1 minute ago, Elder_Haman said:

One of the silliest arguments I’ve seen. No offense. 

No offense taken. Let's go back to whether the teens were naive enough, if Padan Fain had enough lines, or if Shadar Logoth needed a gate. There's some serious topics.

1 minute ago, NightWolf said:

I think we went in the weeds days ago

That was the best thing that happened.

1 minute ago, Kudzu said:

This thread has really gone in a strange direction. 

A forum talking about Aes Sedai, trollocs, and the Dragon Reborn, has gone in a strange direction? Perish the thought. Or is it "cherish."

2 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

no DR means she and everyone else is as good as dead).

Ok. Either Moiraine secretly had a hunch the DR was Rand or the three people traveling with him, or you've condemned her to be in all places at once protecting every man (obviously or latently channelling) from every person, good or evil. That's a fine theory, again, but it violates the law of gravity, or energy conservstion  or something. Now, of course you'll say "Moiraine can do those too," but since it's  not in the Book, and doesn't pass the laugh test, the burden is on you to create your own alternate WoT using that as its basis.

Just now, AusLeviathan said:

Um, if did happen in the books, or did I imagine all those times Moiraine threw herself at a tougher enemy in order to protect Rand.

Protecting Rand is a far cry from flying off a cliff and attacking Reds in violation of her oaths, to protect one of the many men on the Red hit list.

2 minutes ago, Agitel said:

Except she cannot use the one power as a weapon except as a last defense of her life, her warder's, or another Aes Sedai's.

Details, details. Don't let them interfere with a fine theory. As nightwolf said it's all about the third law of robotics..er...of Aes Sedai.

5 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

simply pointed out that if Moiraine came across a group of Reds who were attempting to gentle a man who fit her criteria for the DR then she would do everything she could to stop them because, you know the whole thing where if he is the DR then he life's work has been wasted and the world is doomed.

That's a fine theory of your own making. Didn't happen in the book and didn't happen in Amazon. Did the Reds gentle men? Happened in the book and happened in Amazon. We're (except for you) good.

1 minute ago, Mailman said:

not even sure what argument is going on here? In the books they followed a rumour of a child that was taken

Keerect. Alternatively, we are given the theory she should be duking it out with Reds (after flying off cliffs, of course).

1 minute ago, AusLeviathan said:

Wild Trolloc chase in the Two Rivers? What in the world are you talking about?

 

Reread and rewatch. Moiraine goes to Two Rivers on the off-chance that the DR is there. Meanwhile according to your theory of a war between her and the Reds, she's letting them gentle all manner of FDs who might be DRs. 

7 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

You really think a few Red's would scare her?

Oh the shame. Don't tell me you want Moiraine to do something in Amazon that she never did in the Book. 

4 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

She dedicated 20 years of her life to this, she's not going to let a little thing like a cliff stand in her way.

So why not spend her book life trailing the Reds and foiling their gentling plans? Seems like that would be more useful than a wild trolloc chase in Two Rivers.

5 minutes ago, Agitel said:

More seriously, we're not privy to when Moiraine arrived, and she seems quite far away. She could have really just been too late, literal last second timing.

Thanks for giving the topic the seriousness it deserves. How many times, in the book, did Moiraine go up against a group of Reds? Inquiring minds want to know.

5 minutes ago, NightWolf said:

this is Amazon Moiraine so there is a big difference. You just need to forget about it.

C'mon (Wolf) man. She could've flown down the cliff and fought a group of Reds. Pretty sure she did that in the book, but will reread a few times to make sure 

15 hours ago, Gothic Flame said:

Lol...those aren't homages at all. That's just manipulation. Seversl critics pointed out the attempts to make a viewer think lotr and GoT when watching.

"Homage" is a nice way of saying "stealing." But the answer is not clear to me who stole from whom. Tolkien wrote in the 50s. RJ later. Then came LOTR movie. Moiraine's quote about "myth and legend" are in Amazon, but come from the book. What isn't known (to me, amazing as that might seem) is whether Peter Jackson's "myth and legend" is in Tolkien. If not, then the path could be Jordan-Jackson-Amazon

1 minute ago, AusLeviathan said:

She's standing on a cliff watching it happen

So not able to interact with the Reds. As in the book. 

7 minutes ago, Whittle said:

also agree with the guy a few posts up who said that a more faithful book adaptation could be done within the same number of episodes/ time length.

Chat is cheap. Let's see episode 1. Would be fantastic to see this pack unleashed on a homegrown submission.

8 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

The scene doesn't really make sense anyway. Moiraine doesn't attempt to stop Liandrin gentling a man who's the right age

Was Moiraine there? Thought she was with Lan on an all-expenses-paid vacation in Two Rivers.

2 minutes ago, AusLeviathan said:

I'm fairly certain we won't see that character again.

I got plenty of electrons.

1 minute ago, Kudzu said:

I'm going with Occam's Razor on this one.

Occam's Razor is you don't introduce a character including segments that are not the point of view of the "hallucinator" and then trash-can the character. Bet you 25 electrons that "figment" will be back.

1 minute ago, Kudzu said:

Huh?

Q: who was the man?

A1: a figment

A2: Owein

The figment side is trying to explain magic as a mental issue.

4 minutes ago, Agitel said:

Nynaeve got her trolloc by surprise. The

It's not the size of the Trolloc. It's what you do with it.

3 minutes ago, NightWolf said:

Wow. That was the quote machine. First, demoted from QB, then misquoted. Sorry, Wolf-meister.

1 minute ago, flinn said:

Camera angles... Look at Nynaeves trolloc. She was just over waist high.

Never knew Nynaeve was the same size as Rand. She IS Wonder Woman!

1 minute ago, flinn said:

Yep, and we get a glimpse in how they are going to handle Rand's madness and seeing Lews Therin.

Two different answers so far, but "Owein" was right is the guess. The figment side hasn't really bought into this "magic" idea. According to the wiki he is now called Maksim, a strong channeler.he 

7 minutes ago, NightWolf said:

did not see any massive size difference between the trolloc at the farm and the ones at the village.

Watch episode 1. The trolloc in the farm towered over Rand, whereas the Trollocs Lan sliced were about the size of Peter Dinklage. And, to be clear, Fades ARE trolloc generals.