S1E4: "The Dragon Reborn" - w/Book Spoilers

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:embarassed:mg I love that they show Nynaeve getting PI**ED just before going nuclear :embarassed:mg not to mention the fact that she heals EVERYONE in the room!!!
 

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"You get emotional when I drink." :laugh:
 

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:omg:omg:yes:joy

I loved this episode. How we see the different Ajah's, and learn some of their differences. How subtly we are already shown to not like Liandrin :balefire
I do wonder though, how did Logain break through the shield? Was Kerene distracted by her wards going off? Or was it planned, by Liandrin?
I actually thought for a moment that Moiraine would let him go, or that she had been the one to help release him. But I love how she just talked, stalled him until the other two was ready again.
I loved the battle and it being shown how Aes Sedai can fight, and that not all of them are quite as coordinated as Moiraine and Lan.

And of course NYNAEVE! :embarassed:mg

Egwene is very passive in this episode, that is sort of unavoidable. I wonder how the group will meet up again, since we probably won't get to Caemlyn. Will the lot of them actually go to TarValon together?
I'm not sure I like the addition of the Tinkers suddenly having this "rumpringa" thing. They are not the Amish, that knocked me out of the story for a moment. Other than that, Perrin and Egwene were mostly an aside for this episode.

Mat and Rand though... Thom actually stole horses? I don't understand why they needed to add that, they could have taken the horses from the Grinwell farm... Anyway, I like how Thom suspects Mat can channel. And the darkness coming out of Mat's mouth is horrifying!

Loved the Fade. It certainly made me jump! I was afraid that it was Mat having killed them, that the darkness had taken him so quickly, but the Fade jumping out of the shadows like that is AWESOME.
 
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Alright now we are talking!

that episode was great.

Love Nyn going nova, totally had me choked up.
 
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Alright now we are talking!

that episode was great.

Love Nyn going nova, totally had me choked up.

I literally had goosebumps!

And yeah, it's been a long time since I've read this book but I remember that Rand and Mat jet assuming that Thom is a goner at some junction, so I suppose now is fine. But yeah it's going to be a hot minute until we see him again.

If we're not getting to Caemlyn then what the hell else is going on for the next episodes, I wonder. Wolfy stuff? Tower stuff?
 

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So many feels! Where do I start? I'm gonna be all over the place with this, but...

Nynaeve's healing bomb! Her chemistry with Lan. All the feels!

Birgitte!

I thought Mat killed the family until I saw the Fade. I l just love how good Mat is with kids. I like how they represented his sickness.

5 ta'veren!

I'm watching this with my boyfriend, who hasn't read the series yet, but I want to tell him EVERYTHING and at the same time, I'm trying to not spoil anything.
 
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Well that was a heck of an episode. Everything was just cool. After this ep I think it's clearly established that Green Ajah gonna wreck you up in a battle.

My wife hasn't read the books and is watching along, after I explained that the warder kind of went berserk after his AS died and that it's usually eventually fatal for the warder, she pondered if they couldn't bond him to someone else to help. I bit my tongue but was proud she leaped to that idea already. :p

I do think that Logain was seeing Nynaeve's aura with his Talent, not seeing Saidar. They go to pains earlier in the ep to specifically state that women can't see men's weaves, with the implication the same is true in reverse.

It's a bit curious that the shield on Logain was also a physical impediment to the warder's axes. Logain channeled from *inside* the shield, which wouldn't seem to be the way the lore works in the books. It's not that their channeling is quarantined to a smaller space, but access itself it cut off. So I'm not sure how that sequence works with his channeling touching the parts of the axe that crossed through the shield. Assuming no external intrigue/sabotage of some sort, I mean.

Love how they're handling Nynaeve, and Liandrin mispronouncing her name the way book readers commonly do almost made me snort my drink out of my nose.

I also thought the visuals on the weaves for the linking was perrrrrrrrfect to what I visualized in my mind. Kinda worried a bit when Liandrin got to be the link holder, but it all worked out in the end.
 

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One thing that irks me is that after they make a point to mention that women can’t see mens weaves, Karene sees the weaves that Logain is about to launch at the 3 of them and shields Moiraine and Liandrin from it.

Logain seeing whatever about Nynaeve can be explained as him not necessarily seeing Saidar, but she definitely had a energy wave come off of her that was felt, and combine that with the fact that everyone was suddenly healed and her braids were floating, Logain is not dumb, he can add that up to know that she is immensely powerful.
 

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I also thought the visuals on the weaves for the linking was perrrrrrrrfect to what I visualized in my mind.

It's such a different form of magic from mainstream fantasy. I really appreciate the efforts they've gone to to make it work. :)
 

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I started reading through this and then realized I was hitting quote on pretty much everyone.

I loved this one so much, for all the ways you have already said. The Nynaeve/Lan shipping, Liandrin, Alanna, the poly, Logain, the healing bomb, oh so many things.
 

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This one was hands down the best episode so far.
 

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Agreed @Satara al'Caelahn Sedai. It was amazing!!
There are too many things to list!
I also loved the sequence in Ghealdan - and showing Logain as good from the start.
I don't know how this is going to play with Logain initially only caring about himself and at the very end, wanting to help others, but I do like how he will contrast against Mazrim.
 

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Finally got to watch it. I have to rewatch it and try to not ugly cry at the end.

all. the. FEELS!
 

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Finally got to watch it. I have to rewatch it and try to not ugly cry at the end.

all. the. FEELS!

The only difference in my second watch, was less of an ugly cry. It still happened. :laugh:
 
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I just asked Sarah Nakamura, a fan consultant on the show, about that final scene on Twitter and she specified that Logain could *not* see Nynaeve's weaves there, but his reaction (shielding his face, etc) was to the raw shockwave of energy and debris flying away from her.
 
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Was definitely the best one yet! Excited for 5.
 
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I just asked Sarah Nakamura, a fan consultant on the show, about that final scene on Twitter and she specified that Logain could *not* see Nynaeve's weaves there, but his reaction (shielding his face, etc) was to the raw shockwave of energy and debris flying away from her.
That's good to know thank you Rollyn Gaidin
 
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