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    Ghosts - General Discussion

    in Ghosts

    On 12/2/2023 at 1:06 AM, Snow Apple said:

    I have questions about the two ghosts that Allison saw outside the window of the tall building. Can they wander? Are they stuck there? That would be awful. So sad we'll never find out.

    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...

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    Book to Show: Compare and Contrast

    in The Wheel Of Time

    17 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

    I mean, it's not like Moiraine can't rationalize that there's a bunch of people attacking them on the beach and seeing the power being used by the Seanchan to assault Falme that she's thinking using the power would be all right. Besides, she would be physically/mentally prohibited anyway. 

    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.

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    Book to Show: Compare and Contrast

    in The Wheel Of Time

    8 hours ago, Noneofyourbusiness said:

    They do not, unless in last defense of your own life, that of your Warder, or that of another Aes Sedai. The exception is for Shadowspawn and Darkfriends, not channelers as a whole.

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

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    Book to Show: Compare and Contrast

    in The Wheel Of Time

    · Edited by Which Tyler
    2nd thoughts

    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.
    :(

    S02.E08: What Was Meant To Be

    in The Wheel Of Time

    · Edited by Which Tyler

    On 10/27/2023 at 10:58 PM, quarks said:

     

    1. I'm kinda hoping the show gets more into how, exactly, the Seanchan knew so much about White Tower training. That was an interesting tidbit that didn't really get developed in the show.

    2. As DoctorAtomic noted, Nynaeve isn't Aes Sedai yet. She's ahead of Egwene and Elayne, who are only Novices (level one), but behind full Aes Sedai (level three). She's at level two, Accepted. That is, a much nicer bedroom, the ability to leave the Tower if she wants to, and fewer chores - which in turn presumably would allow her more time to study.

    Given that she managed the feat of channeling inside the Arches and returning after everyone except Egwene assumed she was dead, I think she probably deserved that level, even if most of the time she doesn't seem to be able to channel.  Also, a number of other Aes Sedai were in the cave when Nynaeve did her huge channeling thing and healed everyone, so they weren't just relying on Liandrin's word. They had other witnesses.

    That said, we did see Alanna and her Warders say, "Hey, maybe raising her to Accepted right now isn't the best idea," and Sheriam also seemed to have a few doubts, so....you probably have a point here.

    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.

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    Ghosts - General Discussion

    in Ghosts

    10 hours ago, Llywela said:

    Yeah, there is a huge divide between the north and south of England, both cultural and economic (this divide is traditionally felt to start at the Watford Gap, although Watford isn't far north at all). Pat is a northerner, Julian is a southerner.

    I blame the vikings!

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    S05.E05: Local News

    in What We Do In The Shadows

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    3 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

    Colin Robinson is clearly missing his calling as a weatherman. Can he feed via video stream? 

    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.

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    S06.E05: Demon 79

    in Black Mirror

    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.

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    S01.E06: The Daemon-Cages

    in His Dark Materials

    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.

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    WWDITS: Season One Talk

    in What We Do In The Shadows

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    On 6/3/2019 at 10:58 PM, iMonrey said:

    I think it's more the case that a.) she's never heard the name "Jeff" before (not exactly an old-world type name) and b.) can't believe her beloved Gregor would have such a weird, boring name. When she first saw him back in the pilot she kept saying "Jeff? Really? Jeff?"

    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.

      

    On 10/28/2020 at 11:56 AM, DrSparkles said:

    My cc said “jeebus man”

    "Jebus" is a fairly common atheist-ism (or at least, it is in Britain)

    Ghosts - General Discussion

    in Ghosts

    On 10/27/2021 at 10:58 PM, chaifan said:

    If Robin's speech is fixed in time to when he died, then he wouldn't speak English at all.  (And make for a very boring character, limited to grunts.)  The fact that he's learned rudimentary English indicates he can change that aspect of his being, or non-being, or whatever.  He obviously understands everything he hears.

    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.

    On 12/18/2021 at 6:27 PM, bunnyface said:

    I finally signed up for a service that carries this and in the last two days have watched up to when Thomas is shot.  But...has anyone ever seen the hole in his back?  It seems like we've seen him from the back several times but I've never seen a hole.  Just the one in the front.  Am I just missing it?  (I know logic doesn't apply to many areas.)

    Would an 1820s pistol at that range, and hitting ribs have an exist wound? I'd be very surprised if it had enough power.

    S01.E06: The Sound of Her Wings

    in The Sandman

    · Edited by Which Tyler

    On 8/21/2022 at 9:32 AM, PurpleTentacle said:

    No, she said that she doesn't come for all of them and then mentioned the old lady we saw talking to Constantine and Dream's friend. Both immortals. She absolutely presonally comes for everyone who dies.

    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

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    S01.E07: The Doll's House

    in The Sandman

    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.

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    S01.E06: The Sound of Her Wings

    in The Sandman

    5 hours ago, PurpleTentacle said:

    Like I said, that comment was clearly specifically geared towards the immortals.

    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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