#remblai

[onaperduamedee]

I am so in love with the type of fantasy the Wheel of time chooses to be.

Perrin wins by sparing the bad guy's life; Loial sacrifices himself not by fighting but by destroying his people's work; those not fighting are essential for saving lives and preserving the Two Rivers' legacy (in a stunning parallel to the Fall of Manetheren where the past lived on because some people didn't fight but fled to carry on life in the Two Rivers.)

Warriors and armies are important but those who made the difference here are the ones who pointedly didn't fight.

This gives me so much hope for the boys' and Lan's later arcs because it seems the show is leaning more into strength not being raw power and existing in different shapes.

[hippolytetessier]

suite sous-canal

[fgp85]

#instalike #lessablesdolonne #plage #remblai #soleil #Lenyn #hilaire #moi # instalike #instagay #instalove (à Les Sables-d'Olonne)

[onaperduamedee]

For a while we had with WoT one of the most beautiful platonic relationships between a man and a woman since Elementary, two soldiers of a different kind, equals, complicated, who would die for the fate of the world, and it guts we won't get more bc it's still so rare.

It's also deeply unsettling that Lan is probably one of the noblest fictional men since Aragorn, truly such a rare combination of devotion, humility, duty, strength and frankly hot badassery, and it's that kind of masculinity we need more of in these times.

Meanwhile, Moiraine is an intense desperate pathetic wet cat and weird little girl who grew up to be a weird little woman and I love her for that.

Truly, a platonic soulmate duo for the ages.

[onaperduamedee]

I do get feral at times about how much Siuan helped shape Egwene, and how much Moiraine helped shape Rand, and how much Egwene and Rand shaped each other, and how much Siuan and Moiraine shaped each other, and how much the story hinges on Egwene and Rand parting, growing separately, fearing what the other became and finding each other again a changed people, and how much Siuan and Moiraine in the show specifically... You get the gist of it

Beautiful mentor quatuor, too good for this world, too pure

And by too pure I mean "Moiraine would slit Rand's throat if needed, Siuan would let Egwene be torn to shreds if it served the Light, Rand would have choked Moiraine if she pushed too hard at some point and Egwene would have let Siuan rot if she hadn't been of incredible value to her"

I love them

[onaperduamedee]

Dreaming about her (Madeleine Madden as Egwene al'Vere in the later masterly part of her arc, absolutely bringing down the house and becoming one of the most beloved characters in mainstream fantasy)

[onaperduamedee]

Now I kinda want to draw Moiraine as I imagined her to be in the Waste: growing ever more desperate, sleeping ever fewer hours, dark circles under her eyes, hair a mess, utilitarian clothes borrowed from Lan that make her look like a soldier.

She's not on the beach, she's in the last stretch of her crusade to gain Rand's trust. She must succeed or the world dies.

[onaperduamedee]

An important aspect of Moiraine that the WoT show lost after s1 I think is that Moiraine is tired and desperate, but she's not depressed. That's a pretty important distinction.