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Thanks for sharing the link! I never would have thought to look for a specific clip like that. And I really love that scene. I love Mat's reactions - first he kind of gasp/scoffs when he realizes Elayne really can sing, and then he's like "Wow, I can't believe she's actually singing this, but I like it!" Thom is clearly pleased she really can sing. And I like that he has a kind of beat up guitar. It goes better with his rougher nature. Side note - it will be interesting to see what they do with his character. He mentions having been in the court of Andor, so it will not be unbelievable if he shows himself to be savvy about politics among the upper classes. I love how Elayne just goes with it once she understands what the song is about. Very Elayne. I also like the pirate port of call vibe in the pub scenes. I keep remembering Pirates of the Caribbean. 😄

That kind of stuff is like mindless action flicks where they don't care if stuff makes sense. It really cheapens the show. The battle of Emond's Field is one of my favorite parts of the books. If they blow it, I'll be very upset.

I just started following this forum as of Ep5, so I don't know what their takes on the first 4 episodes were, but no one is forcing you to read their posts. When you see their name, just move on.

I don't think most people would be that easily convinced either, but maybe she already has a sense of Perrin's honest nature? What do you mean about book beat theft? Don't we want the show to be as faithful to the books as possible?

I think they could both be equally traumatic. Imagine learning that your mother is a darkfriend and she killed your brother. IRL, that would like learning your mother is a Satan worshipper and she sacrificed your brother in a Satanic ritual.

It's not likely to be made clear in regards to specific time frames because this way they can just make it up as they go. If they are to go with that bit of lore from the books, they do need to make it clear that he was able to partially escape. I think show only viewers would be rather confused, otherwise.

It wasn't awful, but I wasn't terribly impressed either. Moghedien's compulsion of Elayne and Nyaneave was great, until she scratched Nyaneave. That felt totally out of character for her. I enjoyed Elayne's singing, and like others, I was very amused when she understood the meaning of the song! But she quickly overcomes it. Maybe the show will have her learning as many bawdy songs as she can instead of swear words. I really couldn't care less about Liandrin's history. We learned enough about her motivation for being a dark friend already. I enjoyed seeing the garden at Cold Rocks Hold. It's minor, but it was a good culture building scene. The little girl getting angry at Rand for touching her spear and telling him he dishonored her felt over the top though. It was good to hear that Saidar and Saidin are different, and what Rand said sounded like it came straight out of the books, but the context didn't make sense. Moiraine would not go to him for advice on handling the OP. I have hated the love triangle the entire time and am so glad that's over. I really didn't like that they made Rand a cheater, but I was glad he pointed out to Egwene that he was never enough for her. At the beginning of S1, she dumps him to train with Nyaneave. The fight scene with Sammael was mostly lame, except for seeing just how strong in the OP Rand is. Many people have already said it, but the Caution girls healing Alanna was just awful. The entire arc with Alanna and Maksim has been awful, and it ticks me off because I really loved Alanna up until now. They should have killed off Maksim and kept Ihvon, and he and Alanna could still have gone to the TR for the same reason, but without the pointless contrived drama. Perrin and Faile - ugh. Faile's mother was a darkfriend? Double ugh. She lied about her family and background in the books, but if that's supposed to be what she's doing here, it's a ridiculous story to make up. More likely it's to give her some trauma that will affect their relationship. This is the first time I did not laugh at something Mat said it did. 😞 Did anyone else notice that Egwene did not get in trouble for disobeying the Wise Ones about T'A'R? Just a mild scolding. Big surprise. Overall, 6 out of 10 for me.

That's probably right. I didn't think of it as her sucking their souls out. We were told earlier that they give up their souls, weren't we, not that their souls are taken. So I guess she is like a drahgkar.

That jumped out at me immediately! Moghedien is supposed to be all about caution, and that was just reckless. Or she thinks they are really stupid and won't realize something fishy went down. They giggled a little too much, which was a very strange thing to hear Nyaneave doing, but the way they answered her questions so eagerly was right on point. Best scene of the show IMO. Moghedien is beyond creepy! Has the actress played this kind of part before? Does anyone know why her fingers are black?

What the heck was that supposed to be? It looked kind of like a OP version on Thor's Hammer. And he wasn't even effective with it.

Or here's an idea - they could have left out the contrived conflict between Alanna and Maksim, he would never have left her, and she would not have taken so many injuries.

That's all the more reason to NOT give it a pass. By the time they're done, we may barely recognize the magic system in the show as the OP from the books.

Just keep changing how the OP works depending on what they want to do in that episode.

Yes, the events in the books occur in just over 2 years. The show is doing a particularly bad job at demonstrating the passage of time. Oops. Obviously I am making my way through the comments for Ep5. It's hard to keep track!

Moiraine and Siuan at least had a history of being pillow friends although they left that behind when raised to Aes Sedai. It doesn't do anything to move the story forward, but it doesn't detract either. Elayne and Aviendha? Nada. Someone once tried to tell me that they were gay because they took baths at the same time (but in different tubs). The Sea Folk were insulted that they were not invited to bathe with Elayne, indicating it was some sort of social ritual among them. So does that mean all Sea Folk women were gay? Aside from the lack of evidence, there is the fact that they are magically born again as sisters. Then it becomes akin to invest which I'm pretty sure even in today's woke environment is still frowned upon.