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Tyrion Trakand
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Andor's 2nd Clerk, analyzing the geopolitics and grand strategy of the world of the Wheel of Time and amusing intersections with other fantasy worlds. Trakands always pay their debts! (Elayne, CoT) #WoTSkies
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Thank you! I managed to have gotten a few more since then, recently hitting a bit of a milestone ...
A screengrab of my YouTube. At the bottom it says "9k subscribers - 118 videos". At the top, Ceara Coveney as Elayne in Ep 308 of WoT activating the balefire black rod Ter'angreal. Text reads: "I always pay my debts." -Elayne Trakand
August 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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My #WoTIdol2025 entry is officially submitted! How about yours? #WoTIdol
Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara in armor pointing with his axe toward the vantage point of the viewer. Below him, the text reads "LORD GOLDENEYES WANTS YOU TO SUBMIT TO WOT IDOL." "YOU" is in red, the rest in black with a red glow behind.
August 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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SPLR 308D

Two words: "Yes, let's."

#SaveWoT #TheWheelOfTime
Elayne channeling into the black rod balefire ter-angreal. She has a determined snarl on her face.
July 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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With #TheWheelOfTime and now Colbert, it goes to show that these days, ratings and quality alone won't save shows if the people in charge of the show's platform have made up their minds. 🫤
On the left, Wheel of Time is shown as Prime's number 1 TV show in the U.S. On the right, Stephen Colbert, with this text: CBS CANCELS TOP RATED "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT".
July 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Still can't get used to the fact that the new leader of Syria (Sharaa) has basically the same name as a continent from #TheWheelOfTime (Shara). 😆
On the left, a map of Shara from The World of the Wheel of Time, the continent east of the Aiel Waste. On the right, Ahmed al'Sharaa, Acting President of Syria. He is an Arab man with pale skin, short dark hair, and a thick beard down to his collar. He is wearing a Western business suit with a white shirt and blue tie. A bundle of contradictions, he has a piercing intense gaze but a friendly smile.
July 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Ready to serve at Her Majesty's pleasure. Forward the white lion of Andor! #WoTCon #TheWheelOfTime
A man stands with feet close together, hands behind his back, in a red sateen shirt with buttons running diagonally up the front. He has a silver lion pin at the top of the buttons at his throat. His shirt is tucked into loose-fitting tan trousers, which are tucked into tan boots.
July 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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My hope is officially restored thanks to Rafe's Instagram post. People in the drivers' seat still fight!
#SaveWoT!!
From Rafe Judkin's Instagram. Relevant portion: "Will the Wheel of Time get to do that with another network and finish the story? ... I certainly hope it does ..." Under that I added, "And now, so do I!"
June 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Oi, where's my bangers and mash?!
A plate with sausage drenched in gravy, mashed potatoes, and peas. English-style.
May 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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#WoTBookSpoilers SPLR 6D
She is ...
The Watcher of the Seals
The Flame of Tar Valon
The Amyrlin Seat

(From Sharon Gilham's Instagram: Madeleine Madden being my head-canon of Athena.)
Egwene from S3 of The Wheel of Time in the Aiel Waste when she puts on her Amyrlin armor in tel'aran'rhiod.
May 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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#WoTShowSpoilers
Major #WoTBookSpoilers
SPLR 306D/9D

Anyone else think this moment from 306 foreshadowed/taught Rand something about cleansing saidin?

#WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime
Josha Stradowski as Rand in Ep 306 of The Wheel of Time, when he kills Sammael. He makes an "O" with his hand and watches intently as the One Power funnels through it. The Corruption on saidin gets bottled up above his hand at first, with the pure One Power filtering through on its own at first.
May 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This is not a drill! #RenewWoT renewwot.com
Rosamund Pike's Instagram account story promoting renewwot.com.
May 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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#WoTBookSpoilers #WoTShowSpoilers
SPLR 4D/308D

Interesting how it looks like Gawyn didn't play a role in Elaida's coup, removing the first thing he did to really earn readers' ire. Instead, his worst crime thus far is benign arrogance.
Like Featherstone as Gawyn Trakand. He's wearing a red double-breasted military-style coat with a golden lion embroidered on it.
May 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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#WoTShowSpoilers
SPLR 308D
How does younger-looking Melindhra remembers more of Malkier than Lan?

1) The actress is 3 years older than Daniel Henney!
2) Was she promised youth until Malkier's restoration?
People want her skin routine.
Maybe she's born that way, maybe its the dark oaths...
Synnøve Macody Lund as Melindhra in The Wheel of Time. She is smiling as she looks to the side.
April 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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#WoTShowSpoilers SPLR 307B (Minor non-plot)
#WoTSkies, the tactical analysis of #TheWheelOfTime Episode 307 is on Patreon now and will be on YouTube in a few hours!
Perrin from Wheel of Time Episode 307 (plate armor) is pointing his axe at the camera and it looks like he's saying "you". The text below him reads "Lord Goldeneyes Wants YOU for the Two Rivers Army". "YOU" is red, the rest is black letters.
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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I saw someone suggested him as Gareth Bryne and I can totally see it!
Nicolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister. He's in red plate with lion accents, looking up in concern. He has salt and pepper hair and beard.
April 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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They're the same photo.
Right, @thousandeyespod.bsky.social? #TheWheelOfTime #GameOfThrones
Liandrin on the Amyrlin Seat on the left. She's looking left, concerned, in red and a version of the Amyrlin's stole. Jamie Lannister on the Iron Throne, looking left with confidence, dressed in the King's Guard uniform.
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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#WoTBookSpoilers
#WoTShowSpoilers
SPLR 305B/13D (Towers of Midnight)

New extremely wacky theory I just had: Melindhra is Graendal. When she mentioned Malkier, all she talked about were things related to pleasure.
Synnøve Macody Lund as Melindhra. She is glancing to the side, smirking at Lan. She has strawberry blonde hair and is wearing the Cadin'sor.
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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You're right, I assumed. The only real reason is ignorance of how it works, which I admit is the case for myself and is what I'm assuming is the case for many of these:
@housedemocrats.bsky.social, @houseforeign.bsky.social, @housebudgetdems.bsky.social, and @houseagdems.bsky.social are all official-looking accounts that aren't IP verified. Also on this screengrab are @democrats-judiciary.house.gov, #democrats-veteras.house.gov, @democrats-cha.house.gov. They are IP verified.
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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#WoTShowSpoilers [SPLR 304D]
Thank you for 1k! It's a small thing for many YT accounts, but its the first time I've gotten 1k views on a video since 2022. 🙂
The thumbnail reads "The (Harvest) Song from Wheel of Time Episode 304, A Strings Cover. The background image is the Collam Dan and the Aiel harvesting grain from Ep 304. The video is 1:09, was posted 2 weeks ago and has 1k views.
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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SPLR 306B #WoTShowSpoilers
I had a parody idea for the Hills of Tanchico song saying the experience the Wonder Girls gained there would help them come into their power. The lyric was "These hills will make Aes Sedai out of you." Needless to say, I will no longer be recording that parody! 😆
Ceara Coveney as Elayne, dancing as she sings "The Hills of Tanchico".
April 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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SPLR 4D/305C
Major #WoTBookSpoilers for tSR.
Minor #WoTShowSpoilers through Ep 305.

Why is it obvious, out of context, that this is a dream? Faile would *never* be this content with a life of just helping Perrin work the forge! 😆 #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies
Perrin works the forge in The Two Rivers, prepping an axe head for quenching. Faile helps by contentedly pours water into a short barrel. Oh, and Hopper is there right by the forge looking on, that's also a clue this is a dream.
March 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Sooo, to explain it complexly, my recording is rather hair-trigger for the tempo. This makes the note length and timing way off, as you can see. Perhaps something just showing the note letter on the keyboard would be more workable? Happy to share whichever works best.
Musical notes on a treble clef staff that represent The (Harvest) Song. Many are 16th and 32nd notes that awkwardly crowd with numerous rests and are difficult to read. A piano keyboard with a note orienting to C5 and a series of green rectangles depicting notes at each tone based on how high or low the rectangles are, with the width equal to the duration of each note. While less familiar to most musicians, it is probably easier to read than the alternative.
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Everyone is eagerly awaiting your translation! I posted my own quick version of The Harvest Song to YouTube, and I got a question about a translation from a viewer.
A comment to my YouTube video "The (Harvest) Song, Wheel of Time Ep 304" reads "We need the lyrics lol" from @AA-gu5jv.
March 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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SPLR 301C - Loving how Egwene's character arc in the show continues from demure goody two-shoes (how many book fans seem to think of her) to ruthless prodigy that rebels against anything or anyone that slows her down (how I see her).
Egwene from Ep 301 of The Wheel of Time. She is fresh out of the Arches and baring her teeth while she talks back to the Amyrlin Seat right before walking out of the Tower like she owns the place.
March 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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SPLR 301D #WoTShowSpoilers

The sidebar two Sitters were having at this moment ...

#TheWheelOfTime
Nynaeve walks into the Hall of the Tower to testify against Liandrin in The Wheel of Time S3 Sneak Peek. Two Sitters are talking to each other. Their speech bubble reads, "Forget about the Black Ajah selling into an Accepted into slavery, she's the strongest channeler in a thousand years!!!" Another Sitter looks away from Nynaeve and toward the talking Sitters. Her thought bubble reads, "Seriously?!"
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM