Rings of Power: *delivers beautiful cinematography, interesting plot points and compelling characters*
Toxic LOTR fans: GET THESE NEGROES OFF MY SCREEN
I think this is why a show like Abbott Elementary w/ 22 eps has been such a breath of fresh air. You get so much time to really flesh things out & allow characters & relationships to grow, & the show is the better for it.
Also everyone should be watching Abbott Elementary
tv shows going from 22-25 episodes to 18 to 13 to 10 to 8 episodes was the worst thing to happen to television industry. i’m begging y’all to bring back REAL tv shows that ran almost all year long and had well developed storylines, characters, friendships and romance.
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The fact that Ryma, an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah, is the first Aes Sedai who helps Nynaeve to channel in a way that feels right and natural to *her* has me all up in my feelings this morning 🥹
Okay but Renna telling Egwene how special she is and that tiny flicker of joy that Egwene gets on her face before it very quickly becomes disgust? HEY RAFE I JUST WANNA TALK
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More moments that made me go wild:
1. MOIRAINE LETTING LAN BACK IN, "You've always been my better" I KNEW IT 😭
2. Egwene wrecking Renna's ENTIRE SHIT. DELICIOUS.
3. Mat running to Perrin & being like I LOVE YOU BUT WE GOTTA 🏃💨
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I'm sorry, I'm gonna be obsessing about that last scene for AGES. Lanfear strutting about, feeling herself & the score matching that energy, then the slow shift to a darkened room w/ the score becoming discordant.
I'm still cackling at Moiraine smugly saying to Nynaeve "Siuan Sanche waits for only one woman, and it's not you". Like good sex really does leave you feeling like That Bitch
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I have something to say that I know some book fans aren't gonna like at all. You're not going to ever truly & completely enjoy the show if you don't at least partially let go of book series. Seriously.
I was actually thinking Nynaeve would go super saiyan during the battle but it's even more fitting that she channels after seeing everyone around her critically wounded because that's what drives her. THE VILLAGE WISDOM INDEED
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"On your knees"
"My little pufferfish"
"I thought we'd have more time"
"Daughter of the river, clever as a pike, strong as the tides"
MY HEART. RAFE YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD.
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Moghedien's gay ass boots? Her being a lil shorty??? The way she CHANNELS, THAT WEB????
HER WHISPERING EVERYTHING SHE SAYS??? The way that Lanfear looks GENUINELY unsettled by her???
SHE'S PERFECT
whoops, just thought about all the little black and asian kids who are gonna watch
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and see people who look like them get to be the hero in a fantasy show and now i'm a little emotional
When black folks bring up colourism & you turn around to say "But Ryma! But Loial! But Kerene!" it VERY MUCH reads as you telling black folks to take any representation they're given and be grateful for it. That may not be your intention, but it's what you're doing.
I literally teared up looking at this. Two black women in positions of power on two separate fantasy shows.
Twelve year old me and present day me are both doing backflips 😭
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After seeing Nynaeve, Egwene & Siuan interact and knowing Elayne will be there in s2, I can't wait for the moment when Siuan just UNLEASHES them on the world to hunt for [REDACTED]. GIMME THE CHAOTIC WONDER GIRLS
The more I learn about Rosamund Pike, the more I realize that she truly is an unhinged and delightful agent of chaos.
We lucked out with this cast y'all 🥺
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Okay OKAY. I TEARED UP SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE NOTABLES:
1. When Papa Bornhold did THE THING. HOW DARE YOU, PERRIN I LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU
2. When Mat blew the horn and the heroes came and Uno was there and Mat SAID THE THING
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To be clear: Some book fans hoping that they do away with the whole Moiraine/Thom thing =/= biphobia. It was HORRIBLY written and came out of nowhere. RJ was very good at a lot of things but writing romance was not one of them lol.
Hello yes, who would like to join me in my CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against Rafe Judkins and Madeleine Madden to sue for EXTREME EMOTIONAL DAMAGE from tonight's episode
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ToT possibly MANIFESTING Shohreh Aghdashloo as Cadsuane is honestly one of the wildest things I've ever witnessed in fandom. And I've been in quite a few fandoms lol
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, especially with some changes (I actually don't think they changed all that much but 🤷♀️) but this is a really good show! It's good stuff! And it's very obvious how much care went into making it.
The song choice for the trailer??? The Seanchan being menacing as fuck????? SIUAN TALKING TO RAND???? NYNAEVE'S TESTING???? PERRIN AND THE WOLF?????????? SIUAN AND MOIRAINE BEING CUTE AS FUCK???????? LAN-MOTHERFUCKING-FEAR????? L I A N D R I N.
Oh we eatin GOOD S2 😤
Hot take: I think something A LOT of book fans don't quite get yet, is that the majority of show only fans don't care about changes to the metaphysics present in the books. They wouldn't even notice if it wasn't pointed out them.
If you're a fantasy fan, please I'm BEGGING YOU, read other series besides LOTR or GoT or even WoT! There's so much quality fantasy out there that you're missing out on by reading the same type of fantasy over and over.
Complex female characters are great, prefered even! But please PLEASE remember that white complex female characters are *often* treated more positively than non-white complex female characters.
I know that she's a very polarizing character but honestly? I can't wait to meet Tuon. I feel like the show has a real opportunity to update her character a little and add more nuance to her.
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I'm genuinely baffled by the people who don't see what they're setting up with Nynaeve ... did people think she'd just get over it two seasons in? I feel like that might have been the thinking with some and I'm sorry, but that's not the show's fault.
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Nynaeve: *Experiences one of the most traumatic things someone can possibly experience.*
The Internet: "Uh, yeah, but that was like 4 days ago and she should be completely over it by now and be back to first season Nynaeve already."
Things that made me smile:
-SIUAN MY BELOVED YOU'VE RETURNED TO US IN OUR TIME OF NEED
-Nynaeve and Elayne's bickering being heard in the market KILLED ME
-Lanfear saying "Ishy" in bitchiest way possible was EVERYTHING
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No but that episode was devastating and made me furious in the best possible way. Egwene's disgust at being able to hold the pitcher & pour the water?? Maigan being in the cell next to Egwene???? RYMA AND HER WARDER??? WTF RAFE I JUST WANNA TALK
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I'm gonna start muting people if half my timeline is just bitterness towards the LOTR series from now until it premieres in Sept.
You can't compare how Amazon treats WoT vs. how they treat LOTR. LOTR is a proven success with a very popular movie trilogy behind it.
It's been really fascinating watching people finally catch on to just how terribly racist fantasy fandoms can become. I stayed away from online fandoms for YEARS because of the racism that goes on.
It's good that people are finally seeing how deep it goes but good lord.
Sometimes I think about Siuan bursting into laughter seeing Nynaeve's vibe and realizing THIS is what Moiraine has been dealing with for the past month or so.
Laugh while you can girl cause you're about to be on babysitting in a bit LOL
I... somewhat regret watching all 3 episodes so quickly because now I don't know what to do with myself and also I'd like episode 4 now please and thank you!
I just KNEW that Rosamund was the one who came up with the idea for that NYCC video, it has her chaos energy all over it 🤣
Rafe: "Hey Ros, can you just do a short shoutout video fo-
Rosamund: "SAY NO MORE"
Guys I'm a Chibi 🥺 Thanks again to
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for the fantastic work she did in making my dreams come true and turning me into an Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah 😊
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Can we talk about the look on Liandrin's face when she released Nynaeve? That little smile she gives her?? Is this a safe space, can we have that conversation?
I am once again reminding people that Black people did indeed exist during the Middle Ages. I promise you, we didn't just spring up during the Civil Rights movement.
please i'm begging the wot fans supposedly in a tizzy thinking that show will be cancelled because lotr is so popular to use a little common sense. just a little. a smidge.
Have we talked about Zoe talking the importance of being able to use her natural hair texture for Nynaeve's braid, knowing what a significant part of Nynaeve's physical appearance that braid is?
Because as a black woman, that made me so emotional and happy.
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Poor show Nynaeve. She's barely recovered from whatever the fuck Liandrin was trying to do with her this season, enter a truly unhinged lil spider woman to wreak absolute havoc on her life (I can't wait)
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I really like what the show is doing w/ comparatively weaker channelers going against strong ones. Because it's not always pure raw strength that comes out on top, you gotta be smart too.
For the record, this is why it's so important for white people to call out other white people on their shitty racist behaviour. Because that kind of stuff only gets worse and worse if they think they can just say what they want & not get called out for it.
Some people are really having a tough time with the realization that the show isn't tailor made for them or to meet every single plot point they feel it should. I'm not saying it's not valid to feel disappointed about some things but come on. There are FOURTEEN BOOKS. FOURTEEN.
I'll be honest, while I've enjoyed watching Madeleine as Egwene, I've been WAITING for that moment when she really BECAME Eggy you know? She got there for me in this episode, that scene with her and Valda was EVERYTHING
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Consider this: IF what happened at the end w/ Siuaraine is in fact part of their plan, Siuan's "Moiraine, please" at the end becomes so much sadder because she would have been begging her to leave her and go with Rand 🫠🫠🫠
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Hoping against all hope that all of this is a ploy so that Siuan's involvement in this isn't revealed and the Tower doesn't find out that she's anti caging the Dragon 😭
I NEED THIS ALRIGHT
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Rand's characterization doesn't get really compelling until part way through book 2/mostly in book 3. So I'm a little puzzled about people stressing out over the show not making him "interesting".
A truth that I think is very important to remember is that it's not so much that Nynaeve is trapped in the White Tower with the Aes Sedai.
It's that the Aes Sedai are trapped in the White Tower with Nynaeve. And I think that's beautifully hilarious 😌
It's interesting, I don't remember anyone really raising a fuss about Eamon Valda or Fain being played by dark skinned black actors.
But then, they're both playing villains right? INTERESTING NO???
No but Nynaeve's rage and overwhelming desire to protect and heal everyone made her channel like the SUN. I LOVE HER SO MUCH I'M A MESS
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There's literally nothing anyone can tell me that'll convince me that Moiraine and Thom have a believable buildup to their "romance". Having two or three scenes together isn't buildup lol.
Come at me 🤷♀️
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vibe to it but it really does keep you guessing! Like even though I know the plot and direction of the book series, I have NO CLUE what's gonna happen in the season finale.
My partner is so on board the Nynaeve/Elayne Looney Tunes train, they were cackling every time Elayne was princess-y & Nynaeve got That Look. And after the episode they were like "I feel like those two are gonna cause some PROBLEMS later on"
And I was like OHHHHH BOY DO THEY 😆
Both Moiraine and Siuan are seemingly going to leave this scene being betrayed by the other one. Genuine question: who do you think is right?
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Also I get that some are a bit disappointed w/ how much attention RoP is getting rn vs. WoT but like... it's LOTR. It's one of the most successful franchises of all time, of course Amazon is gonna go all out for it. The expectations are high and they gotta match that 🤷🏿♀️