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Not me listening to the newest Epic album and seeing Rand in literally every song 😭

The Underworld:

"all I hear are screams. Everytime I dare to close my eyes. I no longer dream. Only nightmares of those who've died."

No Longer You:

"I see a song of past romance. I see the sacrifice of man. I see portrayals of betrayal and a brother's final stand. I see you on the brink of death. I see you draw your final breath. I see a man who gets to make it home alive. But it's no longer you."

Monster:

#YES #This saga KILLED me #this entire MUSICAL kills me #I keep seeing the WoT characters in all of the songs😅 #rand al'thor #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers #epic the musical #epic the underworld saga

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If everything these hands touch will be turned into ashes

Just discovered it from my drive. Completed around a year ago.

#logain ablar #mazrim taim #logain x taim #xillionart #wheel of time #wheel of time fanart #the wheel of time #wot

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Just played 3 rounds of Uno with my family. I won all 3 games without even trying… I said “just call me ‘Mat O Shadows’” but they didn’t get it 🙃

#mat cauthon #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot books

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i didnt expect more than 4 likes on my previous drawing but apparently everyone loves this ship?? you ask and i shall deliver <3

#rand al'thor #mazrim taim #logain ablar #rand x mazrim x logain #mazrim x logain #rand x logain #mazrim x rand #wheel of time fanart #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot books

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How many years of memories does Mat have from the Eelfinn?

Grunting, he closed his eyes again. Cute? Light! And short. Only Aiel could call him short. In every other land he had been in, he was taller than most men, if not always by much. He could remember being tall. Taller than Rand, when he rode against Artur Hawkwing. And a hand shorter than he was now when he fought beside Maecine against the Aelgari. He had spoken to Lan, claiming he had overheard some names; the Warder said Maecine had been a king of Eharon, one of the Ten Nations … that much Mat already knew … some four or five hundred years before the Trolloc Wars. Lan doubted that even the Brown Ajah knew more; much had been lost in the Trolloc Wars, and more in the War of the Hundred Years. Those were the earliest and latest of the memories that had been planted in his skull. Nothing after Artur Paendrag Tanreall, and nothing before Maecine of Eharon (TFoH, Ch. 22).

Ok, so let's call that 500 years before the Trolloc Wars (500 AB, After Breaking), which started in 1000 AB and up to Hawkwing's death (FY 994). What is that in real time?

808 years from 500 AB to the start of the Trolloc wars + 994 from the start of the FY calendar to Artur Hawkwing's death. There's an unknown gap of time between when the Trolloc Wars/After Breaking calendar ended and the FY calendar starts, so I'm going to call it 23 years. 808 + 23 + 994 = 1775 years. Mat has a 1,775 year span of memories, which is also the year the American revolutionary war started. clap for him

#mat cauthon #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers

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I like thinking about how the trauma of the series effects the Ta’veren boys and the Wondergirls- but like- have we considered how absolutely messed up, feral and dangerous Olver will be as an adult?

This kid spent his formative years participating in an active war zone. He rarely spent time with his peers instead spending time among a bunch of soldiers- not even just soldiers, mercenaries- many of which were barely adults themselves and had zero experience with raising children. His main caretaker is a dude who up until this point has not matured a day past sixteen and liked it that way. Despite Mat’s best efforts, none of them had a clue what they were doing. Now if Olver was just a little socially stunted from trauma and lack of friendships with peers that would be one thing- but this kid has also been taught an eclectic number of skills most of which are related to violence.

We are told directly that Mat and the other men in the band have taught Olver how to use: crossbows, longbows, swords, spears, and throwing knives. Kid has a whole ass arsenal he can use. He was given ample practice with both horse riding and care. Thom was teaching him to play the flute and juggle. Cards, dice, flirting with women, dancing, stones, the basics of daes de mar- stealing horses. This kid was raised as a soldier, a thief and a noble.

That’s just what we get in the books- let’s say Olver stays with Mat post-canon and is raised in Seanchen occupied Ebou Dar alongside Mat and Tuon’s child. Any skills Olver learned among the band would only perfected among the Seanchen blood.

Olver states multiple times his intention to go to the tower of ghenji and seek the Finn’s answers and gifts- now let’s say Olver manages this without Mat catching him and keeping him from doing this- the amount of possibilities for what Olver could attain from the Finn of he survived the trip is astounding. He is also fueled by a desire for revenge against the Shaido for killing his father and driving him and his mom from Cairihan resulting in her death. And famously having a revenge motive in fiction is a flashing Danger sign.

Olver and Tuon have a lot in common, small and unassuming on the surface but we’re raised to be dangerous. Raised to always be alert and ready for anything. They are both trained killers from the time they were young. Their formative years spent learning that the world is cruel and the only way to survive is by being smarter, faster, and stronger than your opponents.

This isn’t even considering any specialized training he may receive, from groups like the deathwatch guard or even warders depending on the circumstances. Or the possibility of Olver being a channeler which is always a possibility. Olver would be exceptionally dangerous as an adult- and depending on how the others in his life care for him post tarmengedon he could be a genuine threat to the dragons peace of he decides that All Aiel are guilty for the actions of the Shaido. He could also follow in Mat’s footsteps however and dedicate himself to protecting those in his life currently. The possibilities- my brain is whirring

#olver #olver wot #wot olver #mat cauthon #tuon athaem kore paendrag #the band of the red hand #aiel

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been having a lot of thoughts about mazrim rand and logain

#rand al'thor #mazrim taim #logain ablar #rand x mazrim x logain #mazrim x logain #rand x logain #mazrim x rand #wheel of time #wheel of time fanart #the wheel of time #wot #wot fanart

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The Shadow Rising featuring another Rand & Mat duo adventure was not what I was expecting, but by god am I thrilled about it

#rand al'thor #mat cauthon #the shadow rising #wheel of time #wheel of time book spoilers #the wheel of time #wot #minor wot book spoilers

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She found water and shade.

#ayoola smart #aviendha #aiel #maiden of the spear #far dareis mai #wheel of time #wot on prime

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I adore that one of the first things we learn about about Logain and Taim relationship in the books is just Logain going: “I can’t stand the man. He’s awful and wants me to do farming. Disgraceful, hope Taim has a terrible day.”

And the guy he’s talking to is just like: “But I thought you guys were besties?????”

Like what is going on at the Black Tower? Logain, why do all the other Asha’man think Taim is your closest friend and is giving you special privileges? How long has this been going on for?

My obvious assumption is that the entire Black Tower thinks they’re in some kind of enemies to lovers situationship and I find that immensely funny.

#logain ablar #mazrim taim #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot

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Show!Mat throwing a spear at Ishamael missing and hitting Rand

Show!Mat: D:

Book!Mat: …. Real smooth.

Show!Mat: oh, fuck off!

Book!Mat: jokes on you I don’t know what that means!

#mat cauthon #wheel of time #wheel of time spoilers #the wheel of time #wot #wot on prime spoilers

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TFOH, Chapter 42: Rand tells Asmodean to play March of Death because Mat leaves

rand:

all the military advisors whom rand summons to his tent for a war council except he is not yet done with his bi dramatics so they just have to sit there while he's imagining he's in a sad music video:

#cauthor #rand al’thor #mat cauthon #asmodean #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers

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Mat notices Rand fidgeting with the dragon scepter before the battle. Someone get him something to fidget with that he won't accidentally stab himself with

#rand al'thor #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers

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god i cannot wait to see mat and olver interact on screen. i love their dynamic in the books but it has the potential to hit so so much harder in the show. specifically him having had a quasi-parental relationship with his baby sisters and then being forced to abandon them, even if it was to keep them safe, plus bonding with that other little farm girl only for her to be brutally murdered simply because she was nearby to him, is going to have absolutely layered on the guilt and self loathing. we all know his self worth is through the floor and while finding out he’s a hero of the horn will have helped, i refuse to believe it will have entirely healed that wound (particularly since he then accidentally stabs rand less than 5 minutes later)

but then for him to be dropped into that same caretaker role with a little boy of a similar age to his sisters has so much potential. mat is absolutely going to want to run a mile, even more so than his usual avoidance of responsibility - he sees himself as the absolute last person a kid should be looking up to - but his fundamental decent streak and established fondness for kids will in no way let him turn his back and neither will olver himself. mat is going to have to forgive himself for leaving the girls by stepping up for this little boy and i cannot wait to see it

#mat cauthon #matrim cauthon #wot olver #wheel of time #wheel of time spoilers #wheel of time s1 spoilers #the wheel of time #wot #wot on prime #wot on prime spoilers

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For whatever reason, Jordan didn't have the Aiel with polyandrous relationships, a thing I suspect he would have had he been writing 20 (or even 10) years later.

In part because sprawling Aiel polycules would be hilarious, with insane complicated rules that confuse the hell out of the wetlanders. The relationship between Rhuarc and his wives, for all that it baffles Rand, really isn't that complicated. What happens if it crosses clan or society boundaries? What happens if two women who dislike each other find themselves sister-wives because their husbands' wives are married to a common husband? What if one of a pair of first sisters isn't interested in the husband (for aro/ace reasons) but the husband is in her for platonic reasons?

Jordan wouldn't have to hold back, and could have had a ton of fun just making up random rules.

Aviendha would constantly insist this makes total sense, and is superior to whatever polycules the wetlands have.

#aiel #polyamory #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot on prime #and I HOPE they play with this in the show because it’s SO interesting #Also would put a whole new meaning to the aiel calling mat rand’s first-brother while actively trying to matchmake rand with someone else #like the maidens are spray bottling isendre and rand’s forsaken exs and mat’s just cool #he plays maiden’s kiss well and fights with a spear and knives. a little flamboyant with those knives but eh… I will not judge #- the maidens probably #no cause the books were cowards for not giving mat something else to do in the Three-fold Land because as rand’s first-brother- #-he is also expected along with rand’s first-sisters among the maidens to find rand a good partner to be with #Also I just think more complicated and larger polycules are even MORE fitting cause like…. #if you can’t take out an entire enemy fighting squad as a date idea what’s even the point?

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obsessed with this shot, egwene is about to have a whole-ass duel with a forsaken and mat is still like "i gotta focus on cradling rand" he's just paying no attention at all

#bless him #he knows egwene's got everything handled #< prev tags #cauthor #mat cauthon #rand al'thor #egwene al'vere #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot #wot on prime

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My love of Mat as a slutty slutty little playboy vs my strong desire to put him in a frilly apron and turn him into a domestic house wife

#mat cauthon #wheel of time #the wheel of time #wot