What if Rand took up******* on her offer

I’m on my third reread, I just finished New Spring and I’m about to jump back into Fires of Heaven.

But I’ve been thinking, what if Rand actually took up Lanfear on her offer back in book 4.

This is more of a character analysis of her, and not a “could they actually do it?” question.

Obviously, I don’t think it would really work given the context of the prophecies and how the pattern works.

But say the world was slightly different and the strings of the pattern weren’t as strong. Would she actually help him defeat the other others? Would they actually destroy the dark one together and just rule with each other over the world and spend eternity banging? Or do you think she would eventually betray him?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 1 day ago

You find a secret chest at the Jordan estate.

For some reason you are invited to help do some work at the estate of the late Robert Jordan. The context can be whatever you want, the important part is the question.

While cleaning out the attic, you find a chest that nobody else knew was there.

When you open it, there is one thing inside. It is a project that he had worked on, and for whatever reason it never saw the light of day.

Which are you hoping it is?

A. The Robert Jordan version of the final three books

B. A prequel book about Tam Al’Thor and his adventures

C. A sequel book after the last battle

D. A well thought out and faithful screenplay for TV based on the books

E. Something else

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u/dirtyllama720 — 9 days ago

Examples of old tongue writing/Translation?

Hello everybody, I’m wanting to get a WOT tattoo, and to keep it in line with my other tattoos I think it would be really cool to get something in the old tongue written on my arm.

Are there any examples in any of the WOT media of the old tongue actually written down? Also, is there an actual translator somewhere online like there is with the Lord of the rings or several other medias?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 23 days ago

Just bought this house, is this tree doomed?

We moved in 2 months ago. The previous owners trashed this property and never cared for any of the trees. I have no idea what they did to this poor thing or why, but is it in any way salvageable?

It has some green at the top still, but it’s looking grim. Unfortunately this is the tree that SHOULD be shading my living room window. I’d like to save it if I can instead of ripping it out and planting something new.

u/dirtyllama720 — 2 months ago

Can I B-line vessel of hatred to unlock the mercenaries for my account?

So my wife and I just picked up the game and are loving it.

HOWEVER

I want to play solo with a separate character. But I want to have the NPC’s with me so I’m not literally alone.

How much of vessel of hatred to I have to complete to unlock the mercenary hideout for my account?

That way I can start my solo run with access to them for the base game. Is that how it works?

My idea was to make characters that start on that campaign state and we could just rush it together not paying attention just to get the unlock. But how long does that take realistically? All the “game guides” provide no answers.

I really wish they just had these NPC’s in the base game man, I hate blizzard sometimes.

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u/dirtyllama720 — 2 months ago

I (M31) want to tell my wife (F32) how I really feel, but it will hurt her.

Canned chicken and white rice in the work truck. Seasoned with paprika, cumin, white pepper and garlic powder, And a few drops of hot sauce, paired with a crisp white monster.

Content warning(child abuse and suicide)

** Before you even try, please don’t tell me to go to therapy. I’ve been down that road and I’m not interested.**

I’ve been with my wife for about six years now. I genuinely do not know how I would have survived without her. And it’s like life before her was some kind of nightmare fever dream.

The problem is, I haven’t really felt much of anything since the third grade. My parents divorced when I was about four years old when my dad walked out. One of my first memories was me crying for him not to leave.

My mom spent the next 14 years using me as a bargaining chip for even more child support and the occasional punching bag.

Sometime around the third grade I came to the realization far earlier than most men do that nobody gives a fuck about me and it’s me against the world. I decided right then and there that I don’t give a shit about being a kid anymore, and it’s time for me to grow up. I never let myself have any fun and I never let myself be happy.

Fast forward to my 18th birthday and I immediately joinedthe army in the hopes I’d get shipped off and blown to pieces somewhere far away and make everyone feel bad.

When It didn’t pan out, I tried to do it myself, but thanks to a weapon malfunction I got a moment of clarity and realized I was being a pussy and decided to live on.

Fast forward again to 25 when I met my wife. I legitimately was under the impression that this woman could fix me. She so far was the only person that seemed to care about my well-being in a way that seemed genuine, almost unconditional. Like she knew that there was someone else inside that wanted to be saved and that she knew she could do it.

And it kind of worked. I’m content with my life. I’m peaceful, fucking tranquil. I have basically a stress-free life. I come home from work every day to a woman who genuinely loves me and would probably do fucking anything to make me happy.

But how the fuck do I tell her that not only is my happiness fleeting and generally superficial, but that I don’t even really truly love her. Not because she’s done anything wrong or doesn’t deserve it, but because I don’t even know what the fuck love is. I always say it back because I know you’re supposed to. I thought it because it makes her happy. Is the content that I feel love?

u/dirtyllama720 — 2 months ago

Can’t switch maiden ring after game clear?

I have:

Beat the final mission

Maxed out rapport

Viewed all scenes

Gone back to shrine

Nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong? I want to see the other endings without doing a whole play through, what am I missing in order to revoke my ring and give it to new lady?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

So, I just finished my first play throughout the game. Not perfect, but way better than I was anticipating.

Overall, I loved it. My first play through Clocked in at about 82 hours. Generally, I have a very hard time doing a second play through of big games like this, so I might come back to this game in a few years

I did have a couple of small issues with the game, mostly dumb story stuff.

Never once did the enemy really try to fight back. It would have been far more fun if every so often the enemy would attack a location I had taken and I was forced to do a defense mission. Wiping the map got kinda boring by Albion
I HATE the noble thief/ honorable mercenary character type that this game overused.
Why the fuck was I able to execute so many people who basically didn’t do that much wrong, yet the literally child trafficker guy in Bastoria got to not only keep his head, but also got a job at the orphanage? I hated how feel good so much of the game was.

But, in general I am dying to have another game like this. I really hate that there’s not really and endgame content other than the Colosseum.

Solid 8/10 for me. I need another one like it. Sharon is the best wife, I don’t care if she isn’t Meta.

u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

Complete wipe frequency

How often do you guys just go in and wipe the slate on all your teams? Like every 5 levels I literally strip everything from everyone and just completely rework everyone. I think 30 of my 60 hours on this playthrough have just been in this menu

u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

Will this Zinc strip be ok or should I take extra steps to prevent leaks.

I live in an incredibly moss prone area. The roof was done a yearish ago before I bought the place.

I bought a zinc strip for moss prevention. However, I have that corrugated ridge vent so I couldn’t really get the strip underneath the ridge like most sources say to do.

I got it as flush as I could to the ridge. Then I used the provided neoprene nails and went extra and sprayed each nail with 2 layers of this silicone spray. Will this be enough to prevent possible leaks or should I get some calk and just do the entirety of the edge with it as well?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

Non Merc character variety/Numbers

So, I’m on my first playthrough. I cleared Cornia (minus the capital) and have dipped a little into both dagonland and elfland.

The only hiccup I’m having is that I don’t like using mercenaries on my squads because they don’t get rapport/ are just really generic feeling. I think doing a non merc run for my first playthrough would be fun.

Is the mid/late game way harder without mercs? Or is there enough variety and even some repeat classes that I can use for having several powerful units without using them?

Also, is there a real benefit to stationing guards at towns? I’m close to running out of actual characters for guards.

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u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

Is Twitch forcing ads even on non-affiliated channels?

I was having some trouble understanding the announcement yesterday from Twitch.

I deliberately made the choice not to affiliate when I hit the benchmark so that I wouldn’t have to show my community ads. I just wanna be here to have fun and don’t give a shit about making $.15 on ad revenue.

But yesterday, suddenly the menus for ads and everything started showing up on my account, and all of the behind the scenes technical stuff is suddenly unlocked.

I don’t care about emotes or bits or subs or anything like that.

If I just never do the enrollment will they continue to let me stream ad free? Nobody seems to really know what the hell is going on with this decision.

Does anybody have any insight?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

Is Twitch forcing ads even on non-affiliated channels?

I was having some trouble understanding the announcement yesterday from Twitch.

I deliberately made the choice not to affiliate when I hit the benchmark so that I wouldn’t have to show my community ads. I just wanna be here to have fun and don’t give a shit about making $.15 on ad revenue.

But yesterday, suddenly the menus for ads and everything started showing up on my account, and all of the behind the scenes technical stuff is suddenly unlocked.

I don’t care about emotes or bits or subs or anything like that.

If I just never do the enrollment will they continue to let me stream ad free? Nobody seems to really know what the hell is going on with this decision.

Does anybody have any insight?

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u/dirtyllama720 — 3 months ago

I have a small task for all of you.

Describe to me your ideal life in this universe, or one that sounds interesting to you.

Many times over the series, the way he would describe the everyday life of people really made me wonder what on earth I would do in this universe. When I asked my wife, her answer was wildly different than mine or what I would’ve expected. Same with most of the people asked.

Here are the rules.

1: let’s just assume that this takes place during/after the Aiel War era.

However, let’s just pretend everything to do with the prophecy of the Dragon coming true a.k.a. Rand and all the main events of the books aren’t happening/ going to happen, and the world is relatively stable other than the occasional stuff coming out of the Blight and your average territorial disputes.

No final battle, no bubbles of evil, no forsaken ruining everything.

2.You are not Ta’veren

That’s pretty much it, be anything else you want or think would be really fun or interesting.

I want to know:

Where do you live?

Are you from there?

Married?

Where are they from?

What do you do for a living?

I’ll drop mine in the comments after I write it.

I look forward to the answers

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u/dirtyllama720 — 4 months ago