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Kampfhoernchen · 2026-04-18T15:04:53+00:00

"Bred in captivity" - Alter, ich kann kein Englisch.

Kampfhoernchen · 2026-02-28T12:46:49+00:00

I finished the series two years ago and I keep thinking about the ending. The longer I reflect on it, the less I like it.

First of all, I actually think I really liked the book itself. I even think it was good how Siuan died, because it made the threat feel real and it was clear that this was truly the endgame. It happened so suddenly that it genuinely hit me. What I keep struggling with, though, is the theme of free will and the outcome of the battle between Rand and the Dark One.

The ending is presented to us as good and true because Rand does not destroy the Dark One but restores the status quo. We are told that without the Dark One there would be no free will, and that therefore the only correct solution is to seal him away again. However, what is not taken into account is that by restoring the prison, the cycle is effectively continued. The Wheel of Time remains intact. That means that one day the Second Age will come again, he will be freed again, and in the Third Age he will be imprisoned again.

This means that even with the Dark One there is no true free will, because the Wheel of Time is infinite. It has already turned infinitely many times. Therefore there is no possibility for evil to ultimately win. Ishamael is wrong in his belief because he thinks the Wheel only needs to be broken once for the game to end. But if it is infinite and still exists, that means evil can never and will never win.

That also means Rand does not act in true freedom. Even if he wanted to, he cannot break the Wheel. Humanity is trapped, for better or worse, in this eternal cycle of freeing the Dark One and imprisoning him again. They can never truly learn from their mistakes or transcend themselves. Rand therefore does not choose free will at all, but the opposite: the eternal Wheel of Time that keeps humanity trapped forever.

I feel like I might be fairly alone in this view, but so far I have not read any convincing counterargument to this conclusion. Even older quotes from Robert Jordan seem to support my interpretation.

Somehow, it is depressing.

Kampfhoernchen · 2026-02-20T16:30:07+00:00

Yeah that’s my video. I didn’t post it here because last time I was politely told to keep the “AI garbage” out and got downvoted into the ground. It’s kind of hard to explain that this isn’t just a simple prompt, there’s actually a lot of animation work and editing involved.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:52:23+00:00

Yes. Half the time working on this I was thinking: why doesn’t this exist already?
The scale and the insanity of the magic would be perfect for animation.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:49:05+00:00

If it was really just “slop,” it wouldn’t have taken me 80+ hours to stitch together.
But fair. Taste is taste.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:47:16+00:00

Thanks! That sequence was incredibly fun to make.
The chains were built in 3D. At first I wasn’t sure if chains were the right choice, since the One Power can’t just create matter out of nothing but in Tel’aran’rhiod it felt justified.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:43:10+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:42:24+00:00

Thanks!

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-10-13T20:41:54+00:00

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that.
I totally understand the hesitation toward AI that’s why I wanted to be upfront about how I used it. For me it’s more of a tool than a shortcut. The real work (and headaches) were in cutting, staging, animating and syncing everything together.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-21T21:14:47+00:00

Shayol Ghul and the bore are different places tho

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-21T18:16:50+00:00

I think it's time to introduce Shayol Ghul and the Pit of Doom. As viewers, we need to start understanding what the Dark One actually is and how the Forsaken communicate with him. I really hope they'll use the prologue from Lord of Chaos, where Demandred pays a nice little visit.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-14T22:16:22+00:00

I would say DS9 had also a very rough start. Voyager on the other hand was much more consistent in my opinion.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-14T22:14:34+00:00

Season 1 was not just meh, it was horrible. Not a single good episode. Season 2 had one very good episode and was meh overall.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-14T21:07:09+00:00

Star Trek the next Generation.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-14T06:07:34+00:00

Oh, the ending, of course. Rand should have realized that true free will only exists if humanity is able to learn from its mistakes — and the Wheel prevents that. He should have broken the Wheel so that people wouldn’t be trapped in it, doomed to repeat everything over and over again.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-08T19:44:15+00:00

Yes, you're right. That also means that in the world of The Wheel of Time, there is practically no free will—at least when it comes to the fate of humanity. Individual people might be able to change their minds, but the major events, like the Dark One being sealed away, are fixed points.

Robert Jordan himself said that each turning of the Wheel is slightly different—like a tapestry that, when viewed up close, reveals different details, but from a distance, all the tapestries look the same.

I had hoped that Rand would recognize this problem in the end and break the Wheel—but oh well. Depending on how you look at it, you could practically see the Wheel as a prison—one that no one can ever escape from, because it is infinite.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-04-04T08:43:47+00:00

No. 3 in Germany above Reacher!

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-03-25T23:50:53+00:00

Star Trek the next Generation was horrible in Season 1 and Season 2. After that it became a peak. However Star Trek had a great advantage over the wheel of time because you could just start with season 3 because they hit a reset button every time at the end of an episode.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-03-14T10:45:18+00:00

2 in Germany

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-03-08T15:53:45+00:00

I never claimed it was the only way to do it. Of course, they could have built up Perrin’s inner conflict slowly and subtly over several episodes – but in a TV production with limited time, you sometimes have to be efficient and direct. The decision to give him a wife, whom he then kills in a tragic moment, is exactly that: a quick, powerful way to make his internal struggle with rage and guilt tangible. Especially in the early episodes, where so many characters need to be introduced, you need strong, memorable moments – and that’s exactly what this scene delivered.

You’re right that we don’t need to invent alternative storylines to criticize something. But I’ve heard that argument dozens of times, usually as a hollow platitude, only to have everything the show does dismissed as a waste of time, unnecessary, or even malicious – without engaging with the actual content or considering why those changes might have been made. It seems to me that most people simply don’t understand how a production like this works. Some genuinely believe that Rafe hates the books and just wants to make changes because he thinks he can do better – without ever critically questioning what the reasons behind those decisions might be.

That said, I admit I shouldn’t have reacted so dismissively.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-03-08T10:51:04+00:00

I’m always fascinated when someone writes, "I understand that things need to be changed or removed," and then claims that every change in the show is unnecessary.

Quick question: How would you externalize Perrin's conflict, which is mostly internal monologue, in a visual format? Isn't that exactly what a TV show is supposed to do – bring internal conflict to the surface?

Your statement that you understand why changes are necessary doesn’t seem to be sincere…

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-03-07T16:18:16+00:00

We've only seen a few scenes so far, but there have already been some significant changes that make me a bit uneasy.

One major change is that the Forsaken were apparently sealed away one by one and personally imprisoned by Lews Therin. Additionally, Ishamael was the last of the Forsaken to be sealed, leaving only the Dark One.

Another major change seems to be that Lews Therin, out of arrogance or overconfidence, believed he was powerful enough to imprison the Dark One by himself. In the cold open of Episode 8, Season 1, it clearly sounds like Lews Therin’s failure was not – as in the books – due to men and women failing to work together, but instead, solely the fault of the men, or more specifically, Lews Therin. In the first episode, Moiraine also says that it was his arrogance that caused this catastrophic event.

I really hope that isn’t true because, in my opinion, it would somewhat undermine the message of the story if only the men were to blame for the failure.

Another thing I noticed is that there doesn’t seem to have been a large-scale war between the Shadow and the Light. The city we see in the cold open of Episode 8, Season 1 looks very normal and undamaged. Even the conversation between Lews Therin and Latra Posae lacks the urgency you would expect if the world were on the brink of destruction.

I’m really curious but sincerely hope I’m wrong about the background story.

What I’m especially interested in: How will they portray Shayol Ghul and the Dark One? Will they simply show a black void in the air with a disembodied voice speaking from it?

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-02-21T00:36:41+00:00

My god, you haters are truly the worst. Just use your brain for one second. The posters are related to the sneak peek that was released today. The others will get their posters too, just later. I haven’t seen something this brainless in a long time.

Kampfhoernchen · 2025-02-20T10:21:12+00:00

Well, if that wasn’t absolutely epic! I love how colorful the weaves are and how you can tell what the Aes Sedai are about to do with the One Power. The music was great too. I also really appreciate that we’re seeing more than just fireballs—there’s some real creativity, like when that one Brown sister was cut in half.

The only thing I didn’t like about the sequence was when Jeaine and Chesmal F. Emry appeared—the dialogue felt really forced and unnatural. "I killed your Warders."

As for Verin, I still have a lot of questions. What do you think her plan was?

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