19 hours ago, DojoToad said:

I brought up the bonding as being painful as I was trying to figure out what was happening in the scene with Lan on his knees beating his chest.

 

I addressed that the oath rod is not painful.  And the books never addressed bonding as being painful.  But things are changing from books to show and I thought this might be one of those things - just speculation.

 

Make sense?

Thank you for clarifying that you're purely speculating, not misremembering. I don't think you're the only one who's mentioned this, tough, so hopefully others aren't just running with your speculation as gospel.

I wouldn't agree that it makes sense, but seeing some of the changes thus far (stomping Lan, etc), I wouldn't say it's impossible.

11 hours ago, Guire said:

The Mat changes will hopefully work out.  I am a bit scared that Big change Sanderson referenced might be Mat's arc.  I rally hope the changes to arc didn't contribute to change in actors playing Mat. 

Oh Light ... as in Mat becomes scummy too? Now I really would hate that ?

That was interesting! Thanks, @WhiteVeils ?

Firstly, where DOES this misconception come from that the Bonding is painful? Are people confusing it with the effect of the Oathrod? If so, that is a bit uncomfortable - not painful to the point of screaming.

Secondly, we are already seeing a complete break from Aes Sedai character in the trailers, ie them showing much more emotion than they would in the Books (Leanne banging her staff on the floor and pulling a grotesque face in the Hall is an example).

I presume they have to do this because having a bunch of blank-faced people would not make for good TV. It stands to reason that if the Aes Sedai serenity has gone out the window, Warder stoicism probably will too.

As I mentioned at the trailer reveal party, the chance which Brandon said the fans are going to hate, is probably going to be Emo Lan instead of Emo Rand ?

Welcome to DM, Jesus! Hope you'll be very happy here ?

Do you have any favourite characters or groups of people from the Books yet?

Are we having a watch party? Or will we all be on the Dusty Wheel thingy?

Are you doing a Madonna on us, Tal? ?

I think that's 5:30pm my time .... man, these American time zones do my head in.

Welcome to DM, Lance ?

You'll find that people can be just as rabbit ... I mean rabid ? here. Though of course the Mods try to keep things in control.

You both are welcome to join the Social and / or Role Playing sides too. Depending on where you go there, it's usually more civilised. *Eyes the Bunny* ... I won't say more, because ... spoilers, y'know? *winks at Lance*

Welcome to DM, Deadrabbit23 ?

Interesting handle - does it have any significance?

@Skipp FTW! Thankee kindly.

Also.... HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!!

Sorry ... I liked that.

I don't have it, no ?

*Kicks it* ... it is not available "in your area" .... ?

@TimThank you for that very informative and well-written post! I enjoyed reading that very much, as I learnt a lot of things from it.

Welcome to DM!

We're mostly excited ... lol

Tell me, do you have any favourite characters or groups?

I never thought of Tom being 70. Is that accepted lore?

On 10/18/2021 at 8:51 PM, HeWhoComesWithTheSauce said:

Being a wolfbrother would be awesome haha

I think that would be absolutely fantastic! Even better if I could be a catsister ?

I see you made your way over to my stomping ground - see you over there!

Absolutely love your name! ?

So glad you found your way here, and that you've experienced the same life-changing power of our favourite series.

Are there any characters or groups of characters in the books that you feel especially close to?

Is that Mat watching him?

@redgiant Nice to see a fellow F1 fan here ?

13 hours ago, CaddySedai said:

Here's a favorite rendition by the HM Royal Marine Band.

That was amazing!

On a positive note, I liked Rand and Perin. Rand (guy who plays him - can't remember name) especially looks like he can act well. I very much look forward to seeing more of those two.

To me that sounded discordant and confusing. Unique, certainly, but I'm not sure if it will catch on.

4 hours ago, Rose said:

My favorite thing about these new images is that it took the fandom 2.5 seconds to zoom in on the sword and translate it ?

ROFL yes!

16 hours ago, Elder_Haman said:

Egwene and Rand have more chemistry in that single still than they did in the entire book series...

So very very true!

Lan is at lease wearing the Hadori. I hadn't noticed that before in earlier pics, and it really bothered me.

Moiraine looks gorgeous, in a "village woman" kind of way. I'd expect an Aes Sedai to look a bit more ... polished. Better hair. After all, as Elder Haman said:

14 hours ago, Elder_Haman said:

Moiraine can just clean herself up with the One Power. Bing, bam, boom.

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