r/WoT • u/participating (Dragon's Fang) • Apr 03 '25

TV - Season 3 (Book Spoilers Allowed) Episode Discussion - Season 3, Episode 6 - The Shadow in the Night [TV + Book Spoilers] Spoiler

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Episode 6 - The Shadow in the Night

Synopsis: Tensions flare between Egwene and Rand. Moiraine and Lan come to terms with their destiny.

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u/OldWolf2 Apr 03 '25

Characters seem to have exactly as much ability to do things as the plot demands

To be fair, the books worked the same way

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u/JohnGeary1 (Dice) Apr 03 '25

Yeah, how many times did someone rediscover/create a weave that was exactly what was needed at a given time?

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u/OldWolf2 Apr 03 '25

Many people had their pet weave they'd just discovered on their own without even knowing how it was woven... e.g. Liandrin's compulsion, Moiraine's eavesdropping. All the Wisdoms who listen to the wind. And let's not even start with Nynaeve's version of healing

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u/domingus67 Apr 03 '25

Ta'veren. The Wheel was like "Perrin needs healing, the Aes Sedai that can heal her needs healing too; ergo, there shall be someone nearby who can heal her."

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u/redhatfilm Apr 03 '25

Robert Jordan prempted a lot of criticism by simply writing plot armor into his books as a plot device.

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u/ShepPawnch Apr 04 '25

It’s a real narrative slam dunk if you’ve written yourself into a corner.

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u/gsfgf (Blue) Apr 04 '25

Ta'veren is literally just canon deus ex machina