18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 33

And, I mean, it doesn't have to be just 18th century characters, either!

(also, waiting for Yuletide!)

Wheel of Time eps 1-4

So I really do not have the time for this, and yet somehow I seem to be watching Wheel of Time? This is of course J's fault, and then amplified by D being interested in watching it too once he saw I was trying it out, which is hilarious because although we've watched a number of movies, etc. together, we've actually never ever watched a TV show together (because we both watch TV rarely enough, and are willing to commit swathes of time to watch TV rarely enough, that it's doubly rare there's something that we're both interested in at the same time). But it's fun to watch something with him, especially as he was a bigger fan of the books than I was, and/or has a better memory, so he actually remembers stuff and can explain it to me (whereas I remember people's names and random things about the worldbuilding but almost zero about the plot, and anyway noped out somewhere around book 7 or so when everyone was going nowhere fast).

tl;dr: I was generally entertained by Eps 1-3 but Ep 4 was where I actually got invested!

I didn't think to write anything up about Ep 1 (I suppose I wasn't convinced I'd keep watching) but here are some thoughts on Eps 2-4. Obviously spoilers; also spoilers for the books, I guess.

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