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primeidealChapter 1: Min thinks of a quote about "men would rather chop off their hand than ask an Aes Sedai to remove a splinter." Welp.
Mat getting his "three answers" has this explanation about why he has to go to Rhuidean: "You will have sidestepped the thread of fate, left your fate to drift on the winds of time, and you will be killed by those who do not want that fate fulfilled." Uh...what? Googling doesn't provide any context beyond "you will be killed by bad guys." I get why Mat going to Rhuidean is important and significant, but the "winds of time" is a quote from the prophecy and it...doesn't seem relevant here.
Thom/Moiraine. They don't even seem to care very much for each other. Just "you are a savvy player of the game of houses" "yes so are you." Again, it feels like it's thrown in "cuz prophecy."
They mention that the plan for Mazrim Taim is to proclaim him as not just Dragon, but actually a second Rand, so we'll have real-Rand fighting fake-Rand. Nice setup for the Demandred/rivalry plot that got dropped.
The Wise Ones tell Moiraine "it was necessary that Lan come or you'll die" (chapter 23). Why is Lan necessary? ...I might ask Reddit this one, I don't think it's come up before.
The Aiel mention to Rand that the Taardad, like the Shaido, would likely be prejudiced against Rand because he wasn't raised Aiel. Ironic given that both Janduin and Shaiel were Taardad.
Faile canonically makes flower crowns, and she's also Shogo Kawada from Battle Royale. ("Of course I know how to ride, my father's a horseman." "Sure I can trade, my father's a merchant.") Great combo.
Elayne and Nynaeve are culture-shocked because they can't handle chopsticks. Relatable.
Chapter 52: "Egeanin, who fought like a Warder..." Nice.
The male a'dam get thrown in the ocean and then just...come back? Do they forget to destroy them in the first place? Were there more besides this? I guess we'll find out later but note to self. (If it is the first thing, then that has some Implications for another important artifact that's supposed to be "thrown into the ocean and forgotten...")
The Luc/Isam thing is dumb. Like I get it's setting up the bodyswap-ex-machina later on, but what's the point. "Once two noblemen from troubled royal families disappeared. They merged into one evil person who has a different appearance in the real world and the dream world so you don't know it's him, spoooooooky." We're not gonna get rid of this guy for ten whole books.
It's interesting that Perrin keeps saying "no, I choose the axe" in the dream world and the wolf dream defaults him to the hammer. We know from an earlier conversation that the hammer represents craftsmanship and the ability to create as well as destroy, but you'd think that it would have to take an effort of will to get him back on the right path? It's like when Star Wars fans criticize Kylo Ren for being like "the call to the light, I feel it, I must resist!!" when Yoda is like "nah, the dark side is easier and more seductive, being good takes work." I think a lot of my ideas on burnout/strength and weakness/etc with the Force may have been subconsciously influenced by the One Power? Certainly the Finn crossover had to do with that.
...Actually, the hammer/axe thing is also kind of like the proto-Aiel going "no spears are okay because you can use them to hunt. swords=BAD." Hmm.
I'm trying to do at least one fic per book so hopefully some cute shippiness soon-ish. But I also want to be more deliberate about original fiction (not the Ao3 kind) this year too, so who knows.
Mat getting his "three answers" has this explanation about why he has to go to Rhuidean: "You will have sidestepped the thread of fate, left your fate to drift on the winds of time, and you will be killed by those who do not want that fate fulfilled." Uh...what? Googling doesn't provide any context beyond "you will be killed by bad guys." I get why Mat going to Rhuidean is important and significant, but the "winds of time" is a quote from the prophecy and it...doesn't seem relevant here.
Thom/Moiraine. They don't even seem to care very much for each other. Just "you are a savvy player of the game of houses" "yes so are you." Again, it feels like it's thrown in "cuz prophecy."
They mention that the plan for Mazrim Taim is to proclaim him as not just Dragon, but actually a second Rand, so we'll have real-Rand fighting fake-Rand. Nice setup for the Demandred/rivalry plot that got dropped.
The Wise Ones tell Moiraine "it was necessary that Lan come or you'll die" (chapter 23). Why is Lan necessary? ...I might ask Reddit this one, I don't think it's come up before.
The Aiel mention to Rand that the Taardad, like the Shaido, would likely be prejudiced against Rand because he wasn't raised Aiel. Ironic given that both Janduin and Shaiel were Taardad.
Faile canonically makes flower crowns, and she's also Shogo Kawada from Battle Royale. ("Of course I know how to ride, my father's a horseman." "Sure I can trade, my father's a merchant.") Great combo.
Elayne and Nynaeve are culture-shocked because they can't handle chopsticks. Relatable.
Chapter 52: "Egeanin, who fought like a Warder..." Nice.
The male a'dam get thrown in the ocean and then just...come back? Do they forget to destroy them in the first place? Were there more besides this? I guess we'll find out later but note to self. (If it is the first thing, then that has some Implications for another important artifact that's supposed to be "thrown into the ocean and forgotten...")
The Luc/Isam thing is dumb. Like I get it's setting up the bodyswap-ex-machina later on, but what's the point. "Once two noblemen from troubled royal families disappeared. They merged into one evil person who has a different appearance in the real world and the dream world so you don't know it's him, spoooooooky." We're not gonna get rid of this guy for ten whole books.
It's interesting that Perrin keeps saying "no, I choose the axe" in the dream world and the wolf dream defaults him to the hammer. We know from an earlier conversation that the hammer represents craftsmanship and the ability to create as well as destroy, but you'd think that it would have to take an effort of will to get him back on the right path? It's like when Star Wars fans criticize Kylo Ren for being like "the call to the light, I feel it, I must resist!!" when Yoda is like "nah, the dark side is easier and more seductive, being good takes work." I think a lot of my ideas on burnout/strength and weakness/etc with the Force may have been subconsciously influenced by the One Power? Certainly the Finn crossover had to do with that.
...Actually, the hammer/axe thing is also kind of like the proto-Aiel going "no spears are okay because you can use them to hunt. swords=BAD." Hmm.
I'm trying to do at least one fic per book so hopefully some cute shippiness soon-ish. But I also want to be more deliberate about original fiction (not the Ao3 kind) this year too, so who knows.
