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If you didn't complain about Nyn healing an entire room of dying people on her first try and Rand breaking an unbreakable seal untrained, then you don't get to complain about Egwene managing to hold off Ishy for a few minutes after combat training
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Moiraine dissecting Domon's behaviour to elaborate a bargaining battle plan was just a feast of micro expressions and gestures. I love that scene
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books are such a funny experience because I thought I came for the worldbuilding but ended up with a hord of tertiary characters I would die for even when they have done everything wrong
How I imagine small Siuan and Moiraine would sometimes secretly meet in disreputable inns to exchange intel and cuddles, and doing their best not to appear completely besotted
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"Until she calls me home."
I was not thinking about nuns writing each other impassioned and soul-shattering letters while drawing this. In my head and in my heart, Moiraine regularly penned (and ciphered) the most tender letters to Siuan.
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really nailed how commanding Siuan is. I remember reading her for the first time and being enraptured by her presence and spirit. She's one of the most vivid characters in the books and the show really translated it even though she's not been that present so far
As alternative universe goes, who's with me on the Voyagerverse train? I am here for Vulcan rebel Michael Burnham butting heads with war hero Phillippa Georgiou while lost in space and in search of a way home
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Moiraine's final rebuttal of Lan is so funny because Tomas advised Lan to listen to her and she tells him quite explicitly a minute before that he was greater than she was when they met and now she is far beneath him, but they are idiots
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I've said it countless times before but she's such a dream of a complex, ruthless and grand character in the way James Flint or Harold Finch are. She fascinates me to no end
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AMoL
I AM DONE
"The wind blew southward, through knotted forests, over shimmering plains and toward lands unexplored. This wind, it was not the ending. There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time."
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The most stunning part of Maddie's performance is the physical component even more than her expressiveness, the way she moves in her cell, the way she's bent over, the way her body contorts when she tries to interact with the bracelet or pitcher
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counterpoint: the more they put Moiraine forward in early seasons, the more shocked people will be at the docks.
If Mo is presented as such a driving force, the despair at her disappearance will be tenfold. I am here for the feral live reactions that will ensue.
I still haven't processed how giddy this makes me feel. Reading the rest of the books, I had accepted we would probably get very little or nothing for them in S2. Dreams of seeing parts of New Spring adapted seemed even sillier. And now we get this and my heart is overflowing!
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my mind is haunted by the enormity of Siuan and Moiraine's bond surviving decades of life together, decades of separation, ruthless secrecy, the White Tower law itself, yet shattering because of the Dragon... He truly is the breaker of bonds
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That quote from NS:
"Moiraine struggled to her knees. She could not channel. She had no courage left, no strength. Only determination.[...] It had to end now! Stumbling, Moiraine drove her belt knife into ---’s back to the hilt, blood spurting over her hands."
1/11 The other night I scribbled something about women in
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cries in Moiraine Sedai
And yes, seeing her face again after TFoH and while still in the thick of WH hurts like hell, so I'll finish it when I am not a puddle of emotions
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was the worst decision. Here I was, thinking "I know Moiraine and Siuan are secondary characters in the books. Surely reading them during hiatus will tame my feralness about them and I can approach the new season with a cool, collected mind".
THE ARROGANCE
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strength is important but skill and control matter and Egwene has been pushed hard by a warrior society precisely for combat situations. She's not even defeating Ishy, only shielding Rand which would be tougher to break for any channeler
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not forgetting that Anvaere "I had to beg for scraps" Damodred also talked to Rand about the people of the Foregate as if they were vermin. I would take everything she says with enough salt to bake salmon
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what's so juicy in Liandrin's characterisation is that she seems so threatening with novices, yet the moment she interacts with Leane, Siuan, Moiraine or Alanna you realise she's not good at this? She's imposing with people who are under her only
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one of my favourite scenes of the first episode. It's subdued but made me emotional. The music, acting, subtext and direction were truly masterful
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my scattered thoughts on the finale after a rewatch. I didn't even need to let the episode infuse; I was just basking in the joy. It was thrilling, it was moving, it IS the fantasy I love. I'm so proud of what this show accomplished
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when you're a lesbian Green at the White Tower training grounds and your sisters are more interested in making out than making gains
diverging from the excellent version of Seonid and her boys by
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for a good cause (even buffer Seonid)
Full disclosure: I feel like RJ mixed his metaphors when it came to understanding out-of-universe and depicting in-universe gender dynamics, and it led to oddities in the text. I'm not looking to be convinced of the contrary; I can see what I am reading.
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and how good this show is. It's a dream to watch. That last episode had everything and more: it made me so gleeful and it was so bloody beautiful visually
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Still inconsolable about Moiraine and her mentality regarding her value being her usefulness because that's such a difficult trap from which to break free and her very place in the narrative places her in a position that validates that view and oh, Moiraine why
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I was wondering why in interviews RP had been referring to Moiraine's experience as akin to the loss of a child but now that Lan and Moiraine are hitting so many beats of the "parents who lost a child" story, that makes sense. I like it a lot
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Some notes on Eyes without Pity although not taken during the episode because my eyes were glued to the screen through and through. I don't know how the writers, actors and crew managed to top last episode but they did nom d'un petit bonhomme
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And I am not talking about Moiraine because it hurts too much and every second on screen was a bloody reminder of how much the show GETS her in all her complexity, contradictions and humanity. I love her so much
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Another particularly incredible moment: after trying to elicit a reaction out of Moiraine for days by coming onto Lan, Adeleas gets it and involuntarily strengthens her deadly resolve
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I actually enjoy this period between seasons where the writers, gif-makers, editors and artists are processing the season and going absolutely feral. The art has been particularly exquisite and yes, every day brings a new stunningly moving MoLan or Siuaraine piece
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gifset inspired by Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian because she's such a fascinating character
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if it didn't work because it needed more buildup, sure: the season is short, and we didn't see all of Eggy's training. But I'm starting to get annoyed with the obsession with strength when there are obviously many other factors in a fight