12-03-2021, 10:16 PM
OH the bonus content this week is amazing! Costume and music are my fave things. THE DETAILS THE DETAILS. Gosh, there’s so much nuance in it all. I love the thought behind Nynaeve’s belt. I hope they release a proper image of that map. The music is so on point for me, that was a great glimpse behind the curtain for both the soundtrack and the in-show songs. Still impatient for translations too.
I enjoyed the origin short too. I wish they subtitled them though, the voice-over isn’t always that clear.
My memory of all the Forsaken is shaky. Could they give Aginor’s backstory to someone else? Obviously the creation of the shadowspawn is important, but he gets deaded early and his O’sangar stuff could be redistributed too? I can’t see them introducing Aginor (and Balthamel) this late just for the showdown, which means he wouldn’t even appear until we have a Black Tower. He could potentially be merged with one of the ladies too. Perhaps Semirhage? They could probably add that kind of scientific experimentation onto her interesting interpretation of being a medical professional lol.
There looks to be 4 male 4 female figurines, so it’s the male forsaken that will take the bigger pruning.
So we know they’re keeping Ishy and Asmodean.
They won’t cut Lanfear, but I can see them potentially merging one of the other ladies into her role because she’s important but also a bit one hit wonder. Possibly she could absorb Mesaana, because all she really does is spend a lot of time at the Tower promoting the schism. Lanfear also spends some time in disguise there so logistically that could work.
I also think they’ll keep Moggy.
I could see them giving Rahvin’s Caemlyn plot to someone else (male or female), and have that person flee when Rand shows up. It’s all he does really. I’m fairly certain Morgase will just die, her sideplot is a bit pointless and it has the added benefit of adding some credibility to Gawyn’s actions.
Be’lal is also pointless enough that his role could be merged and his interesting bits given to someone else.
One of them looks like Sammael to me. That’s three. And Demandred would be four.
Of the ladies I expect they will keep Lanfear, Moggy, Graendal and Semirhage.
At least some of that speculation is based on the fact those are the ones I remember best though, haha. I don’t know how that works in practise, or if it works with the book plot. I could never keep track of where they all supposedly were at any one time. I haven't tried to match them up to the figurine's images either.
If the 8 is wrong, I still think they'll prune Aginor and Balthamel. O'sangar and Aran'gar could just be high ranking DFs.
CK, I see what you mean about the similarities between the Whitecloaks and witchfinders. Burning the Yellow was reminiscent too. I thought you meant the scene was headed into gratuitous GoT territory.
Book-Valda probably wouldn’t have put the two kids in that situation in the first place, though I don’t suppose he would have had any qualms handing them over to a questioner. Show-Valda is the most obviously evil character we have so far, it seems quite apparent he’s doing it for his own pleasure. The “what makes you think I keep my oaths” line was especially sinister, and surprised me. Maybe the Galad fight will be given over to another character (since Valda is a questioner and not Lord Captain). Though I suppose we don’t know for sure that we will have a Galad yet.
He knew she wasn’t Aes Sedai because she didn’t have a ring as well, and he must realise she’s far too young anyway since he’s encountered and killed so many at this point. He was definitely confident she was no threat.
I enjoyed the origin short too. I wish they subtitled them though, the voice-over isn’t always that clear.
My memory of all the Forsaken is shaky. Could they give Aginor’s backstory to someone else? Obviously the creation of the shadowspawn is important, but he gets deaded early and his O’sangar stuff could be redistributed too? I can’t see them introducing Aginor (and Balthamel) this late just for the showdown, which means he wouldn’t even appear until we have a Black Tower. He could potentially be merged with one of the ladies too. Perhaps Semirhage? They could probably add that kind of scientific experimentation onto her interesting interpretation of being a medical professional lol.
There looks to be 4 male 4 female figurines, so it’s the male forsaken that will take the bigger pruning.
So we know they’re keeping Ishy and Asmodean.
They won’t cut Lanfear, but I can see them potentially merging one of the other ladies into her role because she’s important but also a bit one hit wonder. Possibly she could absorb Mesaana, because all she really does is spend a lot of time at the Tower promoting the schism. Lanfear also spends some time in disguise there so logistically that could work.
I also think they’ll keep Moggy.
I could see them giving Rahvin’s Caemlyn plot to someone else (male or female), and have that person flee when Rand shows up. It’s all he does really. I’m fairly certain Morgase will just die, her sideplot is a bit pointless and it has the added benefit of adding some credibility to Gawyn’s actions.
Be’lal is also pointless enough that his role could be merged and his interesting bits given to someone else.
One of them looks like Sammael to me. That’s three. And Demandred would be four.
Of the ladies I expect they will keep Lanfear, Moggy, Graendal and Semirhage.
At least some of that speculation is based on the fact those are the ones I remember best though, haha. I don’t know how that works in practise, or if it works with the book plot. I could never keep track of where they all supposedly were at any one time. I haven't tried to match them up to the figurine's images either.
If the 8 is wrong, I still think they'll prune Aginor and Balthamel. O'sangar and Aran'gar could just be high ranking DFs.
CK, I see what you mean about the similarities between the Whitecloaks and witchfinders. Burning the Yellow was reminiscent too. I thought you meant the scene was headed into gratuitous GoT territory.
Book-Valda probably wouldn’t have put the two kids in that situation in the first place, though I don’t suppose he would have had any qualms handing them over to a questioner. Show-Valda is the most obviously evil character we have so far, it seems quite apparent he’s doing it for his own pleasure. The “what makes you think I keep my oaths” line was especially sinister, and surprised me. Maybe the Galad fight will be given over to another character (since Valda is a questioner and not Lord Captain). Though I suppose we don’t know for sure that we will have a Galad yet.
He knew she wasn’t Aes Sedai because she didn’t have a ring as well, and he must realise she’s far too young anyway since he’s encountered and killed so many at this point. He was definitely confident she was no threat.
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