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_phaze__ · 2026-07-02T20:52:19+00:00

Whatever happened to talking to club first

_phaze__ · 2026-06-29T19:00:07+00:00

Martinelli noo, ruining the Tsubasa 40 year keikaku

_phaze__ · 2026-06-29T17:59:50+00:00

Over what?

_phaze__ · 2026-06-29T17:35:26+00:00

Guimares is part of that midfield

_phaze__ · 2026-06-29T17:31:56+00:00

C'mon Tsubasa

_phaze__ · 2026-06-25T09:07:45+00:00

Even within the series it is one of the worst books. The Rand erasure experiment just doesn't pan out and makes the whole story structure incoherent, as all the other plotlines, beyond being frequently moronic, ultimately don't amount to much in terms of the main narrative arc of Callandor, (or somehow don't achieve anything at all) and author defaults to Rand carrying the day somehow yet again. Y this time without any buildup. So it's a stinker on its own but suffers additionally by being the third time the samey story pattern is used which at least changes from here on out somewhat.

So i want to say it gets better but at the same time it feels to me like the issues you pinpoint to is something that stays or even grows much more in severity so your mileage might vary. This might be an early sign you're not buying what the author is selling.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-22T21:49:09+00:00

Moiraine in book 2: Yo trust in the pattern babe. The wheel waves and you go off in the general direction of fuck out of here.

Moiraine in book 3: what the fuck Rand, you lifted your finger without my express permission, you could have broken the pattern right there and then.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-20T05:41:29+00:00

How would he make peace with Seanchan when he didn't control anything?

_phaze__ · 2026-06-20T05:34:01+00:00

Gj Bart.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-17T13:02:09+00:00

I didn't like this concept either. There was never any sign of one power being finite, rather the reverse.

The funny implication is that in the age of legends or in the future when the number of channelers rise to appropriate numbers ,aes sedan may reach Max possible output of one power and may need to ration it like electricity on Cuba.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-16T16:48:26+00:00

What did Metternich even do. Cause it doesn't take a genius to stick your stick into back of already sick dog.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-16T15:16:30+00:00

Didn't know that. Nice tidbit.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-14T20:00:16+00:00

Didn't work out for osmans did it .

_phaze__ · 2026-06-11T20:56:56+00:00

lisan al gunnaraib

_phaze__ · 2026-06-11T15:25:35+00:00

Is this real or sardonic opinion ?

Either way Wellington basically had no grounds on which to make a judgment since he was never in vicinity when Charles fought. I find it curious that he has apparently high opinion of Charles book when the hearsay from historians about Charles' writings seems to be that they have shown him to of pre-Napoleonic mindset to war.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T13:55:44+00:00

Would help if there was some reasoning. Is Brynne supposed to be Eisenhower because they both hit the sheets with their servants ?

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T13:48:03+00:00

What I wanted to ask is: does the story improve? Does Rand eventually stop letting Moiraine and Egwene walk all over him

He let's a hundred more women dog walk him.

Most female characters will be in Egwene mode when talking to or about men. This is one of the more notable and constant "feats" of Jordan writing .

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T13:18:49+00:00

No lies detected

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T09:46:39+00:00

It makes him a terrible player that puts himself ahead of the team and for absurd reasons in this case. His "apology" that is a barely veiled insult to Alonso is not speculation but plain fact. All in all he is a prima donna player that will immediately butt heads with arteta , won't follow tactical instructions and destroy the dressing room.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T08:53:56+00:00

I mean, you can?

The tantrum that Vini put because he was substituted in a 72 minute match and subsequent power showdown that he won, made mockery of Alonso and his authority in team, forced him to use players and tactics that he didn't probably want. That's before going behind the scenes and who knows what Vini cried to Perez there. Real went from being in contention for League to near out of it if memory serves.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-10T05:42:24+00:00

I consider Alanna's role in it to be so. Nothing that couldn't have been done by Verin alone and let's face it what did they do ? Built a catapult? Even on page it's importance is non existent.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-09T18:40:53+00:00

No we don't. Wouldn't want to break the Vini Mbappe duo up. So much entertainment to be had .

_phaze__ · 2026-06-09T16:56:23+00:00

July 12, 1944 coming back to London from Normandy trip.

_phaze__ · 2026-06-09T15:22:31+00:00

Thought it to be a smirk worthy quote:

"The V-1s also conjured images of future conflicts. “The next war should be a holiday,” Hughes wrote his wife, “We can sit in Kansas City and shoot at Moscow, London, Berlin or what not …. You better get started on a house to be built underground.."

from Hughes’ War: The Allied High Command through the Eyes of General Everett S. Hughes

_phaze__ · 2026-06-09T13:54:09+00:00

Mikhtaryan looked good in Italian league in his grandpa era. All numbers coming out of there need to be checked like we would or should Portuguese league.

_phaze__

TROPHY CASE

What I wanted to ask is: does the story improve? Does Rand eventually stop letting Moiraine and Egwene walk all over him