Hey look, it's me! This was a lot of fun, and I think I did a passable job stepping in for @listenerbell.bsky.social

Ahead of the Episode 1 of s3 airing today I just want to say 🤸🏾

Do you know how many people I've told about The Wheel of Time today? Masema wishes he was me. 💀

Just the most thrilling day today. Meeting the cast was nice, watching the episode was even better. The nicest part though was meeting all the lovely people who have lived in my phone for years (pictures not included, sadly).

Met one of my favourite people today!

#WotShowSpoilers #WoTSkies Season 3 sneak peek Cannot believe this Ajah-based discrimination, that is a MISTAKE, you have STARTED SOMETHING

Anyway, season 3 features the most beautiful Aes Sedai I’ve ever seen.

Hello #WoTSkies. The first few mins of s3 are on the Prime app!

All day I’ve been randomly saying FHOATO

Seeing Rosamund Pike twice this year* is a little funny given my hates Moiraine allegations. *there’s every chance I don’t see her at all because I could die in my sleep tonight.

Who needs cocaine when The Wheel of Time can give me a trailer?

This is my only contribution to any poster chatter because I’m so proud of myself - and sad for Lan and I can say it here because all the book people I like are here. You have all left me with the show only stans on Twitter(!!!!)

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

Right now, visits from my tiny circle of friends are exactly what I need (it's a difficult time for me). George RR Martin (he’s roadtripping with Michael Cassutt; was great to meet him!) stopped by last night and got to meet my space cats. 😊 Ah, cats and friends. They are joy.

Her Arabic is terrible though.

Me 🤝 Catherine Standish

Now and again today, I remember The Midnight Boys casting Katt Williams and Kevin Hart as Merry and Pippin, and I have a little giggle. Michael B Jordan is Aragorn & Denzel is Gandalf. They're also going to recast Black Panther but with an all-white cast. 💀

Finally! Some patterns!

We are literally 7 episodes into this now.

FINALLY!!!! (I may be celebrating too soon since her sleeve suggests whatever she’s wearing under the coat is the same colour as her hijab lol).

This is my fave weekly activity.

I know I do little but talk about my surgery but brother, my face looks so much slimmer. I’ve had a swollen face for 5 months.

I have had too much spare time lately & I feel a PhD thesis brewing on how fandoms are inherently racist. I looked up what work exists & brother, this is right up my street lmao. I can put all my hater energy into something. The problem is I like money too much to be a PhD student.

The Prestige TV podcast is covering The Agency. They asked if it’s possible that Samia knows Paul isn’t who he says he is & my first thought was *I* would know a secretive white man in Addis is a spy… that or he has a wife…

The Agency is so funny. They stole Le Bureau’s whole flow. They just changed Syria for Sudan to make it more apt for our times. The scenes are otherwise 1:1.

1. Le bureau des légendes (so I know what to expect in The Agency). 2. The Leftovers 3. Fazilet Hanim ve Kızları - I’m back in my Turkish era. Funnily enough, I have 4 more days of bed rest so this is what I’m up to.

I’ve been so exhausted by 2024, that I don’t think I’ve processed the fact that we’re a week (give or take) away from a new year with all its hopes & resolutions.

The Agency is filling the Slow Horses shaped hole in my life! I’m this 🤏🏾 close to watching the French original to help me figure out what happens next.

Watching a tonsillectomy vlog & the lady’s crying because they gave her 1 pudding for the road instead of 2. I remember uncontrollably crying too, telling my confused mum “we are just different culturally! I’m not crying because I need a solution. I just need to cry & I can’t stop!”💀

I feel like reading Sando gave me reading block. Of course it’s not the post surgery recovery. It’s defo the Sanderson of it all. 👍🏽

If you think Galad Damodred is some rightwinger proud boy who has no character redemption/growth through the WoT series or that said growth is invalid/ppl can't redeem themselves, that's fine that you only did a surface-level reading of the character, but keep it out my mentions please & thank you.

So is this a worse kerfuffle than WoT Origins in August or?

The whiplash of the past hour was intense. I was so happy for such a brief window

WoT a Wednesday huh? 💀

I *really* thought it would have been fitting that Callum Kerr to play Gawyn. Given *gestures at everything*

😭😭

So the Press Release WAS wrong. Unfortunately for me & the two other Galad/Nynaeve fans. Time for us to hang it up. Blasia forever!

Anyway, who Galad’s mother is is sort of important but not enough to make me go back to being a full time hater. I really enjoyed having a moment of fun during my house arrest.

Does the fact that we have a Lord Gaebril casting mean everyone’s 4th favourite Great Captain (because the 5th is literally a white cloak) has been cut from the show?

Very fitting casting for Gawyn.

I was walking and came to a HALT when I realised who is playing Galad. Give me 10 mins to process and I’m going back to my Nynaeve/Galad agenda.

Starting to see why they treat a tonsillectomy as a last resort for adults. Brother, the pain in my ear is unbearable & I know that days 5-10 are supposed to be the most painful. I’m not even there yet.

Me: I’m not having rice. It’s too painful to swallow. I can only live off potato waffles. Also me: I should get a burger. The super painful post op days are still ahead of me so I should have one last treat. (I’ll work out the swallowing situation later).

Prague came up as a cheap holiday option on Skyscanner. I feel like I deserve a break once my house arrest is over. I googled whether it’s friendly to hijabis & the Reddit comments are like “just take it off”/“see it as an opportunity to represent Islam well.” Bye man. 💀

I was trying to make my kindle app work when I clicked on Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. It’s on my to be read pile but I hadn’t any intention to read it until I saw this. This is so stupid that I have to read it. I have to find out why someone would do such a foolhardy thing.

1. Rand al'Thor is the greatest character in fantasy (This is not up for debate btw 🙏🏾)