Wheel of Time Discussion - Spoilers(with book spoilers)

[Bolares]

I liked how ruthless Moiraine was in pursuing her goal in this episode. She sees darkness in Mat, she can't have Mat with her in the eye of the world, so she puts the red ajah after him. A dick move? sure. better then risking the Dragon Reborn turning to the Dark One. (I assume this is all different from the books because the actor bailed)

 

[eyeheartawk]

I liked how ruthless Moiraine was in pursuing her goal in this episode. She sees darkness in Mat, she can't have Mat with her in the eye of the world, so she puts the red ajah after him. A dick move? sure. better then risking the Dragon Reborn turning to the Dark One. (I assume this is all different from the books because the actor bailed)

Yes.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Ah, I've seen someone point out that Loial wouldn't have been around later in the episode since he would have gone back to the Waygate to help the soldiers make sure it was closed.

 

[TheSword]

I liked how ruthless Moiraine was in pursuing her goal in this episode. She sees darkness in Mat, she can't have Mat with her in the eye of the world, so she puts the red ajah after him. A dick move? sure. better then risking the Dragon Reborn turning to the Dark One. (I assume this is all different from the books because the actor bailed)

Yes it is, but also Matt serves no purpose being there in the books. So I totally understand the decision.

 

[Parmandur]

I liked how ruthless Moiraine was in pursuing her goal in this episode. She sees darkness in Mat, she can't have Mat with her in the eye of the world, so she puts the red ajah after him. A dick move? sure. better then risking the Dragon Reborn turning to the Dark One. (I assume this is all different from the books because the actor bailed)

They seem to have pushed up some events from the third book for Mat, which is fine by me because that's when his arc started moving.

 

[Zardnaar]

Thom specifically mentioned the veiling when they buried the dead Aiel a few episodes ago. So it's been mentioned, but for some reason some people aren't cutting this episode's Aiel any slack for, you know, being in the middle of childbirth...

Yeah but they haven't been explained as such nor did they identify the lady as Aiel onscreen.

At the start of the show I realized it was a flashback.

3 good fantasy shows on atm. Gonna watch Witcher season 2 tonight.

 

[Bolares]

Yeah but they haven't been explained as such nor did they identify the lady as Aiel onscreen.

At the start of the show I realized it was a flashback.

3 good fantasy shows on atm. Gonna watch Witcher season 2 tonight.

As a non book reader here’s what I got from them:
-red hair
-good fighters
-rare in this part of the world.

So when I saw pregnant lady, I assumed she was an Aiel

 

[Zardnaar]

As a non book reader here’s what I got from them:
-red hair
-good fighters
-rare in this part of the world.

So when I saw pregnant lady, I assumed she was an Aiel

I assumed that as well. But I've read parts of the wiki and the first few bookslong time ago.

It's not actually that relevant atm anyway. I guessed it was Rand's mother.

Wife didn't pick up on that until later in the show as she is unfamiliar be with the source material.

 

[Parmandur]

As a non book reader here’s what I got from them:
-red hair
-good fighters
-rare in this part of the world.

So when I saw pregnant lady, I assumed she was an Aiel

Moraine holds her cards really close to her chest in the book...but she was in hindsight extremely suspicious of the 6'6" 20 year old who looked like an Aiel in a community of people who looked nothing like the Aiel, given what she did know of the circumstances of the Dragon's birth.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Good episode. It's really rocketing along.

They haven't explained the heron-marked blade yet. Am I misremembering, or by this point in the story hadn't that gotten Rand into trouble a couple of times already? It makes his father's backstory very interesting and deep -- might have made the reveal in this episode stronger.