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Just watched the show, so sorry for this being a year after you asked the questions: 1. Elias can't have been born after the change, because he needs 4 great-grandfathers, not 3. 2. Left to it's own devices, they will. But they're future replications would have gone forwards by the same amount they went back - which is 160 years. Defoe will also keep turning up again - a few days later (as seen), but also 30 years later, 112 years and 160 years into the future (as of 2053). Of course, with the re-writing of history who knows if Defoe would even have been born, or the science have developed to allow the throat to be made in 2053. The only way out of a time loop is a paradox. The loop was broken, so we're in a paradox. 3. Yes, Future-Defoe says as much. Because he was in the process of being shot, he lost control of where he was going. At that point, I'm not sure he'd know that he dropped out of the flow of time in multiple places.

S01E05 I initially got excited about seeing the stone circle as reinforcing my theory. But that's a Victorian or later fake. Lichen growth looks like grave stones from the turn of the 19th-20th century, certainly not ancient. Are bronze-aged standing stone circles a thing in the US? Having another look at the map of where townsfolk came from before travelling to the faerie realm - that's very much what humans consider a random distribution, and not remotely how "random" works. I don't know if I'm supposed to notice either of those things.

S01E04 I remember a tree, upon a hill, If it stood there then, does it stand there still? If it doesn't stand still, but moves about, Then open the gate, and let it out. Spike Milligan Yes, yes they do move about. Confirmation of the "travel by tree" aspect, rather than the one ambiguous shown and the throw away comment. Everyone got here by tree - except Victor, the original inhabitant from the 60s. And the single most obvious tree-portal you've ever seen. Victor (poor kid, how long was he alone for? Decades? That'd go quite some way to explaining his... erm... awkward social interactions. Professor Umbridge / Death mark messages... I'm drawing a blank in terms of my theorising. Also uncertain on the kid in white - I'd assumed a Seellee to the Host's Unseellee, but Victor seems to see him as a harbinger of doom. "Interesting" that they only need a map of (contiguous) USA to notate everyone's portal of arrival. Seems odd that t respects human borders that way. I don't put this down to anything in the lore though.

S01E03 Hmm So, is Burnham Wood coming to Dunsinane? Georgraphy is famously as trustworthy as the inhabitants of the... realm I'm theorising about.

Just discovered this, and I gather a new season is out in about a month, so we're intending to pace ourselves at 2-3 episodes per week (my favoured "binge" pace, too few for Ali). We're two episodes in, and Hmmmm... Is it okay to theorise here? There's certainly a dark mystery to this show. I'm going to put our theory up here, ready to be shot down by anyone who's 18 episodes ahead of us, and before reading anyone else's speculation 2 episodes in, and Ali and I have got: The show's title - highly unusual in being essentially impossible to use as a search term. Rabbie Burns would consider this a spoiler for our theory Writers from Lost. Theme tune by The Pixies Travel by tree - to an unearthly realm no less Surrounded by forest (virgin forest?) Runestones of protection (our theory would be stronger if these were flint arrow/spear heads [yes, I know, scrapers not spear heads]) Promises / bargains going horribly wrong (enchantment?) Story told by the siblings in the campervan - (We both feel that we should be able to identify a "lake of tears" but can't, certainly can identify other bits of Norman's story though) Ominous murder of rows (in title sequence and travel-by-tree) A "Host" of monsters We're far from firm in our theory, (of course, 2 episodes), but I'm expecting: Lumps of iron to counter the Host Horses (probably black) Gifts of food Glamour More bargaining than "we can help" and "I'm granny, honest" A ring of mushrooms surrounding the entire town Half expecting the Grimm's, Lady Guest or Gaiman to get a consulting credit. ETA: Actually, I don't think I will read other people' speculations until I'm caught up - or at least, try to keep myself to talk on episodes I've already seen. If I come back and edit this post as I go along, I'll add them as "ETA as of S01E02" or whatever.

Anakin isn't in any of the good ones

Stuck there. Possibly within the bounds of their plane, probably within the bounds of their seats - they're up there, looking bored as hell, positioned as if they were still strapped in. What I don't understand, is why Robin, Mary and the Plague village are bound by the boundaries of the more modern house & grounds. For Mary and the plague victims, you could argue that it's more the boundaries of the village, before the estate was built; but it's a hell of a coincidence that it's such a precise overlap. For Robin though, it should be pretty much the whole county. The answer, of course, is narrative imperative, but still...

Yeah, she could absolutely use the power to attack the Seanchan attacking her and Lan on the beach - that would be fine "last defence of your own life, that of your Warder" Stretching that so that, if you fear for your life, then you can attack whoever you want, even if they're a mile away, not threatening you at all, and unaware of your existence, is... not consistent with the oaths. Yes, we're looking for the rationale for her being able to use the power as a weapon "because it looks cool" is not consistent with the oaths.

That was how I understood them, hence needing my slightly tortuous logic above.

That's certainly not how I interpreted the oaths. If they do, then all is fair.

I'm not quite sure where to put this, as it's about S02E08, but I think the 3 oaths are currently booktalk. I've had a thought on Moiraine seemingly ignoring the oaths by using the One Power as a weapon to take out the ships. How much does Moiraine know about what's going on at that moment? How much does she know about the Seanchan? We know that Ishy is controlling Suroth, who's high up (but recently demoted), but does Moiraine know any of that? Does she know that they're anything beyond "the enemy"? So from Moiraine's perspective, she sees a bunch of channellers on Seanchan ships weaving a shield up to the top of the tower. Would it be reasonable for her to assume that "the enemy" are shielding... someone at the top of the tower? Which would make it reasonable to conclude that there's an Aes Sedai up there, being shielded by the enemy. So would "the last extreme defence of her life, the life of her Warder, or another Aes Sedai" kick in as an exemption? Is that... reasonable? ETA: Of course, somehow, and a bit later, she knows that A] Rand is up there, and that B] He's just done something worthy of being acclaimed as the dragon - all from a couple of miles away and with no line of sight to what was happening... So we're back to being just the rule of cool. :(

1. The Seanchan have captured and broken a sitter for the blue ajah - that's going to help their knowledge of Aes Sedai training and politics. The Aes Sedai as a whole... don't know that the Seanchan exist - which is going to be less helpful. They'll find out soon enough though. 2. I'm pretty sure we're told in show that Liandrin had to politic pretty hard to get Nynaeve tested for Accepted - which she wishes she hadn't after Nyn discovers sonny-boy. I'm also pretty sure that they've stated Nyn as being the most powerful to come to the tower in living memory (certainly that Nyn and Eggy are the two most powerful since Cadsuane - with a name-check for her). There are some very good reasons for fast-tracking someone that powerful, especially if you think that by doing so you can make an ally of potentially the most powerful person in the world.

I blame the vikings!

It's still pretty common in some places to name the son for the father. Baby Mordred is adult Mordred's son, and Uther's Grandson. Arthur is adult Mordred's half-brother.

It's a few months before we'll get this in the UK. I've been watching the promo.s with an ever increasing fear. Any reports on the first episode?