#WBN

[operationslipperypuppet]

hey brennan what the fuck

[hellishfig]

brennan. hey. hey brennan. i'll fight you in the streets for this one brennan. i won't win because i am 5'3" and weak and you are a solidly built man with man-in-his-30s strength and presumably secret dad strength as well, but i will try my fucking darndest because I HATE KEEN SO MUCH AND I WANT HIM TO FALL OFF OF A TALL BUILDING

(this episode is so fucking good and i'm so excited about everything happening)

[hoarding-stories]

Keen: "I don't like how you don't give me what I want"

What a line

The most villian shit

[atticcreationz]

Worlds Beyond Number girlies on Tumblr, I love you guys so much. I only know one (1) person IRL who listens to the show and I don't see them that often so mostly I just rant and rave to myself (and my poor friends) about this show. I'm glad you guys are here and are also going insane. (Pats you on the shoulder)

[overlite-wings]

absolutely losing it at the citadel's compartmentalisation by design

[gingisnap]

I was just thinking YESTERDAY that, with the exception of the first episode of the children’s adventure from suvi’s pov, everything we know about Eioghran has come from steel…

[rocks-in-space]

A) Holy cow I will never recover from this episode

B) Can we talk about Ame choosing to check under the tarp? I've seen this decision generating some frustration, but I think it makes a lot of sense and is so interesting. Don't get me wrong, when it happened I was metaphorically rattling the bars of the fourth wall and literally almost screaming at my computer. But there's a world (in Umora) where that decision could have been the thing that saves them. Maybe actively honoring the Great Bullfrog would have given him enough strength to resist the worst of whatever is binding/dispelling/whatever him. Maybe another spirit hears it and this episode ends with a local river spirit coming in clutch to speed their rowboat down the river out of the grasp of the imperial guard. From Orima's shrine to Naram to the river spirit in Abassin, we know these things are possible.

Also I don't think it's fair to say that it was obviously a trap for Ame, why would she think there was a trap for her in this town. (Now, a trap for anyone who would publicly honor a spirit? Sure, that's more likely. Sending the fox was definitely a better idea)

To be clear, I definitely don't think Ame was doing it for selfish reasons like thinking that a spirit might save them; that's more just me speaking to the audience's expectations that this would go badly.

But I think that this decision is really about her trying to be the Witch of the World's Heart and figuring out what that looks like. What that looked like in this moment was choosing to honor a Great Spirit regardless of the risk to herself, her friends, and the mission to save the kids. Like I really don't see this as her being totally foolish and impulsive. She knew the risk! And if she didn't, Suvi just told her. And she does it anyway. I think it really follows from her kind of conflict with Eursulon last episode about prioritizing the kids or the Great Bullfrog. We know that she's prioritizing the spirit, and it shows here. They say they're the most aligned that they've been since childhood, but how aligned are they really.

I hope there's room in the story to thoroughly address this decision, because I think it is extremely meaningful.

[beebeesiims]

HE SAID THATS HIS FUCKING NIECE

[asuspicioussort]

Calm down, you. Eat your finger.

- @quiddie , Queen of My Heart

[thenerdyindividual]

Okay after today’s episode I am more convinced than ever that Steel had something to do with Soft and Stone’s death

[starlight-dnd]

Listening to the newest episode of WBN at work is all fun and games until Brennan Lee Mulligan with his full chest says “Yoren steps out of the water”

I am SCREAMING but only on the inside because I’m at work

OHHHH MY GODDDDDD

[hellishfig]

IT'S EIOGHORAIN TIME BABEY!!!!!

[hoarding-stories]

"It would be best for you to produce her, if you cannot produce her then these fine soldiers are going to raise the butt of their war staves and they are going to club you into death or unconsciousness here in front of all these people."

What the hell Brennan, I've never been filled with hate faster

[lookin-reproachfully]

Ame going for the shrine is the serious drama version of Pinocchio going for the hotdog

Erika and Lou WILL die for the bits and breaks, mark thine words

[thebardbullseye]

for wbn/www, most of the time, i try to untangle my gut reaction and do my best to assemble coherent, well-articulated thoughts usually accounting for nuance (and evidence) in an essay. If I feel strongly about something.

but i do have a couple absolutely batshit theories that I feel strongly (enough) about that have minimal to no evidence, that could also border on woeful misinterpretation of the narrative, especially if I missed something or am omitting something obvious. but they are fun, so:

• Soft is actually the Man in Black/King of Night or is possessed by him (This would make Suvi an actual true Princess of the Sky)

This one is entirely because of the pun. I'm not sorry. Minimal to no (and absolutely contradictory) evidence that this is the case, only that MiB (maybe) showed up at the cottage in the Children's Adventure, and Soft probably died around then. He was doing something with a sorcerer in Gaothmei (MiB is Rhuv-affiliated) to do with a sun guy and MiB is Night focused. Idk where this was going, probably just sun + night = stars = Suvi. It's just the pun or maybe there's something there.

• The language Yewola was speaking to Hakea is the ProtoIndoEuropean equivalent of the Lingua Arcana. On top of that, the reflexive indicative/axiom of proliferation is Tower of Babel-ing this language to the point of having detrimental effects on magic itself/spirits.

This one maybe holds some water but is mostly on vibes because there's a lot we don't know/ I can't confidently infer this (as of ep 43), except by walking through the logic. Yewola is the binding/connection between the Spirit and the Real. The lingua arcana is described as the language the universe uses to describe itself. Magic comes from the "greater binding," and wizards use the lingua arcana to cast magic. Suvi can't understand Yewola, but Eursulon can, so the languages aren't the same. You're telling me there's TWO languages involving magic and they're not related? C'mon. AND MiB/Mirara/Stone were all up in arms about something bad about wizard magic. I think it's the reflexive indicative and the axiom of proliferation Tower of Babel-ing the true nature of magic that is harming the Spirit and the greater binding, beyond just the compartmentalized nefarious actions of Citadel/Empire/Wizard Hubris.

[gingisnap]

It was easier to believe that it was a conspiracy, a rot that could be cut out. Not the citadel doing things approved by the citadel outside the view of most of the citadel