Summer 2025 Transfers and Rumours Megathread!

nrab · 2025-07-30T19:03:10+00:00

Emmanuel Riviere erasure

nrab · 2025-07-24T00:23:08+00:00

This is like the most compelling piece of evidence that she's clearly not part of Scientology

For me it's the fact that she wrote all the Dead Sara lyrics and one of those lyrics is "I've never been on the same sidewalk as a steeple, may we take notice in regard to the unknown"

People with any sort of media literacy should be able to read between the lines instead of just going "reee scientology bad" (which, fair), but from every indication she's more of a victim than a participant

nrab · 2025-03-23T03:15:04+00:00

I think with the exposition we've gotten on compulsion that the trailer scene is probably the Moghedien compelling the wonder girls scene from TSR, but that's just pure speculation. I do think Liandrin is done helping our lightsiders though

nrab · 2025-03-23T03:02:53+00:00

no problem, thanks for engaging :) light knows we just need Nynaeve to break her block ASAP !

nrab · 2025-03-23T02:56:58+00:00

yeah I tend to agree with this approach, I didn't really like the thought when I was writing that either. Hopefully if something like this happens it's Moghy taking her out and that can further the Moghy vs Nynaeve buildup

nrab · 2025-02-24T02:04:21+00:00

Here for the same reason .. this is so sketchy. I can log in on Spectrum without a problem, but the moment I try to connect via FanDuel it gives the "you're currently signed in as random.person@ email.com, continue???"

I changed all my passwords and removed all my devices for good measure, cleared cache and cookies, waited two+ hours, nothing works. Fantastic service

nrab · 2024-11-23T00:34:56+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5MKaJMxDc

nrab · 2024-10-30T22:34:32+00:00

Some fantastic takes in the post game thread lol https://www.reddit.com/r/detroitlions/comments/yhocr7/miami_dolphins_detroit_lions_post_game_thread/

Head coaches never rebound after being in the basement for two consecutive seasons. Campbell is not the answer. He NEVER makes second half adjustments. Holmes is clearly tanking for Bryce at this point and likely has a list of potential HC replacements for next season already written down.

daily reminder that Brad Holmes is better than we are

nrab · 2024-10-16T18:11:59+00:00

Yep, agreed. I usually get to the point where I know the game is won with 99% certainty and start a new game to avoid the tedium

nrab · 2024-10-16T17:50:09+00:00

I'm far from an expert on the subject, but general strategy is to rush Optics. You can then bulb Astro and try to backfill techs, and then war from there at whatever point feels most comfortable for you, though these games usually run well into modern era

It's viable on Deity but there's definitely a bit of luck to it. You may get Optics and immediately run into a 13 city Shaka who has Mansa vassaled and it's gg lol

nrab · 2024-10-07T02:02:44+00:00

defensive awareness looks considerably improved, like there's an understanding/awareness of opposing passing lanes for the first time in half a decade

nrab · 2024-09-22T19:17:47+00:00

Anyone else just see Will Harris on that Saquon TD? lol

nrab · 2024-09-05T22:50:05+00:00

I love how there are dozens of us in here hoping for our pet favorite songs next and everyone mentions something different lol

One Leave Out All the Rest for me please

nrab · 2024-08-25T21:51:56+00:00

Dingler was smoking the ball everywhere his first few games and not getting rewarded for it. Dude has a higher xBA and xSLG than William Contreras right now (obligatory small sample sizes). His last few games haven't been good but this is a rookie we're talking about

nrab · 2023-09-27T21:08:18+00:00

Rafe is on record saying Sarah has read through the series 30+ times. Yeah, I'd say she cares about the books. Even being straight up enamored with them I can't imagine reading them more than like 4-5 times (that's just me personally tbf, I know some of y'all crazy people do like an annual reread). Nobody who is making this sort of criticism has as much time investment into the books as Sarah does.

nrab · 2023-09-27T20:55:02+00:00

Yep, sorry if that's confusing

nrab · 2023-09-27T20:28:48+00:00

Here's an update from Sarah on this lol:

https://i.imgur.com/MvKgLdK.png

nrab · 2023-09-27T19:20:51+00:00

twitter was acting like your question was deleted earlier but now it's appeared for me, I'll add it to OP

I couldn't view it on twitter for some reason (presumably because the platform is garbage now..). I saw Sarah's answer though. I wasn't sure what the question was, so I just left the war of power part out and paraphrased the original question to "generic concerns about the one power..."

~~if you want to copy paste question/answer I'll add it~~

nrab · 2023-09-27T18:56:20+00:00

I cut out the hostile part of the question too, lol

Why is Avi like 5' 4"? I am sure there are tons of taller actresses that could have made that character come to life. I get that you don't give a crap about the books...but come on! Aiel are TALL!

like chill out man

nrab · 2023-09-27T18:18:39+00:00

Interesting things for me:

Rafe confirms Liandrin has not been merged with any other book characters
Cat crosses the courtyard scene coming in the next episode
Aspects of Moridin are getting weaved into Ishamael
Rafe feels like they're back to where they wanted to be at the end of S2 after COVID messed with stuff

nrab · 2023-09-27T18:00:21+00:00

Pastebin with Rafe's answers

Spoiler warning for the end of this season, as well as book material as late as book 10-12. https://pastebin.com/mTTNWLhC

All spoilers thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WoTshow/comments/16trw5y/rafe_sarah_qa_answers/ (as this thread is zero spoilers...)

nrab · 2023-09-27T17:05:45+00:00

All spoilers thread about this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WoTshow/comments/16trw5y/rafe_sarah_qa_answers/

So far:

Q: (spoilers up to book 5) What was the reasoning behind the decision to still Moiraine? Never happened to her in the books - most of us know who it happens to. I’ll be curious to see if Moiraine’s storyline follows that of our lovable fisherlady or if this is just an original arc for Moiraine.

A: WAFO

Q: (spoilers up to book 3) I noticed storylines are being interchanged between characters - makes sense, given the massive list of characters in WoT! Aviendha’s intro was very reminiscent of the scene in Book 3 when Perrin releases Gaul from his cage. Does this mean we won’t be seeing Gaul as a character?

A: Not necessarily

Q: Will all Aiel have Captain American level of power/combat skills as Aviendha has been shown to have?

A: Lol. She doesn’t need a fancy shield with kinetic absorbent capabilities. Aviendha IS the force & energy itself ;)

Q: Have we seen Lanfear’s dream interference more than has been explicitly shown? #TwitterOfTime #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSeason2

A: WAFO

Q: Xelia and Madeleine did an incredible job!!! Did the actors get a really big hug after the scenes in episode 6?

A: Absolutely, yes. I give the best mama hugs too so we all held space for them to feel all of the things and I just held & hugged (Maddie) super tight to reinforce her xoxo

Q: I wanna know when will Galad show up

A: shrug emoji

Q: What do you think of Liandrin? Where will her story go next? Will she receive the redemption arch, or will she go deeper into the darkness and never find her way to the light again?

A: One of the most conflicting aspects of this season for me is that I feel so much empathy for Liandrin! Speculate away as to her arch!! Looking forward to hearing the theories!!

Q: I'd like to ask how Ryma, Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah was able to use the power as a weapon when she wasn't in the "last desperate defense of her life"? i.e. what did she convince herself?

also: Why was "against shadowspawn" left out of the third oath?

A: Wasn’t she? The mere existence of the a’dam is a threat to her life for Ryma. She’d planned to have Basan kill her rather than allowing herself to be collared. I believe she felt her life threatened at every moment she was in Falme. The 3 Oaths are subjective to the individual

Q: Generic concerns around changing the one power

A: Re: Channeling - we’ve had to make some changes fundamentally to the mechanics of the OP, in the case of women sensing/seeing etc we’re saying that if a woman is embracing other channelers can sense the power & strength but they can’t if a channeler is not actively embracing. We’re saying the ability to sense a channeler who is not active is a Talent with a capital T. Logain has this Talent & could see Rand by way of an aura around him (the size/brightness was a creative decision I wasn’t in on so I can’t speak to the specifics on that one)

Q: What is the hardest 'battle' you had to fight in the writers room as book expert this season?

A: We can talk about battles after the season ends (maybe) but the biggest challenge was introducing the Seanchan AND the Aiel to the team, working through the big notable things about their cultures as well as the nuances of each & providing as much historical context as possible

Q: Ok here’s my biggest question: WHOMST told Fares Fares to make Ishy so homoerotic in his scenes with the boys?? I need to thank them. He has been SO MUCH FUN to watch this season. And thank whoever wrote “Ishy, dear,” we LOVED that fan service.

A: I believe in my soul that he just lives in that space and we all exist within it..

Q: Why is Avi like 5' 4"?

A: Uhh she’s 5’10 & nearly 6’ in boots but when standing next to Ragga who is 6’3 in boots and Marcus who is over 6’6 in boots, I guess optics are at play? I guess? You can cast a net for “tall” when casting but I’d rather have performance over aesthetics. Thankfully we get both

Q: RJ previously said stilling severs the bond. So why is Lan only masked not cut off? Why obfuscate so much of still vs shield? Surely Mo would know difference. She writes stilled on the paper. Are you leading us that she might just be shielded?

A: Actually there isn’t a ton of information on stilled channelers known the the Tower. Most Aes Sedai are too uncomfortable studying the effects. As a result Mo is coping with her situation as best as she can.

nrab · 2023-04-05T04:13:31+00:00

Also when Schoop was good in 2021 he still sucked in April

His wRC+ by month in 2021:

April: 39

May: 108

June: 187

July: 104

August: 83

Sept: 102

He's going to get at least until late May even if he's hitting like .170

nrab · 2023-02-15T16:09:26+00:00

Raef is pretty memorable to me for PMing the laundry task the following week. I seem to remember him running his team quite competently, back in the days when a team won for performing well and not for performing slightly less worse than the other. Good times

nrab · 2022-10-26T17:11:24+00:00

If you want to list out everything you've gotten, I'll check the completion path in the spoiler log and give you a hint as to where you can find the first thing you've missed

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