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Which Tyler

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  1. 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...
  2. 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.
  3. That was how I understood them, hence needing my slightly tortuous logic above.
  4. That's certainly not how I interpreted the oaths. If they do, then all is fair.
  5. 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. :(
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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?
  9. Yes, he was an internet troll back is season 2 - IIRC he said it wasn't as fulfilling, but you could make up for it with sheer numbers.
  10. I know it's only a trailer, but... that looks so much more promising than S01.
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/18/ai-chatbots-grief-chatgpt People are turning to chatbot impersonations of lost loved ones to help them grieve. Will AI help us live after we’re dead?
  12. IIRC it's called Black Mirror because it's trying to hold a mirror up to society, and reflect possible downsides of whatever the subject matter of the episode is (usually technological - which FTR, is older than smartphones - flint knapping is probably the oldest tech). As far as I can tell: Joan is Awful - future tech Loch Henry - VHS was new tech at the time those home videos were made Beyond the Sea - future tech (even though it took place in the past, that tech is way, way into the future) Mazey Day - Digital photography was new tech at the time the episode is set This episode, of course, is called Red Mirror, not black mirror, so isn't bound by that same original intention anyway.
  13. Not "Doesn't Salma Hayek's anus have rights?" > :o
  14. Again, I'm late; as I'm watching through now (I watched the first season live, but then decided to hold off and binge the lot now it's finished), and coming here after each episode; but... locations: https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/11/his-dark-materials-filming-locations.html
  15. I know I'm late to this, but I just want to add my two-penneth-worth to the "daemons settling is bad" discussion. To my eyes, the Magisterium see daemons settling as a personal equivalence of Eve eating the apple. It's the end of innocence, the beginning of sin, and knowledge of sin (which they see in dust, probably mistaking correlation for causation). So they want to prevent it, by any means necessary. Real world history has any number of examples of evil acts carried out in the fervour of religious righteousness.
  16. Box-set release on iPlayer; weekly release on terrestrial https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/his-dark-materials-season-3-air-date-newsupdate/
  17. Sorry, reading through this thread (I've been off PTV for a few years); but had to reply to this post. Geoffrey's Chaucer and Monmouth might disagree about just how modern a name it is (14th and 11th centuries). IIRC Henry II of England (12th century) had 2 sons called Geoffrey. "Jebus" is a fairly common atheist-ism (or at least, it is in Britain)
  18. Depending on how old he is, there's a good chance the language centres of the brain wouldn't be fully evolved; and he'd be left with the anatomical brain he had at the time. Mind, Humphrey's body is able to walk around without a brain telling his muscles how to move, and his head can talk, without any lungs pushing air over his vocal chords; so.... fanwank time. Would an 1820s pistol at that range, and hitting ribs have an exist wound? I'd be very surprised if it had enough power.
  19. And the debate is put to bed, for the comics, at least (err... this should come out as a link, not embedded): https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1564617216708034562
  20. I think the show's problem is that they also showed Lyta getting physically pregnant from her dead husband after a sexy dream. This has led to confusion where there shouldn't really be any. Unity got pregnant whilst asleep - she was impregnated in the physical world, not the dream world; so it's rape by definition; but the confusion is understandable.
  21. And yet - it's also clear that the immortals will die “When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.” So either immortals aren't living things, or they die... eventually. Incidentally, I see nothing from the show to suggest that Hob or Hettie are immortal, just that Death has chosen to allow them longer on earth. In the case of Hob, this is specifically stated. Clearly, there's room for more than 1 interpretation, not a matter of "I'm right, and therefore you're wrong"
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