#WoT on prime s2e4

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Said it before and I’ll say it again, I love love love the Accepted sleeves.

Look!!! Tiny embroidered flames in multicolored ombre stripes to represent all the Ajahs! They look cool as hell, genuinely attractive, and like something I’d want to wear.

All the fanart has the stripes horizontally instead of vertically and as solid bands of colors, much more ‘Star Trek uniform’ and less ‘Magic lady society where the highest signs of rank are idiosyncratically embroidered scarves and stoles’.

Also you can see (not so much in my bad cropped screenshot, but in the show) the contrast between the everyday fabric Egwene’s novice dress is made of, and the silk(?) or at least much nicer Accepted dress fabric.

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I remembered that you had come up with a lil cabin that Mierin & Lews & Joar used to go to! Jog my memory- was it actually near Kinslayer’s Dagger in your fic? Because if so 🤯

Aw yeah Lanfear time baby

Looks like they've decided to dispense with the title sequence completely, which I am :( about. Unless maybe they mean to reveal a new one at the end of the season?

AW YEAH DAMODRED FAMILY DRAMA TIME

Oh Rand, your guilt complex starting early and Selene only making it worse

'My family used to have a cabin up near Kingslayer's Dagger' ME AND RAFE CONTINUE TO APPARENTLY HAVE BRAIN TO BRAIN COMMUNICATION

FUCKING OF DANG AND THAT MOIRAINE AND LOGAIN SCENE LIKE FUCK

Of COURSE Moiraine is the reason he's in Cairhien. He's a lure, one she set, and of course she knows how to twist the knife

I should start manifesting an Asmodean redemption arc now

Egwene wants to help so badly, but the truth is that Nynaeve still sees herself as Wisdom, as the one who helps others, not the one who needs help. Of course she's trying to bare this burden alone.

That Leane and Liandrin scene SLAPS, fucking the TEMERITY of 'If she falls you'll fall with her'.

The Elyas and Perrin one is another that is very different as a result of their shift in circumstance, and I am fascinated by it.

I am also increasingly won over by this version of the wolf visions.

Lanfear continues t play Rand like a FUCKING HARP

Laindrin continues her run of shocking me with how good a villain she is

YES YES, EALYNE 'OUR ADVENTURE' TRAKAND IS HERE.

Oh boy. By girls! See you in Falme (*screams in internal fear*)

All the Ivhon, Maxim, Alanna scenes continue to slap. I wonder- did Alanna take Lan's bond as her's, or did Moiraine simply find a way to release it? It's pretty murky.

Interesting take on Min's conflict with her visions- obviously it's a nightmare so she's got a warped point of view in it (not to mention an Ishy shaded nightmare so meant to twist at her weakpoints) but still a shift on her aunts. Or maybe a reflection of her being older in this version?

FUCKING THAT ENTIRE ENDING SCENE I AM SCREAMING

I GUESS THE DARK ONE MADE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE FOR LIFE EVER LASTING HUH

GOD I AM FREAKING OUT SO HARD RIGHT NOW THAT EPISODE WAS SO GOOD

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Season 2, Episode 4 Liveblog

Teaser:

Selene is so sanguine about her entire livelihood going up in smoke! It’s almost like this has happened before

Werewolf Perrin rumors have been crushed!

The problem with the Forsaken Ski Chalet is that there’s a Myrdraal infestation in the basement

It is a personal insult that the subtitles just say [chanting] when Ishy is clearly dialing up Lanfear (also if anyone can overwrite the audio for this scene with the dial-up modem sound I want to see the clip)

DARK PROPHECY IS A GO

Awww she’s an amateur artist

Dollars to donuts that ‘older sister’ is an Aes Sedai

It has to be so painful coming back home

Selene is so sanguine about her entire livelihood going up in smoke! It’s almost like this has happened before

How long, Selene? Exactly how long has it been?

I’m gonna need fanart/fanfic of the Forsaken Ski Chalet up near Kinslayer’s Dagger

Awwwwwwwwwww

The Accepted sleeves look AWESOME I know I keep saying that but it’s true! They’re little embroidered ombre flames

Alanna is like ‘I don’t do therapy, I only do sex advice’

Hmmmmm, that doesn’t sound like stilling aftermath, another point in favor of ‘shielded’

It’s good that they are namedropping Cads this early; she came out of nowhere in the books.

DARK, Alanna. Also I bet I know what that change in Moiraine was; the timeframe is right for it to be when Gitara died & she got her quest.

Moiraine is on the case!

Ooooooooooooh this is going to be FUN

DAMN so that’s why she wanted that specific red wine. This feels very on par with the books- Moiraine a step behind but trying desperately to stay in the loop and get Rand what she thinks he needs

Moiraine, damn

Yeah, no point letting him destroy himself until all value has been extracted from him :/

Elayne like ‘she’s been promoted’ lmao she would think it was just that

Oh Egwene, you have not even begun to feel like shit

Ooooh someone gave Liandrin her marching orders

FORESHADOWING

Awww it’s Hopper! Hi Hopper

Werewolf Perrin rumors have been crushed! It’s ok he is a werewolf in my heart, the way Rand is a ghost in my heart and Mat is a vampire in my heart. And by ‘in my heart’ I mean ‘in the subtext’

Huh, interesting thing with the visions

Perrin like ‘excuse me, why did I not get an instruction manual and personal tutoring, this is a shitty apprenticeship so far’

None of the Tower’s fucking business honestly (this is also why info about the Power doesn’t get shared but whatever)

Lmao Selene you lie about more than that

Her face when Rand says ‘you’d be surprised’ lmao, that’s a Lanfear Face (TM)

Oh honey you haven’t even broken the world yet

“[dice rattling]” IT’S MY BOY!!!

Is Min gonna have Mat kidnapped by the Seanchan and taken to Falme? I am INTRIGUED

I’m glad the show explores the rift in families created by the long lives of Aes Sedai

Liandrin says ‘Rescue mission! You love a rescue mission!’

Alanna does not like Dark Prophecies written in blood, I guess?

Ooooh there’s that Damodred spirit (political maneuvering)

“This is my room.” - Elayne

“didn’t ask, don’t care” - Nyneave

Egwene no no no you already have enough trauma you don’t need to go to Falme

Uh oh, always a bad sign when Ishy shows up in your dreams (I love that the non-ta’veren are getting Ishy dreams!) also at this point it should be obv to everyone that Liandrin is bad news bears, even if you missed the lying

Oooooh interesting, what IS In Cairhein?

The problem with the Forsaken Ski Chalet is that there’s a Myrdraal infestation in the basement

Lmao like she didn’t know

Selene doesn’t know anything about being seen as a monster, nope

Oh ok that bit about her soul is great

Rand is vanilla

What the hell

Wow that is the most awkward thing I can imagine happening between Rand and Moiraine, you’re gonna give him a complex about… killing… women… I see

I cannot wait to see Lanfear do some horror movie shit

YEAH

AVI NEXT EP!!!

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I wonder what Mat & Mine’s buddy cop dynamic means for Min as Truthspeaker.

Nepotism is what I’m saying. She gets the job of professionally telling Tuon she’s being a bitch and need to knock it off because Tuon sees Mat likes her. And she wants to bind Mat closer to her, so stealing his friend will help that.

I talked a little bit about the Min and Tuon dynamic here: https://www.tumblr.com/highladyluck/727900275807027200/i-think-she-might-have-to-learn-the-same-lesson and I think it’ll help that Mat and Min will have spent more time together in the show, but also once Mat finds out Min betrayed him, that’s gonna put a real big crimp in their relationship!

Mat is huge on loyalty and suspicious af post-dagger so honestly unless Min confesses before shit hits the fan and/or tries to get them out of it, they are going to be worsties forever (until/unless Mat has to mount a rescue of Min, lmao).

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Moiraine would have loved to have show!Abell Cauthon problems, Abell Cauthon didn’t start the Aiel War

Anvaere with the Damodred “Uncle ruined us” routine is so funny, my non-reader family member was like ah he was probably a drinker or gambler, spent the family money and I’m like well he… he did something a little worse than that

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I don’t think she knew the Dark was involved until Ishy personally gave her a fucked-up dream, although she clearly felt conflicted about what Liandrin wanted her to do from the get-go, so on some level she knew it was wrong (but more in the sense of betraying a trust than conscious side-choosing.)

I think it’s interesting and makes sense, especially actually given that Mat is darker in this ‘verse. Min and Mat are interesting characters to throw together, with their personal relationship to fate, and making Min struggle with temptation due to not wanting to know other people’s fates (alongside this Mat claiming to not want to know his) is more interesting to me than Min struggling with something like the temptation to be more gender conforming for a guy.

Season 2, Episode 4 Liveblog

Teaser:

Selene is so sanguine about her entire livelihood going up in smoke! It’s almost like this has happened before

Werewolf Perrin rumors have been crushed!

The problem with the Forsaken Ski Chalet is that there’s a Myrdraal infestation in the basement

It is a personal insult that the subtitles just say [chanting] when Ishy is clearly dialing up Lanfear (also if anyone can overwrite the audio for this scene with the dial-up modem sound I want to see the clip)

DARK PROPHECY IS A GO

Awww she’s an amateur artist

Dollars to donuts that ‘older sister’ is an Aes Sedai

It has to be so painful coming back home

Selene is so sanguine about her entire livelihood going up in smoke! It’s almost like this has happened before

How long, Selene? Exactly how long has it been?

I’m gonna need fanart/fanfic of the Forsaken Ski Chalet up near Kinslayer’s Dagger

Awwwwwwwwwww

The Accepted sleeves look AWESOME I know I keep saying that but it’s true! They’re little embroidered ombre flames

Alanna is like ‘I don’t do therapy, I only do sex advice’

Hmmmmm, that doesn’t sound like stilling aftermath, another point in favor of ‘shielded’

It’s good that they are namedropping Cads this early; she came out of nowhere in the books.

DARK, Alanna. Also I bet I know what that change in Moiraine was; the timeframe is right for it to be when Gitara died & she got her quest.

Moiraine is on the case!

Ooooooooooooh this is going to be FUN

DAMN so that’s why she wanted that specific red wine. This feels very on par with the books- Moiraine a step behind but trying desperately to stay in the loop and get Rand what she thinks he needs

Moiraine, damn

Yeah, no point letting him destroy himself until all value has been extracted from him :/

Elayne like ‘she’s been promoted’ lmao she would think it was just that

Oh Egwene, you have not even begun to feel like shit

Ooooh someone gave Liandrin her marching orders

FORESHADOWING

Awww it’s Hopper! Hi Hopper

Werewolf Perrin rumors have been crushed! It’s ok he is a werewolf in my heart, the way Rand is a ghost in my heart and Mat is a vampire in my heart. And by ‘in my heart’ I mean ‘in the subtext’

Huh, interesting thing with the visions

Perrin like ‘excuse me, why did I not get an instruction manual and personal tutoring, this is a shitty apprenticeship so far’

None of the Tower’s fucking business honestly (this is also why info about the Power doesn’t get shared but whatever)

Lmao Selene you lie about more than that

Her face when Rand says ‘you’d be surprised’ lmao, that’s a Lanfear Face (TM)

Oh honey you haven’t even broken the world yet

“[dice rattling]” IT’S MY BOY!!!

Is Min gonna have Mat kidnapped by the Seanchan and taken to Falme? I am INTRIGUED

I’m glad the show explores the rift in families created by the long lives of Aes Sedai

Liandrin says ‘Rescue mission! You love a rescue mission!’

Alanna does not like Dark Prophecies written in blood, I guess?

Ooooh there’s that Damodred spirit (political maneuvering)

“This is my room.” - Elayne

“didn’t ask, don’t care” - Nyneave

Egwene no no no you already have enough trauma you don’t need to go to Falme

Uh oh, always a bad sign when Ishy shows up in your dreams (I love that the non-ta’veren are getting Ishy dreams!) also at this point it should be obv to everyone that Liandrin is bad news bears, even if you missed the lying

Oooooh interesting, what IS In Cairhein?

The problem with the Forsaken Ski Chalet is that there’s a Myrdraal infestation in the basement

Lmao like she didn’t know

Selene doesn’t know anything about being seen as a monster, nope

Oh ok that bit about her soul is great

Rand is vanilla

What the hell

Wow that is the most awkward thing I can imagine happening between Rand and Moiraine, you’re gonna give him a complex about… killing… women… I see

I cannot wait to see Lanfear do some horror movie shit

YEAH

AVI NEXT EP!!!