wotfan4472

If not Juilin.........was that Jain Farstrider?!?! He....seems to know what is going on.

That was due to WB not giving Peter the time to do the story after Guillermo left the film, and after WB deciding to split the thing into three. We are lucky he had the balls to come up with the White Council fight at Dul Guldur, which took place in the books the same year of The Battle Of Five Armies, and chose to use Gandalf's story absence for a large part of the story for all of that from the Ringwraith graves to that moment. Even his report to the White Council on that issue was after the Hobbit book was done, and Bilbo was back in the Shire in the source material. For me, Rafe gets plenty of slack from me, considering he has far too much source material to explore, and source materail he is huge fan of. Which, after other shows I have seen over the last 10 years, is a breath of fresh air.

That is like me. 8 small paperback novels, and 6 in the full size paperbacks. The only thing with mine, is all of them are British Orbit books.

I love that as well. It makes a great way of showing how the Dragon Reborn affects things, as the Shadow starts acting to weaken its biggest foe's chances later on.

I got the sense at first it was an epileptic seizure. I then thought it was due to no alcohol consumption. That is what I thought, anyway, since I have seen the signs of both in my life from family members, and both look identical. Or it is entirely possible Rahvin used compulsion on her, she is fighting it, and the battle is displaying that physical sign. Alice could be Aran'gar. We will just have to wait and see if Alice is part of Elaida's backstory, or is in fact something else altogether.

I loved Rahvin there, and seeing Sammael for the first time is great. The split beginning as a result of his presence makes much more sense now. Book Rahvin would not go near them in any way.

Oh, that is what I missed!! Thanks. I totally forgot about Jain.

Ishamael was actually spun out twice. It was in the Trolloc Wars that he earned the title Ba'alzamon. That was actually him in the flesh going around the world and launching Trolloc invasions in all three continents. The next time he was spun out, he acted as Wormtoungue tried to Theoden. Only here, he fully achieved his aims with Hawkwing, when the King sent his two heirs to the other continents on Ishamael's first word, then turned him on the Aes Sedai and his subjects with the second.

I know. The thing is, I never remember the really awful stuff once I watch it.

Go Titanic for worst film. The song alone dooms that thing. 7 times in one hour switching radio stations when that film released is insanity on full blast. There is an awesome Cage Match on here that totally redeems Twilight, in the Bela vs Bella match that is hilarious to read. I giggle every time she shows up now when I watch those films in the rare occasion I can stomach them for a little time.

Yes, Machin Shin is the corruption of saidin given physical form, but not as the madness unfolds in male channellers.

Damane do not die when their suldam does. We have multiple POVs of dead suldam, and their damane either unconscious, which we were told so by either a Wise One or and Aes Sedai, or reacting no different to an Aes Sedai with their dead Warders. Ryma's battle actually showed a suldam dead, and her damane alive.

It was because they were both powerful, and in Moiraine's case, had a link to a powerful Cairheinen House, which was just on the throne, before Laman was killed. Siuan was simply because of her power, and possibly sticking it to Tear, considering that nation's attitudes to the One Power, and Aes Sedai. But, the most important reason, is she tried to get them to choose the Red Ajah once they passed their tests. Myrelle did nothing, because Accepted are expected to stand up for themselves, and that includes standing up to the kind of coercions Elaida was using. If this was their time as novices, then Myrelle would have behaved totally differently to what Elaida was doing.

It is a good question. The answer, is that the Dark One is incapable of developing beyond what his nature is, and cannot change how he gathers followers. They will always be selfish, and always fail him at the toughest hurdles, as humanity resists his activities. On top of that, he will always be suspicious of any one of his followers either being too weak for him to use, too powerful to use, or to willing to switch to the Dragon's allegiance for their survival, even if it is a temporary allegiance. As Rand says, the Dark One cannot inspire loyalty to his cause, and the only soul that proves as an exception, out of all the countless souls that have declared for him at some point, is Ishamael himself. He is the only soul that will stay loyal to the Dark One, because he truly believes in the Dark One's victory, however the Dark One wants it to manifest.

The failure of the Dragon comes with a condition though. It requires the Dragon to recognise the Dark One is right in its motives, and to do that, he has to be broken and give in to the Dark One, and even in his insane state, the Dragon did not give in, and will not give in. Not with all of his past lives and previous battles with the Dark One for experience, which is always the Dragon's insanity manifest.