Ekho
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Have we heard if Elaida has been cast. I still worry that they are merging Liandrin and Elaida which would be a terrible idea. (I don't know why I'm asking because we all know I'm still not going to watch the show)
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So I came back (after 2 years) and wondered who the hell wanted to talk about the show and then realised it was...me.
I forgot that before it actually came out I was low key obsessed with how the show would turn out, *sigh* well that didn't last long.
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Do we think the wigs will have improved in season 2?...Nah.
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We are half past strange, so they wouldn't be wrong.
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I like how I was initially the most excited for this show, and am now the most reluctant to watch it.
I'll join you with the screaming into silence. Two voices travel louder than one.
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Is it strange that I now come back to reread this thread when I need to laugh at something?
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It should be a necessity for fanpages to have cheesy names.
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I just saw the update! Happy 20 years folk. Haha, Marie it makes me laugh that you hate the name...what would you name it now?
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I love these!
Your prompt:
Moridin: I really like this whole ‘good guy, bad guy’ thing you guys have going on.
Lanfear: It’s not an act, it’s just that I’m mean and Moghedien isn’tYour prompt:
Moridin: Why is Lanfear so sad?
Moghedien: She took one of those “Which Character Are You?” quizzes
Moridin: And...?
Lanfear: She got Asmodean.Your prompt:
Moiraine: Dumbest scar stories, go!
Lan: I burned my tongue once drinking tea.
Egwene: I dropped a hair dryer on my leg once and burned it.
Nynaeve: I have a piece of graphite in my leg for accidentally stabbing myself with a pencil in the first grade.
Mat: I was taking a cup of noodles out of the microwave and spilled it on my hand and I got a really bad burn.
Rand:
Rand: I have emotional scars.Your prompt:
Moiraine: Time for plan G.
Lan: Don’t you mean plan B?
Moiraine: No, we tried plan B a long time ago. I had to skip over plan C due to technical difficulties.
Mat: What about plan D?
Moiraine: Plan D was that desperate disguise attempt half an hour ago.
Nynaeve: What about plan E?
Moiraine: I’m hoping not to use it. Rand dies in plan E.
Egwene: I like plan E.Your prompt:
Moiraine: You know, not every problem can be solved with a sword.
Lan: That's why I carry two swords. -
18 hours ago, Marie said:
Because he needed all the pages for Perrin.
I still get angry thinking about it😡
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Happy New Year everyone! Who knows, maybe we'll actually get the tv series this year!
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I still have no plants for my flat. I should maybe look at the christmas ones...although that seems like such an effort.
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A rebirth is always fun. Good excuse for bonfires and alcohol.
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Hope you're okay Kate! I sometimes have nonsensical thoughts and then makes posts as well. I think we're all getting good at understanding one another's craziness.
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They have been rummaging through her experiences, making her relive them in the form of dreams that seem like real life, raping her mind in effect. They concentrated on things that engendered strong emotion, whether love or hate or fear of whatever, so long as it is strong. The point is to feed off the engendered emotion. When repetition dulls the emotion, they would alter the events to make the emotions strong again. They always made these changes in slow increments, just enough to strengthen the emotion again without wasting any. Example: Lan dumped in the pond, first just as it really happened, then he became rougher at it until [he] beat her first, and she was so shocked she could not channel; then he made love to her; then he raped her; then she killed him. Slow progressions through possibilities, however improbable they were in reality, just so long as they intensify the emotions. They could not introduce things outside of her memory – for example, somebody she has never seen – but anything in there already could be rearranged any way they wanted. Example: she could as a grown woman watch her mother (dead before she reached adulthood) plot and execute the murder of her father (who died in battle when she was a child) with a collection of people glimpsed during her travels.
This is the same thing that was done to Lanfear, until she was “rescued” by Moridin/Ishamael.
One set of memories never had to be heightened or changed. Memories of Thom always produced as strong an emotion every time, just as they were. She thinks they are what have kept her sane. She is surprised that years have not passed.
...She has fallen in love with Thom Merrilin, in part for what she claims is a foolish reason: He makes her laugh.
Why is it, that whenever a female character is in need of punishment, or degredation or just something to alter her character arc, she ends up being f*****g raped? Like I have sooo many issues with this, even if it is "mind rape." I hated it in GoT, and I hate it here, and I'm glad it wasn't expanded on in the books (even if it would have explained why she was so stand-offish with Lan).
It also seems incredulous that Moiraine is so in love with Thom , that his memories are protected, but those of her parents aren't? And Lan, like even if it wasn't romantic, I can't imagine she travelled with him for so long without loving him. I hate this trope that romantic love trumps all other kinds. Especially with the insta-love that RJ was so fond of, like we barely see any developing relationship between Moiraine and Thom, she gone for...7 books? and then they're madly in love. Come on. Neither of them are young enough, or naieve enough that that seems likely. He also never seemed that funny.
Also, the fact that the same thing was done to Lanfear and yet she still comes out obsessed with Rand/Lews Therin really raises some issues.
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I still have no plants for my flat. I really should get some to make the place look more homely
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On 8/25/2020 at 4:10 PM, Marie said:
The Witches, Salem, 1692 A History by Stacy Schiff about... The witch trials of Salem, obviously.
It ticks me off reading about these innocents getting harassed and killed.
That sounds really interesting, let me know if it’s good!
Currently reading...eh...middlegame by Seanan Maguire. When I’m reading things on the kindle I can never remember the name of it.
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On 8/26/2020 at 11:31 PM, Marie said:
I still remember the guy who registered just to ask if we all really were anti-Rand.
Really? I don’t remember that 😂 certainly not his biggest fans though.
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I love that someone joined the forum, made three posts about blademasters and never returned. It really sums up the internet.
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I think it helps when you know an actress, and feel like they could master the character. Which I feel for Sophie Okonedo, but don't feel at all for Rosamund Pike. The rest I just don't know enough to judge.
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This is Luna (she may have been named after Luna Lovegood)
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Hmmm, I get the impression that older women might be less impressed by his...charms.
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Do we think once the show starts, we'll end up with more members in the forum?
My reaction to the first episode
in The Books
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My reaction after watching the first episode. Which I admittedly did about a year ago, but I'm posting now just because! I have not watched since episode 2, and have really just been lurking on reddit to gage other folk's criticisms.