The Sour Bitter taste receptors genetics is actually very interesting. Certain people have extra taste buds that pick up bitter flavors more than other people, while some people do not taste bitter at all. So while some things may taste just sour to one person, they can taste bitter and not edible to others.

Yes historically there is truth to several fruits that were originally poisonous before selective breeding, and still contain poisonous pits/seeds. Basically though peaches were poisonous in WoT because Robert Jordan decided they should be.

Predictions Lanfear finds Asmodean convinces him to follow Rand Season 3 Focus will be on Aiel, Two Rivers, Tanchico and looking for BA The White tower will be politics, introducing Elaida and the fall of Siuan and Leane by the end of the season. I think things will all depend on if we start in Falme (which is where I hope we do to tie up things and they all start out heading to destinations. ) I mean they could start the whole Lord Dragon thing right in Falme, instead of Tear. Or they Time skip and we have groups start out split up.

They are unexperienced, it could also be a make you sleep tea. Holding 3 shields while they are unconscious would not be that difficult. Being a red that would possibly be something she is more skilled at, or at least has had more practice doing.

What is a very quick way to show that they are so concerned they are watching Lan every moment so that he does not do what Steppin did? GoT relied on familiarity historic royalty castles and intrigue, utilized the grimdark from the novels for familiar horror movie shock and awe. I have not seen one D-list actor yet. Just because they are not known US actors does not mean they are D-list. I agree with some of this, but not all. I found The whole Moiraine family story-line to be great writing, for me the writers did a great job at showing the awkwardness of seeing estranged family again and how siblings know how to hurt each other the most. Or what is the fastest way we can show they are never leaving him alone, and are worried. I think she was completely in character, She is doubting Moiraine since did not tell her everything, the threat to Lan, her supposed failure with Rand, how Moiraine did not trust her with something like the "stilling". She is hurt personally by the lack of communication, and possible doubts she is having. I saw her running off after Leane gave her the news as acting more like a betrayed lover, and she is still the Amyrlin Seat with years of getting what she wants. I have lot's of theories and speculation on this. Ishy pretty much was ready to just end things and wait another turning because his plans were falling apart, so it was not all that surprising. But this one I doo agree could have been done much better, unless it was all part of one of the Father of lies schemes. I have watch some of the show-only watches and reviews, many picked up on this. Others are wondering and trying to guess what it means.

Yes Atha'an Miere! Very glad I was wrong about Tanchico!

We can look to some of the foreshadowing we have already gotten. For Mat, he loses and eye, and dressed in fancy "lord Mat" clothes. Ishy Visions we saw him hanged, killing a woman and dunking someone's head in a bucket. I can think of all 3 situations that occur in one way or another in the books, not necessarily with Mat but they all happen.

No it did not bother me it looked like excellent military tactic. They are protecting access to the Seanchans most important battle weapon. If they had run off to fight that would have been even more ridiculous.

Just learning to hide it better is character growth. You are correct though that there can be many people that go through life with gradual or not obvious character growth, and we tend not to see it with those closest to us. But I have yet to know anyone that has not had any growth or changes, everything creates changes and growth (forwards or backwards) from moving to a new area, new jobs, new friends, loss of someone close to you, having a new partner or birth of a child. No change makes for boring books or TV, which is why books, shows, plays... focus in on the characters and or plots that do have growth. In books we observe change because they can tell us with inner voice. Or they can deceive us with unreliable narrator. In just 8 hours to develop characters so that we care about them they need to establish that on screen. It is impossible to really compare to any of the existing Fantasy shows, because of how RJ continually adds new important characters, or brings them back 8 books later. Liandra will probably replace some of the other BA Aes Sedai that are introduced later. Alanna is actually always a periphery to the main characters so establishing her early is beneficial to later Arcs.

The show is doing a great job of adding this though it is subtle, I wish we had more examples from different sisters in the show, and I can not wait until we really have weaves from Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne. But you can see the differences in the brightness and thickness, colors of the different channelers. Even Moraines weaves when Siuan compels her to shut the way gate are different, less flowy, less bright. I am looking forward to looking closer at the differences in detail after season 2 is done 🙂

This makes a lot of sense, they appear to be doing the same with new cities/locations, I have a hunch we are also going to get the Forsaken the same way where they introduce only 1 or 2 per season.

I like this idea.

Yes they have given Mat a different background and story arc, and I do not agree with all of it, but it would have been very difficult to show the reluctant hero without internal monologue. Besides Mat was not much of a character in first 2 books, everything people keep complaining is missing did not happen until after events from midway in book 3 and later.

They also almost never advertise shows across streaming services, I have no clue what is on Netflix since I do not have it. Trying to find things to watch is hit or miss even on the services I have. But even then, they are relying on fans and not putting out advertisements, merchandising or content in the right places. They are hitting the numbers on the show each week for viewers on Amazon without more marketing. Son and his wife - both the right demographic, and have read the books, watched season 1 and did not realize season 2 was even out, he thought it might have been canceled. I also think releasing 3 at once was a mistake, 2 maybe but 3 means people wait to have time to binge them.

He asked her about if she thought of killing herself, even talking about stilling or those that had been was considered impolite. If she had then that is an important question, but a personal one, if she hadn't then he is apologizing for having to ask.

Daes Dae'Mar Old Tongue for "The Game Of Houses" I think there are many possibilities, and I am sure there are plenty more that may not be obvious yet between Lan, Siuan and Moiraine, Vera and others. Plus what is Allana really up too? 1. The Aes Sedai invented the Game. 2. The Damodred family maneuvering 3. Lanfear playing games with Rand and trying to out play Moiraine 4. Anvaere out playing Liandrin her son and Lanfear 5. Lanfear playing her own game not Ishy's 6. Ishy playing Min and Mat like pieces on a board. 7. ht/ to GRR Martin and GOt with talk of a wedding

I do not think she was compelled. I think they pushed the book story a little too far with her character, but I think her fears of Rand and loss of trust in Moiraine made her fall back on tower law and thinking at this point the only way to get control of the situation is to follow the laws. It also does not mean that without Moiraine there, she hasn't had many others telling her things or influencing her. Just as in the books anything she would have done to try and prepare the tower would have been counteracted by both political enemies and the unknown enemy the Black Ajah. The tower has been divided and diminished long before Siuan was Amyrlin , and continued that decline. Pretty sure with Lanfear's comment about a broken Amyrlin means that Lanfear will take some of Mesana's role in destroying the rest of the White Tower.

True, those situations feel more like the ones where Aes Sedai burn themselves out or still themselves when they pull too much or when using a Ter'angreal. There is also the fact that what they know is limited to the fact that Most Aes Sedai are much weaker than the Forsaken or Rand, or even Egwene.

The only thing we have to go on it is from an article from the costume designer, even if from the art drawings at the time that was the intent, we do not have anything from the show that backs it up, or if it stayed that way, until we do it is not in the "lore of the show" Renna does not tell Egwene that the a'dam can never be removed, only that a damane can not remove the a'dam. So at this time that is the only show lore we have. If that is the case, and Egwene needs to keep wearing it, then that still does not mean they will not find a way to remove it at some point.

Would not even know what most of those are, my kids would set the tv settings, but they all moved out years ago, so it is set where ever they left it, until I tried to fix the too dark for WoT.

There is quite a bit in the books that was influenced by not only his time as a soldier, but a Veteran of Vietnam. The miscommunications, working at cross purposes, or how disconnected and ineffective the Forsaken or even some leaders who are. When you read his interviews on war hero's and his time in the service you can see how it was a guiding force in how he wrote his hero's.

No there are no separate HDMI settings, just standard brightness or contrast, and they just make it worse in other ways. This is not the only show that has issues, but I would say it is the worst. It is like all the shows that assume TV's are set up for sound better, and I can never hear anything over the backing sound track so need to use subtitles.

First I am hearing of that trick, I have tried every other adjustment or settings change with no changes. Not sure I even knew downloading episodes was an option.

Ok so while not a fan of Lan's arc this season I was not hating on it, as it was more Lan later than Lan earlier in some ways. But this episode when Lan fakes out and leaves Logain after an implied promise of giving him the key, that made me angry at it, because if there is one thing Lan is at his core it is honorable. I could put up with a softer honorable Lan, but this really bugged me.

That is how I see all the dark scenes, no matter what adjustments I make. I find myself going back and grabbing images to then adjust with editor to even see anything. It is really a pain, If I were not 33 year book reader I would have given up on watching a show where half the time I can not see anything.