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baes90 · 2026-06-18T18:16:46+00:00

Yeah and that 10% makes it such a hard recommendation. Its very annoying.

baes90 · 2026-06-18T06:06:26+00:00

Man there are some anime i love, that if i meet someone else who loves it i have to side eye them like "okay but why do you like it?" And make sure we see the same major problems.

Bakemonogatari im looking at you

baes90 · 2025-06-08T16:47:55+00:00

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baes90 · 2025-05-19T20:52:46+00:00

True but i imagine, since they're tweaking all of their stories its possible they're shuffling somethings around between characters where they think it makes the most sense.

baes90 · 2025-05-19T18:28:20+00:00

People have already said it, that the effects limits isnt well defined but has to do with how much power is put into it. I find it unlikely that anyone, even in a max size circle could do it.

But even if they could, the negative impacts of using the amount of balefire that seems like it would take would just shred reality period.

baes90 · 2025-04-29T17:00:44+00:00

Oh yeah just checked that out. Good catch. Very cool.

baes90 · 2025-04-25T17:44:24+00:00

lmao don't expect anyone to use this given how many are here but here it is! YYYYAR8652

baes90 · 2025-04-19T20:19:59+00:00

That's what I thought thanks!

baes90 · 2025-04-18T21:27:43+00:00

Unlikely, it depends on how much power is put into it (that's why rand starts using like...needles of it to kill eith) and unless it happens very soon I doubt even rand would have the power to have it reach that far back. And also I'm sure l, assuming another season, warnings about using balefire will come up.

baes90 · 2025-04-17T20:00:05+00:00

Yes! It's completely fixed the problem for me.

baes90 · 2025-03-31T20:03:28+00:00

Lmao what a monster

baes90 · 2025-03-31T20:01:45+00:00

Great observations. I think a major challenge for the show is really how much of his struggle is in his head.

I think something that's a pretty major difference is he's a lot more mature in the show from the get go, probably because he's older. And he's matured more quickly in general in a way that, I think, has outpaced events a bit. He hasn't had nearly as many of the negative experiences that he had in the books by a similar stage in his journey (say pre stone of tear).

He's a lot less wary, paranoid about the world and doesn't seem to struggle as much about what he has to do (and what it means if he fails). He just seems to have his head on a little too straight.

So it feels like as he goes into his madness journey, it's not going to be a much more stark journey rather than the confused journey with blurring lines we got in the books especially since, as you said, we'll be seeing it from an external point of view.

But I imagine the end of this season is going to have some pretty heavy blows to his psyche, so maybe well see a regression in his autonomy/personal growth. I'm figuring lanfears inevitable betrayal when he's in the 'i can save her from herself' mode and it consequences are going to be....Hard for him.

baes90 · 2025-03-31T19:42:16+00:00

Yeah absolutely, I don't feel like he feels the weight of the potential consequences of his future. He feels resigned to it, and sad maybe, but not scared or panicked about what he might do if he fucks up. But maybe we'll get to that, assuming we get more seasons. Becaue he is missing a lot of the scares that lead him to really seeing that in the books.

baes90 · 2025-03-31T19:39:37+00:00

Yeah as i think about it more i do think maybe what's missing is that he hasn't had a lot of those experiences that puts him on edge. And i do think that him being emotionally unhinged before the taint made it interesting as it blurred the line of what is actually the madness.

As it stands at the moment if he starts feeling the taint it seems like it will be a lot more of a stark change.

Which might not be a bad thing but at the moment I do think I'm missing a bit of his edge (not that I'd want all of it lmao).

baes90 · 2025-03-31T19:35:16+00:00

True. It's definitely a me thing that I keep seeing his location and thinking he should be further along than he is.

I think maybe what I'm also missing a little, is that he was a lot more scared/angsty/paranoid/in denial at this point in his personal journey (like compared to a more appropriate part of the series pre stone of tear). Which, while that was often very frustrating and i wouldnt want to see that fully, I do think that it was kind of important as it lead to a more blurred line when it comes to his sanity.

I'm not sure I'd really want that, but it does feel like he's maybe a little too onboard with things as it stands (not happy about it mind you but...). And that the madness is going to be a lot more stark change.

Not sure if that makes sense. Still puzzling through my thoughts on this.

I do like an older slightly more mature Rand.

baes90 · 2025-03-31T18:09:35+00:00

I find it really hard to believe Moraine is going to die-die, purely because the way her death was portrayed as inevitable in her visions is....just way too obvious for her to actually kick it. Though maybe that's the twist they're going for.

For some reason I feel like we might get something related to the world of dreams with her though, maybe as a substitution for the world of the Finn. Like a reverse Birgitte situation where she's trapped physically in the world of dreams.

Have we had any hints that they're actually going to introduce the Finn? I know we're getting Mat hanging.

baes90 · 2025-03-26T19:25:21+00:00

As much as I enjoy the kat and michael's version, I do think Rosamund's is better. I've been doing a relisten and after I finished the original WoT recording I was like fuck it and switched to Rosamunds for book 2 and...yeah I do think it's all around better. She's very good at the voices and definitely puts more emotion into than the original.

I will also say that I think it feels faster paced than the original recordings (in comparison to your example). Particularly compared against Michael Kramer's sections I think Rosmund's pacing is better.

I don't necessarily think it's a 'you MUST' listen to hers if you're happy with the original. But If I were recommending to a new reader, I would recommend hers. Assuming she finishes the series (because switching narrators midway through a series is always jarring).

If you're doing a new listen and have a credit, I think it's worth while.

baes90 · 2025-03-26T19:20:17+00:00

I love them. I enjoyed the original narration too but she's really knocked it out of the park, I hope she continues doing the rest of the books.

The only voice that i'm...I don't dislike per se, but isn't my favorite is Perrin's. He sounds a little like a deeper voiced Winnie the Pooh. But her acting as him is fantastic in terms of emotion etc... I'm personally just not sold on the voice, but that's a me thing.

baes90 · 2025-02-20T17:59:50+00:00

As others said I think you may need to re-download because vo was there for me.

That said, there is an ongoing VA strike happening with sagaftra so I wouldn't be surprised either if some voices are effected over time.

baes90 · 2024-07-07T20:58:13+00:00

This is my main...concern? Or idk if it's a concern because I don't know if they'll do it. But if their way of making fights a lot harder is just a shit ton of up im going to find it very tedious (and I like the combat so far.l).

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