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womanworshipersstuff:

Y’all I rewatched practical magic and this woman has had me in a chokehold. Please tell me there are more of y’all who love aunt Frances 🙏

sincerecinnamon:

Someone on reddit described the difference between romantic and platonic love using chemistry terms and the periodic table, and not only do I love the analogy as a science nerd, but it’s one of the first times that an explanation on the topic has fully made sense to me, so I figured I would share it with all of you ^^

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platonicsource:

platonic shuffle ➛ dialogue
the wheel of time (2021—2025) | s02e08

hobbitinthetardis:

happy lazarus rising to all who celebrate

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themediumtime:

assignmentimprobable:

So. Nobody was kidding about S02E22 “The Wire”.

I just started a DS9 rewatch today and I’m so excited to watch them all over again.

catcauthon:

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butterflydm:

dropoff99-blog:

Reminder for those in their first read through:

Jordan is a firm believer in an unreliable narrator. I’ve been seeing some absolutely WILD takes on on certain characters that I can only assume are from people that haven’t hit later books yet. Most characters have a number of things they won’t admit to themselves, even within their POVs. Some are thinly veiled so you identify them early, others are not and are often a product of that character not knowing themselves or others very well yet. Also when Jordan felt a character had a wrong impression of someone, he felt that it shouldn’t be corrected unless they saw direct evidence to contradict their views on other characters. And while characters certainly miscommunicate It’s not always because Jordan wanted to stall the plot, he just legitimately wanted flaws in the way they thought and understood what was going on in the world.

My POV reliability ranking is below (yes there are spoilers in regards to large character beats but no plot) ranking on how intellectually honest/reliable WoT characters are within their POVs. Note it doesn’t mean I think the people at the top are always right, just that you can trust their internal narrative as being consistent with how they really feel and their read on others is somewhat accurate. Additionally I only ranked the EF5 and some other big characters. If they aren’t on here it has nothing to do with how reliable I believe they are, just that I didn’t rank them.

One last thing: I legitimately love the tool of an unreliable POV character. It allows you to adds depth, intrigue, and unpredictability. It is not a coincidence that the bottom 3 of this list are my favorite characters of the series.

1 Egwene - controversial I know but her time with Gawyn/Wise Ones reveal this the most. Additionally she has a self-awareness about her dynamic with the rest of the cast. Rand and Nynaeve really stick out in this regard. she figures out their dynamic with her a lot quicker than they do. She is generally a step ahead of others and accurately portrays what she sees and experiences IMO.

2 Thom/Lan - their POVs reveal their motivations pretty clearly and they also are very consistent across the series. Additionally their analysis of other characters is really helpful due to general knowledge of the world. I put them behind Egwene because Jordan is very stingy with their POVs.

3 Min - she is the most openly conflicted of the main cast (especially regarding Rand). But I can’t put her reliability as high as the others because Jordan intentionally obscured her interpretations of her visions for obvious reasons and that is such a big part of her character that it drops her.

4 Perrin - as internally honest as they come (especially his guilt) outside of his love interests but this is a HUGE blind spot for him.

5 Rand - despite what some would say on this topic, it’s not so much that he lies to himself, but there are specific and intentional inconsistencies that are plot related. Additionally, the pressure Rand is under definitely clouds his judgement throughout the story but this is usually apparent to the reader.

6 Moiraine - her internal conflict about her schemes/plans as well as her habit of obscuring the truth places her outside of the top 5 but I generally think her POVs are incredibly revealing about what she thinks/feels when you do get them.

7 Elayne - I know you might be thinking… how is she this low? But I believe she lies to herself (even if thinly veiled) on many occasions, especially how she feels regarding her family and close relationships.

8 Mat - the guy is genuinely just a compulsive liar. He lies to himself and others routinely throughout the story. The amount of times he says “this is the last time I (insert any particular thing he does regularly)” even within his POV is astounding. But he does this in such a predictable rhythm that you get used to it very quickly. Also his read on other people within the story is at times so outlandish that you can’t believe he really thinks what his internal dialogue is saying.

9 Aviendha - absolute lunatic internally. I love her to death but what she truly believes is often hidden early on in her POVs and because she comes from such a unique culture Jordan intentionally makes her evaluation of any given circumstance a little confusing. The only reason I would rank her above Nynaeve is because there are legitimate plot mysteries that Jordan did not want to unveil with her early on making her less reliable, which isn’t the same thing as what happens with Nynaeve.

10 Nynaeve - I really don’t want to say much about this because I believe her POV is actually done brilliantly in a lot of ways, it just makes for a frustrating read before you understand her. But to put it simply she is not honest with herself generally and you have to rely on Jordan’s prose and her literal actions to know how she truly feels.

This is an interesting ranking!

I’m mostly taking this more as a ‘how dependable and objective are they?’ sort of question, since I’m not sure I feel like the majority of the POVs skew biased enough to count as unreliable narrators.

Personally, I would drop Perrin and Min a lot lower on the list and raise Elayne up higher.

Perrin is always thinking about how he’s the thoughtful one who is not impulsive and likes to think things through, but he acts on a hair-trigger frequently in the series. He also uses his sense of smell as a way to avoid actually thinking about the people around him, which trips him up a lot with Faile, Aram, and Berelain imo.

I also think that Min doesn’t know herself very well at all, and she’s never seemed to be that good at accurately judging those around her either (she believes that she’s completely fooled the Salidar Aes Sedai about her feelings for Rand when Merana clocked that Min was in love with him pretty much from the moment they all landed in Caemlyn). Again, like with Perrin, it feels like Min uses her supernatural gift as a way to use that as her guide instead of actually looking at the people around her as people.

I’d definitely drop Mat below Aviendha because, well. It’s Mat. Aviendha does have some great culture-clash misunderstandings in her narration, though.

I’m not also sure that I’d rank Egwene that high. She doesn’t have that great a handle on other people outside of the political arena (a funny example being her complete lack of understanding about Rand’s romantic cues re: Elayne and Aviendha). She’s also baffled by things like why the Aiel Wise Ones like Berelain.

I’d also put Elayne as more reliable than Rand. Elayne does a pretty good job of re-evaulating her previous opinions of people when she’s given new evidence.

So my list would be more like -

• Moiraine
• Elayne
• Egwene
• Rand
• Min
• Perrin
• Aviendha
• Mat
• Nynaeve

Perrin doesn’t think he’s “the thoughtful one who doesn’t act impulsively”. He routinely thinks about how he prefers to think things through, and does his best not to act impulsively, because when he acts quickly it tends to cause problems. He never says he’s good at it, he says it’s important to him and he tries.

That…feels like a pretty good explanation for Perrin, yeah.

I definitely agree Mat should be ranked lower. Yes, there’s a certain ‘rhythm’ to his unreliability and a lot of its pretty thinly veiled. But I wouldn’t say all of it is- this is aimed at people that are new, so I won’t get into spoilers, but I’ve often seen people miss his more subtle lies/mess-ups because they’re so used to the more obvious ones and they expect all of it to be like that. And sometimes they assume he’s outright lying when he’s not. The apparent predictability actually further obfuscates things.

ssa-kitsune1310:

no matter how hard she pushed him away, he keeps coming back to her, everytime

writerxwren:

Obsessed with Mat’s commitment to this veil sksjdhdhdjsjsjsjs

ladyalysoftheblueajah:

ladyalysoftheblueajah:

I can’t stop thinking about Moiraine pulling her hair back while threatening Samuel. I might even end up changing my profile pic. I mean, I feel like that would just be a manic move, I really like keeping the theme of my profile pic her enjoying a bath/steam, but I cannot get it out out of my mind. 

Everyone say “thank you @nadyanight ” 🫠

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