#the wheel of time audiobook

[sapphistaedine]

Listening to “The Eye of the World” audiobook narrated by Rosamund Pike: Expectation vs Reality

Expectation:

Reality:

[lovelyy-moonlight]

The Shadow Rising audiobook narrated by Rosamund Pike will be released on September 17th, 2024 and is available to preorder now. This is the fourth book in The Wheel of Time book series.

[idk-what-im-doing-ever]

While reading the Wheel of Time books (I'm only up to the third), I pictured Loial as a loxodon/elephant person for maybe no good reason. The whole time Ive been listening to it I've been picturing a wonderful elephant person friend and I just saw what he looks like in the show and it's not Babar-like at all

[pillowfriends]

in one month we will have the RosPike narrated TSR audiobook and I just realized that means in one month we will have RosPike performing Siuan and Leane being stilled. I feel physically ill 👍

[deeplyridiculouslyinlove]

"There was no oath stronger, unless it was the one a woman took on being made Aes Sedai, and the oath rod bound her to that as surely as to a part of her flesh.

But this oath. By what she had been taught, breaking it would be not much less than murder, maybe no less."

The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 1 "Fanning the Sparks"

[wombatmisty]

Audiobooks aren’t usually my thing but Rosamund Pike’s narration for The Eye of the World has been absolutely incredible.

The voices she does for every single character??? Including really minor Two Rivers villagers? I can just immediately recognise who’s speaking by how she’s saying the dialogue. She is acting acting.

I’m only a few chapters in still but her Mat in particular is sooo good. And I didn’t even like him that much in season 1 of the show!

[rosamundpikesource]

🎧 NEW | ‘The Shadow Rising’ audiobook read by Rosamund Pike, book 4 in The Wheel Of Time series, is out now!

[September 17, 2024]

Listen on Audible.

[moghedien]

saw someone (not on here) comment on the pronunciation of Moghedien based on the audiobooks and here's the thing about that

Kate Reading changes the pronunciation of Moghedien at least three times

so you can't actually go off of the audiobooks on that

because the audiobooks aren't consistent and literally changes based on what book you're listening to

but the way its pronounced in the show it is how the glossary has it. when in doubt, consult the glossary not the audiobooks because this isn't a Moghedien exclusive issue

[the-siren-in-your-fridge]

Someone: this is an impossible task and not worth trying

Nynaeve tugging on her braid: nuh uh

[toastandjamie]

If you haven’t listened to the Rosamund Pike audiobooks of Wheel of Time I highly recommend it, she does an excellent job.

That aside, her voice for Mat is literally so cute! I deserve financial compensation for the giggle I made in public upon hearing it.

I apologize in advance for the person I’ll become when she does books nine and ten

[cha-faile]

It must be so difficult slimming WoT to fit into 64 episodes, and I wish Amazon had given them just a few more per season. 10 or 12 episode seasons would allow for so much more breadth and depth! A bit longer in the 2 rivers in s1, and more of the road trip adventures. More White Tower people and interactions in s2. More little beloved scenes from the books transposed in. More room for silliness, for context, for AoL glimpses and Forsaken shenanigans. It's so good, but every second feels full, important. Just a few more episodes to breathe!!

[fantasiavii]

I’m kind of mad about how much more I’m enjoying the first Brandon Sanderson WoT. Like. Rand had a heartfelt moment where he talked about feeling trapped by fate? Nynaeve put herself in someone else’s shoes and felt sympathy for them? Nynaeve acknowledged that Moiraine helped them?? Faile crossed her arms across her chest???

[cervinelich]

When I watched the Wheel of Time show I really liked it a lot, so by no means am I trying to shit talk on anyone who likes the show

however

if you read the books, the show gets every single thing wrong in every way imaginable.

I'm talking about Eragon levels of bad adaptation.

Every single character is made weaker, every single "girlboss" moment completely undermines every actual moment of independence and character growth the women actually go through.

I think the showrunner actually read a completely different series than I did. It feels like he Joss Whedon'd it.

I'm rewatching the show and losing my goddamn mind.

I can give it 1 single compliment: the casting is perfect, but it ends there.

[felagund-fiollaigean]

Obsessed with them. No one's doing it like them.

[deeplyridiculouslyinlove]

My favorite Moiraine moments in The Eye of the World

EOTW only spoilers below the cut

1. “[The mist] follows the river as if drawn with a pen,” Moiraine was saying in satisfied tones. “There are not ten women in Tar Valon who could do that unaided. Not to mention from the back of a galloping horse.” (Chapter 12)

This is "Siuan Sanche waits for only one woman" energy right here.

2. “I suffered more injury to my pride than anything else,” the Aes Sedai said irritably, plucking at her cloak blanket. She looked as if she had been a long time ill or hard-used, but despite the dark circles under them, her eyes were sharp and full of power. “Aginor was surprised and angry that I held him as long as I did, but fortunately he had no time to spare for me. I am surprised myself that I held him so long. In the Age of Legends, Aginor was close behind the Kinslayer and Ishamael in power." (Chapter 51)

Not babygirl being surprised (and a bit self-satisfied) that she held off a powerful Forsaken for so long BUT ALSO her pride being wounded that she couldn’t do it for longer.

3. Even Aginor seemed stunned. Then his head lifted, cavernous eyes burning with hate. “Enough. It is past time to end this.” “Yes, Forsaken,” Moiraine said, her voice as cold as deep winter ice. “Past time.” The Aes Sedai’s hand rose and the ground fell away beneath Aginor’s feet. Flame roared from the chasm, whipped to a frenzy by wind howling in from every direction, sucking a maelstrom of leaves into the fire which seemed to solidify into a red-streaked yellow jelly of pure heat. In the middle of it, Aginor stood, his feet supported only by air. The Forsaken looked startled but then he smiled and took a step forward. It was a slow step, as if the fire tried to root him to the spot, but he took it. And then another. “Run!” Moiraine commanded. Her face was white with strain. “All of you, run!" (Chapter 50)

"I'm as strong as I have to be" 😭

4. In Algomar’s private garden, under a thick bower dotted with white blossoms, Moiraine shifted on her bed chair. The fragments of the seal lay on her lap and the small gem she sometimes wore in her hair spun and glittered on its gold chain from the ends of her fingers. The faint blue glow faded from the stone and a smile touched her lips. It had no power in itself, the stone, but the first use she had ever learned of the One Power as a girl in her royal palace of Cairhien was using the stone to listen to people when they thought they were too far off to be overheard. (Chapter 53)

Obsessed that her version of the all-knowing Merlin character is an affinity for eavesdropping--maybe it's mystical wisdom, maybe it's being a nosy bitch (affectionate)!

5. Her eyes fell on Mat as she stepped through the doorway and she hissed as if she had touched a hot stove. "Get away from him!" Nynaeve did not move, except for turning to stare at the Aes Sedai in surprise. In two quick steps Moiraine seized the Wisdom by the shoulders, hauling her across the floor like a sack of grain. Nynaeve struggled and protested, but Moiraine did not release her until she was well away from the bed. The Wisdom continued her protests as she got to her feet angrily straightening her clothes, but Moiraine ignored her completely. The Aes Sedai watched Mat to the exclusion of everything else, eyeing him the way she would a viper. (Chapter 41)

Sorry I didn’t hear you I was distracted thinking of canonically tiny Moiraine dragging Nynaeve across the room like one of those mothers who finds super strength and lifts the car off her kids.

6. Moiraine climbed down from Aldieb's back. Calmly she removed something from her pouch, unwrapped it. Rand glimpsed dark ivory. The angreal. With angreal in one hand and staff in the other, the Aes Sedai set her feet, facing the onrushing trollocs and the fade's black swords, raised her staff high, and stabbed it down into the earth. The ground rang like an iron kettle struck by a mallet. The hollow clang dwindled, faded away. For an instant then, it was silent. Everything was silent. The wind died. The trolloc cries stilled. Even their charge forward slowed and stopped. For a heartbeat, everything waited. Slowly the dull ringing returned, changing to a low rumble, growing until the earth moaned. The ground trembled beneath Cloud's hooves. This was Aes Sedai work like the stories told about.... Abruptly Moiraine wavered, and would have fallen had Lan not leaped from his horse to catch her. "Go on," he told the others. The harshness of his voice was at odds with the gentle way he lifted the Aes Sedai to her saddle. "That fire won't burn forever. Hurry! Every minute counts." The wall of flame roared as if it would indeed burn forever, but Rand did not argue. They galloped northward as fast as they could make their horses go. The horns in the distance shrilled out disappointment, as if they already knew what had happened, then fell silent. Lan and Moiraine soon caught up with the others, though Lan led Aldieb by the reins while the Aes Sedai swayed and held the pommel of her saddle with both hands. "I will be alright soon," she said to their worried looks. She sounded tired, yet confident, and her gaze was as compelling as ever. "I am not at my strongest when working with earth and fire. A small thing." (Chapter 18)

She's ridiculously proud of her fog along the river and then just a few chapters later channels EARTHQUAKES and WALLS OF FIRE like she's not one of the last Aes Sedai of a dying age and SHRUGS IT OFF.

7. "The The Wisdom won't help. She says she can't. But the stories--" She raised an eyebrow and he stopped and swallowed hard. Light, is there a story with an Aes Sedai where she isn't a villain? ...

She used the staff to pull herself to her feet. “Take me to your father, Rand. I will help him as much as I am able. Too many here have refused to let me help at all.” “They have heard the stories too,” she added dryly. (Chapter 7)

Rand is lucky he's the Dragon Reborn or he and the Two Rivers folks would have been met with some wasps.

8. Thom Merrilin stepped forward grandly and held up one empty hand, turning it slowly. Suddenly, he gestured with a flourish and a dagger twirled between his fingers. The hilt slapped into his palm and, abruptly nonchalant, he began trimming his fingernails. A low, delighted laugh floated from Moiraine. (Chapter 12)

This peek at the girl who watched court bards at the Sun Palace in Cairhien is so cute it makes me almost willing to ship her and Thom in the books.

9. “The Dark One is after you three. One or all. And if I let you go running off wherever you want to go, he will take you. Whatever the Dark One wants, I oppose. So hear this and know it true. Before I let the Dark One have you I will destroy you myself.” It was her voice, so matter of fact, that convinced Rand. The Aes Sedai would do exactly what she said if she thought it was necessary. He had a hard time sleeping that night, and he was not the only one. Even the Gleeman did not begin snoring until after the last coals died. For once, Moiraine offered no help. (Chapter 13)

This is controversial but I personally adore this speech where she threatens to kill them all and then acts petty about healing them just because she hears Rand talking badly about Aes Sedai.

10. “Do they have sheep in Tar Valon? That's all I know. Herding sheep and growing tabac.” “I believe,” Moiraine said. “That I can find something for you to do in Tar Valon. For all of you. Not herding sheep, perhaps, but something you will find interesting.” (Chapter 48)

I giggled.

11. Rand made ready to put Cloud to a gallop right away, and everyone else settled their reins with the same urgency. Everyone except Lan and Moiraine. The Warder and the Aes Sedai exchanged a long look. “Keep them moving, Moiraine Sedai,” Lan said finally. “I will return as soon as I am able. You will know if I fail.” Putting a hand on Mandarb’s saddle, he vaulted to the back of the black stallion and galloped down the hill heading west. The horns sounded again. “The Light go with you, last Lord of the Seven Towers,” Moiraine said, almost too softly for Rand to hear. Drawing a deep breath, she turned Aldieb to the east. “We must go on,” she said, and started off at a slow, steady trot. (Chapter 18)

11. I can't help but think how much they've grown since New Spring when I read this and it makes me want to cry.

Bonus: Every scene of Moiraine greeting the cats at Basel Gill’s inn. (Chapters 41 & 43)

Bonus Bonus: The way Rosamund delivers Moiraine's "it will be as the wheel wills" in the audiobooks after Loial says he is worried the bridges in the Ways are breaking and they might be trapped in there and die. (Chapter 45)

[wombatmisty]

So because WoT season 2 ate my mind, I just finished reading New Spring. Some thoughts:

This book is so gay I’m not sure how you can read through the entire thing and still think that Moiraine and Siuan are just very good friends. The two of them were so lovely and cute and so besotted with each other!

Moiraine is just always talking up Siuan and thinking that Siuan is the bestest ever, while being so doubtful and down about herself. And then you switch to Siuan’s pov and you see her thinking that Moiraine would have found a way out of this problem and being very indignant that Moiraine isn’t simply pretty, she’s beautiful!

I also loved seeing how Lan and Moiraine met. Their relationship in the show is also one of my favourites and it was hilarious to see how they didn’t get along at all initially.

Lan threw her into a pond, and then Moiraine dumped the pond on Lan’s head. Hilarious. A+ no notes needed. Lan grumbling about Aes Sedai and Cairheinin in particular is peak comedy knowing that he’s eventually going to be platonically married to the prime example of both.

I really enjoyed seeing how relatively optimistic Moiraine and Siuan were at the start of their quest, unknowing that it’s going to be a whole-ass 20 years before even getting close to the end. By the end of the book, you start seeing glimpses of Moiraine 20 years later and the whole tragedy of it and what it cost her. She’s hunted, has enemies around every corner and is unsure of who to trust, yet goes on even without powers and just fucking stabs her old mentor. I love Moiraine ok.