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me watching the logain and rand wine scene in s2

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thom merrilin teaching rand and mat gleeman skills as they travel together is kind of hilarious to me. like yeah, we’re running for our lives from the forces of the dark. yeah all your friends are probably dead. what about it. do a flip

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Moiraine infodumping about Manetheren at the worst possible times (literally surrounded by a mob / on the verge of death) my most beloved. Truly THE character

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based on this post

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the besties

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Josha Stradowski & Dónal Finn as Rand al'Thor & Mat Cauthon The Wheel of Time 2x06, “Eyes Without Pity”

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This was almost too easy

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You get it 👏

Can I just share this meme I made back from book four.

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"tHe sHoW dOeSnT rEsPeCt tHe BoOks"

Ok then explain why the costume Nynaeve wears for three minutes in one of the arches scenes has 6 obscure healing herbs mentioned by Nynaeve throughout the series embroidered around its collar

Posted on the amazing costume designer Sharon Gilham's Instagram...the depth of story that she hand her team put into every single garment that appears onscreen is insane.

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Wot memes

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For Show Only’s, the difference between book and show Mat is thusly

Show!Mat is the way he is because of daddy issues

Book!Mat is just Like That

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aviendha x elayne coffee shop au

[Send me a potential AU and I'll answer with five things from that story!]

Ah coffee shop aus. The sigh of a truly healthy fandom ecosystem- I'm surprised we don't have more of these. If I was physically capable of just writing short fluff pieces I would probably remedy that

Elayne works as a barista even though she doesn't need too, because she wants to 'proper college experience' of having to scrape by and 'build character'. In general she tries to keep her money/royalty secret but is very bad at it, especially when she has to interact with rude customers.

Aviendha is a marathon runner/track star who stops by during her morning warm up runs for coffee.

Elayne spends her down time at work coming up with new recipes/drink mixes because she wants a Good Grade in being a Barista Something that Is Possible to Achieve and Normal To Want.

Avi prefers black coffee straight up, but she can never say no to trying Elayne's latest concoction. Elayne is so proud of them every time.

It takes them an embarrassingly long time to realize that they are interested in each other- Avi doesn't realize that Elayne is flirting by making her special drinks, and Elayne just thinks she needs to hit on the right drink to really wow Aviendha.

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Mat Cauthon is a magical character because he is simultaneously a horse girl and a World War 2 boy. He’s also Odin but that’s less important.

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It bugs me that so many people's default example of published fanfic is 50 Shades of Grey.

What about West Side Story, a famous modern AU of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

What about Dante's Inferno, a self-insert RPF if I've ever seen one?

What about Wicked, a pre-canon AU of The Wizard of Oz?

Hell, what about Percy Jackson? There's definitely an argument to be made that that's a modern AU of various Greek myths.

Humans have been writing fanfic as long as they have been telling stories. In about the year 20 BC, our dear Roman poet Ovid wrote the Heroides, a series of aggrieved "letters" from the female characters of famous myths to their respective male heroes. Are you telling me that Ovid, writing a letter from the perspective of Queen Dido to Aeneas -- Aeneas, whose fantastical adventures were put into poem by Virgil -- wasn't writing an outsider-POV fic? A fic that is, in fact, translated in Latin classes world-wide today!

There is so much famous fanfic out there, but people tend to forget that it is fanfic once it becomes mainstream enough. And as a consequence of that, people who aren't into fandom don't see how beautiful fanfic is, and some members of fandom feel shame associated with writing and reading fic. But fanfic is beautiful, and it is something humans have always done, and it is nothing to be ashamed about.

So if you ever find yourself in a situation to give an example of published fic, think outside the box. Remember that published fanfics hide in plain sight; once they're famous enough, we no longer think of them as fanfic. And never forget that fanfic is a very, very old human tradition, and your ancestors who partook in it would not have wanted you to feel ashamed of it.

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My favourite thing about the Rosamund Pike narrated Eye of the World is when she does different voices for the characters.

My personal faves are Cenn Buie and Perrin. Killing it.

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Damiano David is my modern Mat AU fancast. It doesn’t have to make sense.

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imagez made for a range of emotionz bc im obsessed with saying this in response to everything