Independent George said:
It's pretty cool that Nyneave was there for the gentling of Logain. Will make it that much better when she heals it and has to hold him herself since we saw two fairly strong women struggling with it.
javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
Yep. Books said some married their warders despite the prohibitions.Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
mpl35 said:Yep. Books said some married their warders despite the prohibitions.Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
Micah97 said:
Have you guys been watch the animated short stories through Amazon XRay? I can access them through the IPad. Worth watching as you go through each episode.
Micah97 said:
Have you guys been watch the animated short stories through Amazon XRay? I can access them through the IPad. Worth watching as you go through each episode.
Chipotlemonger said:
Yea I didn't see them on a cursory look. How can I find them? Laptop the best route? I watch Prime through my Xbox.
Chipotlemonger said:
Yea I didn't see them on a cursory look. How can I find them? Laptop the best route? I watch Prime through my Xbox.
I don't know if it's actually in his will, but he has stated as much in interviews: https://www.tor.com/2013/11/12/george-rr-martin-no-more-game-of-thrones/Azariah said:BenFiasco14 said:mpl35 said:I wouldn't be surprised. I never felt RJ was padding his books. I thought he was struggling with the massive world. Goodkind was always a second rate hack. And in the mid 90s i was a huge fan of both....Maveric said:There are a lot of similarities between the two and Goodkind was accused of lifting ideas from other writers.mpl35 said:Well except we already had The Great Hunt and the Hawkwings armies returning in 1990. Wizards first rule came out 4 years later.Deputy Travis Junior said:
Take the Seanchan. I seriously wonder if Jordan read the Sword of Truth, decided an old world reconquering sounded pretty cool, and dropped a version of it in his book series to the tune of about 3k new pages.
Same issue with GRRM and why he'll never finish ASoIaF. He will pass before he finishes just like RJ. Difference is, he's specifically said in his will that a Brandon Sanderson situation CANT happen. So we'll never know the real ending to song of ice and fire
Sorry for the derail
You've read GRRM's will?
Can't happen unless Staff decides to update it. There is a warning on the first post, so this thread has always included book discussionIndependent George said:
Yeah I think we need to update the tread title to include that spoilers are allowed.
Maybe edit the 1st post to remove all the links to casting stuff, and add a link to the non-spoilers thread? That would remove any excuses people have if they still see spoilers.bluefire579 said:Can't happen unless Staff decides to update it. There is a warning on the first post, so this thread has always included book discussionIndependent George said:
Yeah I think we need to update the tread title to include that spoilers are allowed.
Oh I knew that - I just didn't recall the warders playing hide the hot dog with each other. There is a difference...not that I really care one way or another (nor does it seem those warders did either lol).Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
javajaws said:Oh I knew that - I just didn't recall the warders playing hide the hot dog with each other. There is a difference...not that I really care one way or another (nor does it seem those warders did either lol).Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
Well, you don't know what they did and didn't do. Pretty sure they were bi-warders, not gay warders.BenFiasco14 said:javajaws said:Oh I knew that - I just didn't recall the warders playing hide the hot dog with each other. There is a difference...not that I really care one way or another (nor does it seem those warders did either lol).Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
They didn't play hide the hot dog with each other. The gay warders was an invention by the show runners.
I think the only references to homosexuality in the books were around some Aes Sedai being "pillow friends" as novices or Accepted/apprentices.BenFiasco14 said:javajaws said:Oh I knew that - I just didn't recall the warders playing hide the hot dog with each other. There is a difference...not that I really care one way or another (nor does it seem those warders did either lol).Micah97 said:javajaws said:
Ep4 was definitely the best episode so far. I don't remember green warders being so....friendly...with each other in the books but that could just be my recollection.
No there was mention in the books that some Green Aes Sedai played hide the hot dog with their warders.
They didn't play hide the hot dog with each other. The gay warders was an invention by the show runners.
Good idea, went ahead and updated it.PatAg said:Maybe edit the 1st post to remove all the links to casting stuff, and add a link to the non-spoilers thread? That would remove any excuses people have if they still see spoilers.bluefire579 said:Can't happen unless Staff decides to update it. There is a warning on the first post, so this thread has always included book discussionIndependent George said:
Yeah I think we need to update the tread title to include that spoilers are allowed.
Champ Bailey said:
Thoughts so far.
Just like with the trollocs, the weaves can look badass at times (Nynaeve's first time, pretty much all of the first battle), but can look very cheesy other times.
Egwynne casting is a miss. Some people have complained about Mat, but I thought he as just as whiny at the beginning of the series. He became my favorite character by the end though. I think they just need to do a better job about him inserting his foot in his mouth more. I like pretty much everyone else.
Episode 4 was action packed, and I loved Logain's storyline. Thought they did a great job showing how he was losing his mind.
I'm liked the more evidence they showed of Mat being controlled by the dagger.
AgLiving06 said:Champ Bailey said:
Thoughts so far.
Just like with the trollocs, the weaves can look badass at times (Nynaeve's first time, pretty much all of the first battle), but can look very cheesy other times.
Egwynne casting is a miss. Some people have complained about Mat, but I thought he as just as whiny at the beginning of the series. He became my favorite character by the end though. I think they just need to do a better job about him inserting his foot in his mouth more. I like pretty much everyone else.
Episode 4 was action packed, and I loved Logain's storyline. Thought they did a great job showing how he was losing his mind.
I'm liked the more evidence they showed of Mat being controlled by the dagger.
I'm rereading it now and Mat seems ok vs the book.
I'm not sure Egwynne is miscast as much as they did her wrong by making her such a love interest with Rand when there's an attraction in the books, but it's not to the point they are hooking up.
wangus12 said:
I think they were definitely trying to show the taint
If you believe that kids their age in remote agrarian villages weren't sneaking away and ****ing, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell youAgLaw02 said:
Having Rand and Egwene hooking up is a poor choice. Inserting modern sexual norms into a remote agrarian village doesn't work.
I can overlook it, but it was a poor choice.
bluefire579 said:If you believe that kids their age in remote agrarian villages weren't sneaking away and ****ing, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell youAgLaw02 said:
Having Rand and Egwene hooking up is a poor choice. Inserting modern sexual norms into a remote agrarian village doesn't work.
I can overlook it, but it was a poor choice.
It's highly discouraged in many places today. That doesn't stop them.mpl35 said:bluefire579 said:If you believe that kids their age in remote agrarian villages weren't sneaking away and ****ing, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell youAgLaw02 said:
Having Rand and Egwene hooking up is a poor choice. Inserting modern sexual norms into a remote agrarian village doesn't work.
I can overlook it, but it was a poor choice.
That wasn't how it was portrayed in the female dominated Two Rivers. Premarital Sex was highly discouraged. The one couple that was engaged got caught and couldn't sit on their wedding day they were so sore from the beating
bluefire579 said:It's highly discouraged in many places today. That doesn't stop them.mpl35 said:bluefire579 said:If you believe that kids their age in remote agrarian villages weren't sneaking away and ****ing, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell youAgLaw02 said:
Having Rand and Egwene hooking up is a poor choice. Inserting modern sexual norms into a remote agrarian village doesn't work.
I can overlook it, but it was a poor choice.
That wasn't how it was portrayed in the female dominated Two Rivers. Premarital Sex was highly discouraged. The one couple that was engaged got caught and couldn't sit on their wedding day they were so sore from the beating
There are a lot of things to nitpick about the show, but this is a really strange hill you're choosing to die on here.mpl35 said:bluefire579 said:It's highly discouraged in many places today. That doesn't stop them.mpl35 said:bluefire579 said:If you believe that kids their age in remote agrarian villages weren't sneaking away and ****ing, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell youAgLaw02 said:
Having Rand and Egwene hooking up is a poor choice. Inserting modern sexual norms into a remote agrarian village doesn't work.
I can overlook it, but it was a poor choice.
That wasn't how it was portrayed in the female dominated Two Rivers. Premarital Sex was highly discouraged. The one couple that was engaged got caught and couldn't sit on their wedding day they were so sore from the beating
What are you arguing? In the books it was very clear that the community was conservative and didn't condone the kids sleeping around. The author made it clear it didn't happen. He made it clear our main characters didn't do it. I don't care what you say happens in many places today. It's irrelevant to the fact that Hollywood decided to sex it up when it didn't need to be and is actually runs counter to some major plots in the overall story arc.
