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  1. As soon as a male showed signs of being able to channel the Red was sent after him. So in many instances the Black would've had no chance to turn him, since the Red is out looking for males. Normally they would be sent to the tower which would make it impossible to kidnap them. There was the chance of them accidently turning the Dragon which would've pissed Ishy off. He killed of the head of the Black Ajah for sending Aes Sedai to gentle males on the spot.
  2. She probably didn't have to say anything. Three Black oaths are simple; I shall obey all commands given by those placed above me in service to the Great Lord; I shall prepare for the day of the Great Lord's return; I shall hold close the secrets of the Black Ajah, unto the hour of my death. So if someone "above" her demanded, she would have to comply. But if someone she didn't feel was above her asked, she could lie her butt off if she wished. It would also come down to how it was asked. Did the person above her give her a command to say what she brought back or was it a simple question? There is nothing saying she had to report anything to anybody. The only people who are aware of most things would be Alviarin and the "council" but even then we see the forsaken make a mess of things by going directly to individual Aes Sedai.
  3. The tingle could also have been her channeling to keep her disguise up etc. She seems reluctant to use compulsion on Rand, with her whole she wants him to come to her freely.
  4. Alot of Fain's ability was simply being around the dagger for so long. Anyone who stayed near him too long, like the whitecloaks assigned to him, would get corrupted. He didn't break DF's bonds, he simply manipulated them. Most Df's would have no idea he has gone rogue and wouldn't question what he did or said. Not to mention being terrified of him. We saw in book 2 the Df's saw Fain as the only protection against the Trollocs. After you watch a guy murder a fade you sort of quietly follow and don't really challenge him. Fain isn't a Ta'vern, he just had the misfortune of chasing three of them, so he was going to get pulled into certain situations.
  5. Why is Amazon doing it? $$$$$$ People are less likely to get upset paying extra for no commercials then if they raised subscription costs again. Yes some won't pay it, but customers are less likely to end their subscription over it. This way Amazon makes more money in a way that's less likely to upset their customers. It's basicly the same as raising subscription costs but just in a more discreet way. If I watched more on Prime I might pay it, but as it is Prime doesn't offer many free movies. It seems like a lot of what they push you need to download another app for like Tubi/Freevee etc or the only option is to buy/rent. I won't pay $2.99 a month just to watch WOT which might not be out for another 2 years and IMO is just an ok series.
  6. Anytime Ishy was spun out he started something to ensure the world wouldn't unite and keep things in chaos. Getting Hawkwing to turn against Aes Sedai and then the war over his empire, Trolloc Wars, then a 2nd Trolloc War to try and destroy Hawkwing's empire, etc. Ishy would always do/start something to try and destroy what was being built.
  7. Sorry for the late reply, it's also in the Origins of the Wheel of Time Book where it also shows Taimadred was the original one to kill Asmo, Halima killed for a few reasons, 1, Anyone who might be able to poke holes in her story. 2. To spread distrust of the Asha'man and Rand. She wanted to kill any chance of an alliance between male and female channelers. 3. She killed Egwene's maids Miri and Selame since they were spies for others and she worried they might see or overhear something to endanger herself. 4. But her main goal was to promote mistrust and to control/influence one of the major power centers.
  8. But we know from RJ's notes that Taim-andred was real and he was the one that originally killed Asmo. The simple fact is Rand had way too much going on to also try and fix the BT. He knew Taim was up to something he just didn't know how far Taim had turned to the shadow.
  9. An entire episode in season 1 getting us invested in a warder just to kill him at the end was pointless. Morianes family, while interesting and I enjoyed, was pointless because that time took away from developing the main characters. Rand running errands for Logian really didn't add much. In a short 8 episode series such as WOT, time matters. I understand giving the characters some depth, but they have too little time and they spend too much time focusing on side issues at the expense of the main story and characters. The last episode of season 2 showed the cost of the extra stuff being added by leaving the episode feeling like a hurried mess. Where the key details were rushed through and things lacked impact and understanding.
  10. Budget doesn't matter as long at Amazon stays to the stupid 8 episode season. Unless they make each episode 2 hrs (which I fear Rafe would just waste on pointless stuff). It might make the CGI less horrendous.
  11. ROP wasn't great, an average series to me. But some of the complaints about ROP isn't fair simply because the The Tolkien Estate imposed creative restrictions on the series and limited the lore and resources, plus Amazon only bought the rights to LOTR and the Hobbit. They were forced to get most of the information for the series from those. They had no choice but to make a lot of stuff up. WOT pretty much had no such restrictions.
  12. The biggest issue is the show has made no mention of the markings or why they're important. He has one now but the show did nothing to set up why the markings matter. Seriously they could simply leave the markings out and non book readers would be none the wiser. Tear is simply not needed, he can use the waygate near Falme if needed, Going to Tear to grab a sword they have made no mention of would be a waste of time now. Since next season will focus on Book4 and maybe some of 5, there isn't much time to explain Rand going to Tear. You know half the next season will be wasted time anyway.
  13. In the companion I think that mentions female trollocs stay in the blight and are mostly used to breed.
  14. I remember this game and that RJ was extremely frustrated with the people making the game. He said he washed his hands of it to focus on writing the books.
  15. I don't always agree with Brandon, but I think he was spot on with most of what he had to say in the video. Especially all the added drama stuff like Moirianes family (while cool) stole the time for the important character building stuff. It's what season 1 suffered with, a whole episode of getting us involved in a warder to have him die at the end, it was interesting, but the cost was building the main people to get the audience interested and to care about them. But I think he was pretty spot on with what was good and weak about the season and episode. Not to mention they all agree the series needs more episodes. Amazon is sabotaging the series by keeping it 8. Assuming the show spent the extra time in the right places,
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