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One of the themes of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series is that the Pattern repeats. Ages come and pass but they also come around again. I felt the Wheel spinning back around last night.
Lemme see, how do I put this in terms fans of WoT would understand....
Those late nights have spun back 'round again. Last night I watched Eps. 2-3; I'll write about them soon. But after I watched those episodes and before I starting writing I got into surfing online through various fan sites. I read page after page on a WoT wiki then found a collection of Insta/Twitter/Reddit AMAs with showrunner Rafe Judkins and read The. Whole. Damn. Thing.
I didn't close my computer until 2:30am and then didn't fall asleep until 3. There's no rest for the wicked, though. My morning alarm was still 6:45am, and I had to be in the saddle to work technical project at 8am sharp. Oww, that hurt. But it was worth it. The old blood runs deep.
Update: What did I learn from that late-night surfing? Some of the discussion I read address issues in S1E1 I've already blogged about. See my new comments about "aging up" the characters (from S1E1: Five Non-Spoiler Things) and whether the Dragon Reborn could be a woman (from S1E1: Five Spoiler-y Things). I'll discuss other insights when I blog about subsequent episodes.
Lemme see, how do I put this in terms fans of WoT would understand....
In an Age called The 90s by some, an Age long past, an Age yet to come, I stayed up too late on worknights when new WoT books dropped. I enjoyed the books so much that I binge-read them. I'd stay up until around 3:30am a few nights in a row, devouring each new novel quickly. Staying up too late wasn't the beginning, and it certainly wasn't the end— because back then it seemed like this dang series might never end. But it was a beginning.
Those late nights have spun back 'round again. Last night I watched Eps. 2-3; I'll write about them soon. But after I watched those episodes and before I starting writing I got into surfing online through various fan sites. I read page after page on a WoT wiki then found a collection of Insta/Twitter/Reddit AMAs with showrunner Rafe Judkins and read The. Whole. Damn. Thing.
I didn't close my computer until 2:30am and then didn't fall asleep until 3. There's no rest for the wicked, though. My morning alarm was still 6:45am, and I had to be in the saddle to work technical project at 8am sharp. Oww, that hurt. But it was worth it. The old blood runs deep.
Update: What did I learn from that late-night surfing? Some of the discussion I read address issues in S1E1 I've already blogged about. See my new comments about "aging up" the characters (from S1E1: Five Non-Spoiler Things) and whether the Dragon Reborn could be a woman (from S1E1: Five Spoiler-y Things). I'll discuss other insights when I blog about subsequent episodes.
