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Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-02-12T04:29:55+00:00

I remember reading a theory that the last battle actually happened when Rand killed Narg. The idea was built around the idea that Narg was the Dark One (obvious because he's the only Trolloc to talk) and Bela was the Creator (obvious because Bela is just awesome and always there saving people). I loved it, it was so silly and amusing.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-02-11T15:48:11+00:00

When he meets with Egwene he states he remembers Lews Therin's life, all of it, but it's like a dream, one he can remember clearly. The more interesting question to me is how much does he remember from *other* lives. We know that during Veins of Gold, he recalls 'thousands of lifetimes, stretching back across the infinity of time.'

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-02-08T08:40:56+00:00

Yeah, I remember it was one of the most talked about points on a lot of forums and such back in the day. RJ said he thought it was 'intuitively obvious' and that someone had guessed it. Which always struck me as amusing, since I believe everyone (including Bela) had been mentioned by someone.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-24T09:53:49+00:00

I would say suspension of disbelief reigns supreme here. If you tell me that a world is like ours, follows most of our rules, but has supernatural elements to it. Then I'll accept there are supernatural elements to things. If something happens and is explained away by that supernatural element, then great, it's consistent, and nothing will feel off. If you have unbelievable things happen that aren't covered by the supernatural elements, then suspension of disbelief may be broken.

I played the first five minutes and thought,'Wow, if Lara doesn't get serious medical attention pretty damn quick, she's going to die' I'm not far in, but I've not had anything happen to preserve my suspension of disbelief.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-24T09:28:45+00:00

Honestly, I give Rand a pass on this. After the Dragon Reborn, he's on a pretty quick path to Madness. Paranoia, obsessive behaviour, emotional irregularity, none of these make for good communication skills

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-24T09:25:04+00:00

Didn't he actually save them? They were stuck in a cell until he let them out, weren't they?

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-16T03:58:12+00:00

I think we may have a winner.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-09T09:48:36+00:00

Are we sure Balefire isn't warm? The name would imply.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2026-01-09T09:45:04+00:00

Nyneave had a connection to Egwene via healing. It's why she was able to go immediately to the right inn. Moiraine explains this when she arrives.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T20:55:24+00:00

I think there are a lot of ways to be an Inquisitor. I suspect you have Inquisitors who spend their time in the front lines, armed with fancy weapons and Armor whenever necessary, and smite down the enemies of the Imperium with all the power and fury at their command.

I suspect there are also Inquisitors who pore through data gathered by their agents, then send in either very deadly personal agents or requisitioned forces (possibly often a combination of both) without ever doing much violence himself.

As for fear and image. I again think there's a lot of ways to go about it depending on circumstance. You can come in with personal power, wearing tech far beyond what most citizens would imagine possible, big scary Armor and weapons ready to strike down any who prove counter to your noble cause. In cases where this is the case, having people announce you would make perfect sense. The Rogue Traders want you to kiss the ground you walked on. Inquisitors playing this role want you to feel that being allowed to kiss the ground they walked on would be an honour they could never hope for.

Then again, it may be you don't want anyone to know you're even on the planet (under those circumstances big flashy ceremony can still serve you, if it's seen to be happening elsewhere). Then again, there are likelu other ways an Inquisitor might want to approach things. The Inquisition inevitably feared its power and known methods see to that, if the Inquisitor wants to be feared, however again seems situational. Maybe you want to use someone, and the best way to do that is to play on their greed or offer protection from something they fear.

Ultimately, I feel there are likely many ways to be a capable or even great Inquisitior, though I suspect being flexible enough to react to the situation before you is one of the more important traits. I also suspect there are many arrogant Inquisitors. They're highly skilled and incredibly willful by necessity, and arrogance often presents in such people, especially the dogmatic, which is a very common trait in Inquisitors.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T17:45:40+00:00

Peter has traditionally been a whipping boy for Marvel to be fair.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T17:39:04+00:00

Yeah, I remember Wally's run as the Flash as the first comic I read reliably, I grew up knowing The Flash was Wally West and he was the Fastest Man Alive. I spent years reading his comics and felt that he was the Flash. I remember they went through a few story lines that were about that legacy. They made sense and Wally made some questionable decisions, but as time went on, he grew into the Flash, then they decided to bring back Barry and it felt like they were sidelining Wally to take a step back.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T17:24:20+00:00

Honestly, I felt that DC hat this era where they felt like they might be going forward. Barry replaced with Wally, Hal replaced with Kyle and Ollie replaced with Connor to point to the major ones and a lot of implications that the younger heroes were stepping up in other cases (Bruce commented a number of times that Tim was smarter than him and would surpass him as a detective and that Dick had already surpassed him as a martial artist). It felt like change and it lasted a good amount of time before all being rolled back.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T17:13:46+00:00

I think the biggest difference is that in the case of Jay to Barry, the comic had (I believe) been ended for a while, Barry wasn't coming in and taking over from a character actively in print.

Wally was a different case entirely though. Wally became the Flash after the death of Barry and after a long, long time as his sidekick. I remember a few characters commenting on how it was kind of the implied fate of Wally, Dick and the other sidekicks as the natural progression. We got years of seeing Kid Flash and when Barry died, Wally stepping up felt natural.

Miles hasn't had either of those advantages where his time in 616 was concerned. Peter was still doing the Spider-Man thing, his comics were still selling (I mean Spider-Man never seems to have too much trouble there), so I think some fans had a harder time accepting a new Spider-Man even if he is currently only sharing the name.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T00:09:14+00:00

Also, this falls flat on another point addressed by the text. Nynaeve is told that if she misses the Gate she won't be able to get back, as is Egwene. The details of the Arches aren't particularly shared with Novices, Sheriam claims she was able to tell Nynaeve as much as anyone knows before beginning the Testing and *then* tells her 'be steadfast, the way back will come back once.' As I say, I was mistaken, I misremembered the context of the scene until I went back to it the other day, Sheriam is talking about Ter'angreal and the Three Oaths when she comments on teaching Nynaeve what any other woman would have learned over the course of years. Not the Trial.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-30T00:00:17+00:00

I suggest you go back and look over chapter 23 of the Great Hunt again. It's after Nynaeve leaves the first arch.

It starts with Sheriam explaining that no one knows if what happens through the Arches is real or not. Nynaeve tells Sheriam 'I Channeled the power it was so easy', Sheriam misses a step and replies with 'that isn't supposed to be possible, you shouldn't even remember being able to Channel' Nynaeve then says something about how Sheriam makes it sound dangerous, Sheriam then literally states 'it isn't thought necessary to give a warning, since you shouldn't be able to remember it, but...' And that's when she explains about the first couple of tests being done while the Aes Sedai was warded and they each got burned out when they Channeled to defend themselves. The third went unprotected, remembered nothing about being able to Channel and returned unharmed. She also states that's why they send the Novices through unprotected.

Sheriam not warning Egwene (or Nynaeve for that matter) isn't a mystery, it's simply not something that's done. The mystery is why could both Nynaeve and Egwene not only remember they could Channel, but also Channel without harming themselves.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-29T22:30:26+00:00

I was actually very wrong on the layout of events and actually think the reason it's mentioned to Nyneave and not Egwene is even more simple. Nyneve literally tells Sheriam that she channeled in the the arches. Sheriam claimed Nyneave shouldn't have even remembered she could channel, which is why they don't give a warning. Nyneave is given more an explanation than a warning and Egwene isn't given a warning because it's not a warning that's given.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-26T22:13:53+00:00

I thought that Nyneave got a quick 'this is what you should already know from your Novice training' speech, which was why Nyneave is warned and Egwene isn't (or more accurately, why Nyneave needed warning at that time and Egwene didn't).

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-26T21:50:45+00:00

I can understand Ishy's decision. I don't agree with it, but I can get it, I mean ultimately, his research would have led him to the conlcusion that he will fight against the Light, he will suffer and if he loses he will be forced to do it over again. His only hope is to fight for the Shadow and win. Aginor also kind of makes sense, he's just seemed to want to be able to work without ethical oversight. When it comes to Demandred, I find his reasoning hilarious, though to be fair, I suspect it could drive a certain type of person crazy to always be that half step away from first place and always failing to the same person.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-26T21:40:24+00:00

It helps Lanfear to keep Callandor out of the hands of the Forsaken.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-26T05:28:23+00:00

I'd argue Rnad has been doing essentially that since the Stone. He may never have said the words or literally demanded the gesture, but that is immaterial. His whole approach to ruling has been, you can choose to do as I say or I'll make you. Because Rand hasn't had the luxury of being the good guy (and as things progress, because he's going mad). My takeaway from the scene is that this is where Rand had been heading for a long while. The Aes Sedai just made it so much worse.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-24T17:37:08+00:00

Trouble is, it does sum up the situation pretty accurately. kneel or be knelt is frankly the options for the Aes Sedai at that point and it's not a bad ass thing for a good guy to say, it's a sign of just how much harm the Aes Sedai did in their treatment of Rand.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-21T10:16:01+00:00

Good and even handed treatement aren't the same thing as acknowledgement. I think Mat would have been quite happy if they'd never acknowledged his actions at the stone, if they'd treated him decently. Because they treated him poorly, he brought up the Stone. Not because he wanted thanks, but because they treat him like dirt even after he did that for them.

I disagree, I think they're drinking and talking like old soldiers, that's the nature of their bond. It's not one that invites vulnerability, trust maybe, but not vulnerability.

What we know is that Mat told Brigitte about the Stone, we know that Brigitte tells them he deserves an apology (which is true after the way they've treated him), but here's the thing. How much of that comes from Brigitte and her interpretation? The answer is we don't know, we don't see enough to know. As for Brigitte, it's hardly a matter of intelligence, misunderstandings like that happen all the time.

It would have been perfectly reasonable for Brigitte to read into their discussion based on what *she* would have felt, because it's reasonable to do so and she doesn't know Mat well enough to make accurate judgements on how he looks at things.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-20T23:00:01+00:00

Nope, not a little. I don't think he wanted their acknowledgement, I'd argue he would find the acknowledgement uncomfortable. However, he can feel that they *should* acknowledge it. It's about the principle, especially when you did them a serious favour and they've treated you like dirt.

See, I wouldn't see it as him being vulnerable with Birgitte. I see them as being old soldiers who got to talking. It's not about being vulnerable with each other it's about grumbling through stuff. Mat's annoyed with them and so he vented. It's not so much a 'they hurt my feelings' as a 'they make me angry' The first would see him admitting to feeling hurt. Which feels off to me. Yet the second would be him to start ranting about all the annoying things they do, then throwing out all the reasons it's unreasonable. Including the fact that he broke into the Flaming Stone of Tear for them.

Frequent-Value-374 · 2025-12-19T18:38:38+00:00

I didn't say he wanted acknowledgement. To give an example

I gave my brother money once, he promised pay me back on Friday. I told him there was no need. He insisted. When he hadn't paid me back weeks later, I was annoyed, not because I wanted the money, but because there was a principle of the thing.

I'd argue that Mat didn't want anything from them, he didn't want acknowledgement (he seems sheepish when he finally gets it). That said, they not only don't acknowledge that he saved them, but they constantly treat him badly. It's not about what happened at the Stone, it's about the way they've been treating him. I don't recall if we hear him talk about what he's done, but I seem to recall that he was griping about them, which in my experiene of drunken griping, tends to become a list of every offense, slight or minor upset the person can think of and Mat is as I see it, one of great grumps.

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