I had not heard of those guys or groups before so know very little about them but from what I know about amazon and bezos I don't have any sympathy for that side of the desk either.

Actors getting new contracts depending on show success I can understand, especially considering a lot of the actors started out as no names. I would have assumed that the studio would have included ratchet clauses that increased the return to the licensing partner depending on the shows viewing numbers but to lose control of actually being able to continue to the licensing partner feels reckless. Especially considering the length of the acquired material.

It feels very strange to me that Amazon would have allowed production to begin without ensuring that they had the ability to control the series through to completion. I am not saying you are wrong but for Amazon to have allowed itself to fall into this position feels incredibly stupid.

Would people not wonder why her fingers look like they are diseased? Not great for someone cleaning and cooking for you. I had assumed that it was not always visible.

I think they will work out a deal to at least do a short season 4 that will have a rushed conclusion at the very least. Having an entirely unfinished series makes it very difficult to get any traction or returns on reruns and no matter what the series will be content on a streaming platform for years to come.

The Wheel of Time's Taylor Napier takes us inside filming the Battle of the Two Rivers (Exclusive) One of the answers from an interview with Napier you would think he would be in a good position to have some inside knowledge. WiC: I'm so curious to see how the show navigates, the stuff that the readers know, may or may or may not be coming for Alanna and Maksim, we'll say. Obviously a lot of us are rooting for the show to get more seasons. If The Wheel of Time is renewed, what's an aspect of Maksim that you'd really like to explore more in the future? TN: You know, I got to do so much of it this season with the fighting. That was one of the things that I really wanted to explore. I think moving forward, I'd love to see kind of what we start in season 3 blossom a little bit more. Alanna is such a leader, and she's such a badass, and I want to see Maksim step into that more. Not that he's not kind of a badass, but it's sort of like a painful crawl to get him there. And so I'd like to see him just step up as much as possible going forward and be the number two she needs, or the general that she needs in her army.

Just finished season 1 earlier today thought it was pretty good. Had a few problems with some stuff in the middle. Won't spoiler it though. Will be very interesting to see were they go with the second season.

Thats very much how i see Mat he constantly thinks himself not the hero and not the person you should depend on yet he is always there every time.

As to this point it is simply not true. I am not constantly pestering everyone. I reply to someone's post or someone replies to mine which leads to a back and forth. I only post things that I believe to be true. I am often posting in response to multiple people which maybe why the quantity has led you to incorrectly believe I am pestering or it could be the fact that you rarely agree with my points. I am more than open to being shown instances of me hounding people if you can show them as it is something I don't wish to do. Engaging in an argument that goes post for post between me and another individual does not qualify unless you are also accusing the other poster of the same as you are accusing me. The only times I can recall that I have pushed hard for a response on this forum is when people have accused me personally of things.

Look shield was not specifically said in the posts but being able to protect oneself most certainly falls into the area being talked about and shielding was being talked about in the posts leading up to those posts. If you want to so incredibly narrow the parameters that's your choice. I will maintain that people were arguing that non green/red/black Ajahs were not trained in or had not practiced battle magic as part of their defence for the scene and thus comparing it to a newbie insta casting an ability that falls into this range is not unreasonable.

The early books always felt to me like he was not 100% sure he was getting to continue on. After book 3 everything really smoothed out. Things I would change I would reduce the time spent on the start of Failes capture. I would have liked some more AOL flashbacks for the forsaken and just generally more forsaken build ups.

Simply it is where the discussion began so I thought it an acceptable place to continue it. It feels to me that you are almost arguing that training at all seems to be a mistake as need seems to be remarkably effective method for channelers. I understand the point you raise in regards to getting locked into a certain method however usually the more extensively trained force ends up the victor rather than the one that responds in ignorance, desperation and need. Also in regards to this in the tower battle there were 3 greens sitters in the room especially trained for combat. You referenced Daise Congar's shield to my eye it was identical to the one that Alanna raised in response to the whitecloak ambush and broke down in the exact same manner with bolts breaking sections of the shield. It feels improbable that the instinctive shield would be identical to the trained tower channeler's shield. My issue with Liandrin's usage was the precision and the repetition. Could a desperate child searching for an escape reach out for that power, certainly yes, to wield it so finely and be able to repeat it, unlikely. As I said I bumped this thread because I believed that an incident occurred in the current episode that cast a question mark on the argument advanced in this episodes thread. My goal was to see if the current incident had caused anyone to reevaluate their argument, clearly for you it has not. Was it really required for you to attribute a negative connotation on my motives to end your response? A good day to you as well.

All I want is to have an open discussion. I bumped this thread solely because I thought that it would be good to revisit the fact that a few people in discussions about the initial battle talked about the lack of training and practice being reasons why they could not fight or defend themselves. Since then I have been accused of goal post shifting bias and that show haters treat others with contempt if you don't blindly follow them, which is hilarious as I have been accused of homophobia being a bigot and a book cloak through my travels when I have never even remotely issued the same vitriol in return. And people think that I am the bully because I defend my arguments, LOL. I think I might take a bit of a break for now as i am quite upset by all this crap.

Do you consider me one of the haters?

No goalposts moving.

But a weave has to be learned and practised. None of them ever expected to be attacked. Most of them are just doing admin. To this point, the other ajahs have no reason to learn battle magic. Bottom line, it is not unreasonable that the sitters from these ajahs were not accomplished fighters able to handle the pressure of a surprise firefight. Skills diminish over time. I trained to do things when I was younger. I doubt that I would be able to do them now even if my life defended on it.

You just did.

I can't speak for elsewhere but that is a completely unfair characterization in regard to here. Reducing all the arguments of those that dislike the show in the manner you have chosen is itself gatekeepy. I can tell you now that despite no evidence I have been accused of being a bigot, homophobic and a bookcloak, so whitewashing this as a purely show "hater" issue is absurd.

One thing I will say about the Morgase situation is that as bad as the Valda event was her major trauma throughout was with Rahvin. She had been repeatedly raped by Rahvin as well as forced to have feelings for him via compulsion. We do get some description of that trauma when she is talking to Tallanvor and in her reactions to her feelings for him.

@SinisterDeath I apologize for my post I quoted an earlier post and did not see you post at the end of the topic.

High I think. I think they will want to explore the relationship with Alanna and Maksim and a new warder/lover.

We did also see Moiraine killed in the visions with quite a lot of blood splatter above a dozen times. I know it was just visions but they were of her death. Muradin's death would have to rank up there on the gruesome scale as well clawing his own eyes out. I would rank that as higher on the gore scale than Laila.

ATM I cannot see him exiting the show anytime soon. Alanna after all this set up feels like she is going to be around for sometime as well and the next thing I can see happening is them getting a new warder into their relationship be it Rand, Lan and/or someone else. I would lean towards it being Lan or someone else as I can't imagine that relationship being nonsexual at this point. Not sure that the show will go down the path of having Lan sleep with her though.