Ranyor Saana
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Here is my intro post:
Who is your favorite character in The Wheel of Time and why?
How did you find TarValon.Net?
I was talking about books in my WoW guild, and a conversation about the Wheel of Time books popped up. Someone told me about TV.net, and about the forums, the events, and stuff like that.
What do you do? (student? job? hobbies?)
I am an educator and working on my 2nd MA degree currently. For hobbies, I like hiking, photography, TTRPGs, reading and video games.
Where are you from? What languages do you speak?
I am from Southern California. The only language I technically speak is English, although I do understand some Spanish. The languages I studied in college for my degrees were all "dead" languages--Koine Greek, Latin, Old English and Middle English.
Have you seen Wheel of Time on Prime? Did you enjoy the show?
I have seen it, and I enjoyed it for the most part. I look at it as a different storytelling medium; any shift in medium necessitates a different mode of storytelling, and that means making different choices narratively. So, I tended to understand many of the "changes" that were made, knowing they would be introduced later or that it would be too difficult visually to include. My one gripe is:
What is your favorite book or author other than Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time?
This is also a hard question. I will generally read anything that seems interesting to me, no matter what the genre is. However, the ones that standout to me as possible favorites are The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, and John Green.
Who is your favorite character in The Wheel of Time and why?
That is a hard question. I am re-reading the books and I just got to Book 2. From the characters that I remember, I would say it is a toss up between Perrin and Mat because I like world-building and lore, in general, in books. I like Perrin's Wolf-brother and dream walking aspects, and I like the duality of his nature in trying to find the balance between destruction (the axe) and creation (the blacksmith's hammer). I also really like Mat's adventures with the Aelfinn/Eelfinn, the bladed spear, the hanged man, and all of his missing memories that come back.
How did you find TarValon.Net?
I was talking about books in my WoW guild, and a conversation about the Wheel of Time books popped up. Someone told me about TV.net, and about the forums, the events, and stuff like that.
What do you do? (student? job? hobbies?)
I am an educator and working on my 2nd MA degree currently. For hobbies, I like hiking, photography, TTRPGs, reading and video games.
Where are you from? What languages do you speak?
I am from Southern California. The only language I technically speak is English, although I do understand some Spanish. The languages I studied in college for my degrees were all "dead" languages--Koine Greek, Latin, Old English and Middle English.
Have you seen Wheel of Time on Prime? Did you enjoy the show?
I have seen it, and I enjoyed it for the most part. I look at it as a different storytelling medium; any shift in medium necessitates a different mode of storytelling, and that means making different choices narratively. So, I tended to understand many of the "changes" that were made, knowing they would be introduced later or that it would be too difficult visually to include. My one gripe is:
Aes Sedai can't burn each other out while linked like that in the battle in Fal Dara/Tarwin's Gap. That shouldn't have happened, in part because Rand should have shown up there and ended the battle like in the books, but also because it fundamentally changes the nature of how the Source works.
What is your favorite book or author other than Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time?
This is also a hard question. I will generally read anything that seems interesting to me, no matter what the genre is. However, the ones that standout to me as possible favorites are The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, and John Green.
