown up even in a flashback before, just in references), Masema thinking of his father as he died, Rand and Tam's scene. I wonder if that was RJ or Sanderson?
I too hope for Graendal's survival, if only because it was a little anticlimactic to have her die kind of off-screen like that, focusing instead on Rand's fading morals than the actual death of a really cool char. Besides, I want more details of Aran'gar/Graendal! I wanted Halima scenes in this book. But I guess lack of Halima balances lack of Elayne. Light.
Also, this may seem trivial, but yay finally a gay man in WoT!
Ch 22 was definitely a BOOMWTFWASTHAT chapter, I agree. Did Rand really use the TP? And shortly before Ch 22... oh my... I actually literally burst out laughing when Cadsuane did that to Semi! It was like Sanderson had read Laura's fanfic! But he didn't pull it off as convincingly as our Laura did - I can't believe the most evil, skilled torturer to ever live would be reduced to eating off the floor just from one spanking in front of a few people.
In the end, Sanderson is certainly a good writer, he just isn't RJ. I did like this book very much though.
I need to re-read it again for details. I admit I kinda skimmed through it the first time just to get a feel for the whole book rather than pay close attention =X -
Just got my book tonight. This line made me blink. Page 34:
That rug was woven in the design of young women and men entangled in ways that would have made even an experienced courtesan blush.I thought they didn't have prostitution in WoT. Or since it's from Graendal's PoV, does that mean they had prostitution in the AoL? Why? I thought AoL was a perfect utopia; if they don't have courtesans in modern WoT Earth why would they have it in AoL Earth? Did Sanderson screw up?
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I still have a hard time making THIS Siuan be the same person as NS Siuan. Especially with the pillowfriendship! She has changed a lot, but why?
Because RJ only likes lesbians if they end up with men.
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What happened to MW? @_@
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I read Elaida's new name is Suffa... Is it old RJ's naming skillz again? Like daori xD
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*twitch*
Elaida gets captured by the seanchan.
UGH!
That is the worst thing I've heard about this book yet. I hate those people in a way it is unhealthy to hate a fictional group of people in. -
A gnat just tried to fly up my nose.
You must have pissed off some Blue sister.
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Where are you getting this info, out of curiosity?
I am sad for Verin. She is a cool character
Not so sad for Sheriam, but I am surprised. I thought she'd been involuntarily turned through that 13 myrdraal process, not willingly BA. I still want to know who was beating her up in her tent in Salidar, though! -
Whoop. Up to the early hours reading for a tute. Love life in shambles. Feeling pumped!
Ditto on feeling pumped.
And at least you have a love life. Don't give up! There is always hope And yes, Tosh, do tell us who (or what) has stolen your heart.
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Elayne is a screamer. I don't mean it like that, Jan, you perv. Just that this book marked the second time she has thrown her head back and screamed when frustrated.
You're right!
I hadn't realized that. I think it is to show that she is still a bit childish or "spoiled princess". Like when she gets drunk and angrily stomps her foot, or when Avi says she throws the ter'angreal dream ring on the floor and jumps up and down on it because she can't make it work. Temper, temper. 
(Btw, it wasn't only Jan who thought of a different kind of screamer upon her first glance at your post.
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Clearly no one cares about the cats as much as me. Ah well.
I like cats!
I just always assumed it was a shout out to the old "cats are witches' familiars" myth. That, or just the stereotype that cats are more "feminine" and dogs more "masculine", since cats like the AS but not the Asha'man, and vice versa with dogs. Or a lesbian fake Aiel (that is one of those idiot nobles playing Aiel).Oh yeah. Arrela, right? She's black and a lesbian, so I guess RJ figured she'd be a "two for one" minority in his cast of mostly straight white people.
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Yay for rain!
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1. CHAINSAW
2. "Firestarter" by Prodigy. (Actually, that would go better with Kaitlin's flamethrower-wielding Michelle Obama, but I can still picture Randlanders tearing sh*t up to this song.)
3. Xena: Warrior Princess, to take care of the few zombies Mo can't reach with her chainsaw.
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That's the old sketch of it, Tosh. The new one is a little smoother (though still stupid). I think we talked about it in this thread. It's a pretty bad cover, even by WoT standards.
Thom Thom...Thom!
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