another day in which, on top of everything else, I'm mad about the SFF cover shift from "little pre-raphaelite painting you can put in your pocket" to "we gave the intern our Canva log-in"

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Because I Held His Name Like a Key When I met the young Mr Turing, I had not yet ascended as Autumn’s King. Nowadays it has become fashionable for the sons and daughters of the lesser fey gentry to improve their position in the shif…

Because I Held His Name Like a Key, by Aimee Ogden in Strange Horizons. An account of an intermittent affair between the Elf King and Alan Turing. Absolutely stunning. I need to sit down with this and a whole bunch of Wikipedia entries to find what I missed.
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Apple TV+ debuts trailer for “Murderbot,” premiering May 16 Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for “Murderbot,” the comedic thriller series starring and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.

And lo, the trailer did drop: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2... #murderbot

‘Murderbot’ Would Hate You—But That’s Why You’ll Love It A first look at Alexander Skarsgård’s sci-fi comedy series from ‘About a Boy’ filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz.

"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+

Reposting this for no apparent reason.

VFX concept illustration. The four stages of the black, thick soot like Male Corruption as it builds and consumes the light emissive threads of One Power

Close Up shot of Rand from S3 Ep1. Threads of Fire Channeling flow aggressively around the top half of Rand's body, the black Corruption infecting and consuming it. Rand has a look of dangerous euphoric addiction on his face

Wide shot of Rand from S3 Ep1. Threads of Fire Channeling flow aggressively around Rand, filling the frame and almost consuming him. The black Corruption infecting and taking over the One Power

1/ S3 Male Channeling - An Evolution of Saidin. Part of the S3 VFX Channeling upgrade included revisiting the Male version of it, especially the black Corruption which mixes within it.
(VFX concept by #ConsueloPecchenino -
Instagram - @consuelopecchenino)
#TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies

The Wheel of Time would have been a much different book series if Liandrin accidentally added Nyneave to the black ajah signal conversation.

Wheel of Time S3 has the courage to ask, "What if Bjork was evil?"

#WotBookSpoilers #WotShowSpoilers
Melaine, a character I kinda liked but mostly ignored in the books, is really growing on me in the show in her brief scenes lol. Not-Amys is getting all the reasons I love Amys so that's less of a surprise, but Melaine is an unexpected standout for me

#WoTShowSpoilers
Some of Moiraine's visions in the Rings seem closely tied to elements of her past, particularly via costume (e.g. the s1 bolero in the bond release, the Cairhien outfit). What was behind the decision to link potential futures and pasts in the Rings?

BREAKING WHEEL OF TIME NEWS: Special Guest Announcement! Details within! YouTube video by The Dusty Wheel

Hey #WoTSkies, we have a special #TheWheelOfTime guest who will be joining us at The Dusty Wheel for the first time during our #PremiereGaidon livestream! Go watch this quick 2-3 minute announcement for more details!

And then leave your question suggestions!

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The Prime Video app now lists the first 5 episodes of Season 3 of #TheWheelOfTime along with titles:

301 To Race The Shadow
302 A Question of Crimson
303 Seeds of Shadow
304 The Road to the Spear
305 Tel'aran'rhiod

Please note that the episode descriptions may contain spoilers

Infographic showing heights and sizes of many characters and creatures from WoT. Text of included characters and notes in link.

(1/2) An update of a fun infographic I made centred around heights and sizes of characters and creatures in the Wheel of Time. The original resolution is 7189x952, so if you can't see the detail, follow the link to the original file. wot.fandom.com/wiki/File:Al... #TheWheelOfTime #WoTskies

Not seen this wheel of time scene posted anywhere else?

On UK breakfast TV yesterday

#TheWheelofTime #TheWheelofTimeS3 #WheelofTime #WheelofTimeS3

THE WHEEL OF TIME Goes to Rhuidean in Season 3 THE WHEEL OF TIME Goes to Rhuidean in Season 3

The Wheel of Time season three will venture into the Aiel Waste and Rhuidean

The Wheel of Time S3 Cast Interviews YouTube video by Talk'aran'rhiod: The Wheel of Time Showcast

We were lucky enough to speak to some of the cast and showrunner for #TheWheelofTime.

Hope you all watch (or listen) to hear what they had to say about season 3.

#WoTSkies #WheelofTime

youtu.be/Iv7hvx146yU

The Wheel of Time S3 Cast Interviews YouTube video by Talk'aran'rhiod: The Wheel of Time Showcast

Starting a thread with #TheWheelOfTime Season 3 cast interviews (plus Rafe, of course) that are being posted starting today.

First up, our very good friends form @talkaranrhiod.com

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Digital drawing of Yukiri Haruna from the Wheel of Time books as my headcanon, in a rather simple style, with somehow flat colors and outlines, but pretty realistic. She has brown skin with a cool undertone, and her dark brown hair is put up in a low bun with straight bangs that cover her forehead. Her full reddish lips are set in a neutral expression beneath a neat nose. Her eyes are a clear pale shade of green, looking off to the left. She has some wrinkles while looking ageless, which gives her that appearance typical of an Aes Sedai. She’s wearing a black high-collared bolero, clasped at her collarbone with a short leather buckle closure, and a dark gray bodice. The puff sleeves are a green silk, slashed with black velvet stripes. On the background there's a circular heraldry that looks like the Aes Sedai Symbol, a Yin Yang-like symbol, in grey and white, ringed by an ouroboros - a snake biting its own tail - in white outline. It's signed May Trakand 2023, with a stamp of an overlapped M, A and Y.

The Grey Ajah and me, bring you the first flying (kinda) Aes Sedai of the Third Age. And probably the inventor of the plane in the Fourth

My drawing of Yukiri Haruna from The Wheel of Time books 🪽🩶

#WoTSkies #WheelOfTime #TheWheelOfTime #WoT #Art #Drawing #WoTFanart #Fanart #BookSkies #WoTSpoilers

Characters from The Wheel of Time Season 3 are separated by glass columns (including Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor, Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred, Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al'Meara, Natasha O'Keeffe as Lanfear, Madeleine Madden as Egwene al'Vere, Dónal Finn as Mat Cauthon, Kate Fleetwood as Liandrin Guirale, Daniel Henney as al'Lan Mandragoran, Sophie Okonedo as Siuan Sanche, Ceara Coveney as Elayne Trakand, Hammed Animashaun as Loial, Priyanka Bose as Alanna Mosvani, Meera Syal as Verin Mathwin, Kae Alexander as Min Farshaw, Fares Fares as Ishamael, and Laia Costa as Moghedien). Text above the image reads “RSVP now for the global event”. At the bottom, The Wheel of Time logo is center with the Prime Video logo beneath it and text reading: "Saturday, Mar 8th. 10am PT / 1pm ET.”

From #TheWheelOfTime official account on Twitter:
A waygate to Season 3, Episode 1 is opening early on March 8th. You never know what the Wheel might also weave… RSVP here: amazon.com/salp/thewhee...

MASSIVE Wheel of Time Season 3 Trailer BREAKDOWN (Unraveled) YouTube video by Unraveling the Pattern

🚨IT'S HERE!🚨

The Wheel of Time S3 UNRAVELED!

Watch & Share: youtu.be/zx6T88Bl4p0

#WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory - Reactor Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha's Murderbot novel, Network Effect. The story is set just after the 4th novella, Exit Strategy.

You can read it online at Reactor. It is just a short story, though: reactormag.com/home-habitat... (unless you mean Fugitive Telemetry, in which case, I _prefer_ it before Network Effect, but it is ok to read it after. It is more of a fun, non-essential episode)

Nukâka Coster-Waldau as Bair in the Wheel of Time Season 3 trailer, dressed as a Maiden of the Spear in the Three Fold Land in Tel'aran'rhiod

Per Sarah Nakamura in TDW Chat: "We intended on having Amys & Bair but then had to cut some stuff. We’d already cast Bair so she took on both roles. We know how important Amys is. Hopefully we’ll see her next season if we’re lucky enough to get one." (1/2)
#WoTSkies
#TheWheelOfTime

The release time for Season 3 of #TheWheelOfTime is midnight Pacific Time on March 13, 2025 (Wednesday night going into Thursday)

Due to the change from PST to PDT on March 9th, the GMT/UTC time will be 07:00 on March 13, 2025

The season finale will air on April 17th

Podcast of the Dragon Podcast of the Dragon is a #fullspoilers topical literary analysis of #theWheelofTime! The YouTube version of the show is dedicated to discussion of the #WoTonPrime TV show, with reaction, analysis, a...

Hey #WotSkies fam! When I made up my bluesky account, I forgot to post any content links. I'm technically on hiatus while in school, but I will record react videos when Season 3 drops in March, and I do hope to make more book episodes eventually--New Spring is next. youtube.com/@podcastofth...

Show Mat’s relationship with the horn and with Tarmon Gai’don is less fraught because of this. Instead, in the show the horn is primarily a source of salvation and redemption for Mat from a backstory that he didn’t have in the books at all

#wotbookspoilers
I think this is an important point. Relatedly, show Mat missed most of the experience of early proximity to the Dragon and the terror he feels in the book about that, capped by the betrayal simulations in the flickers. Show Mat spent that time alone in the Tower already healed

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Siuan currently is in a precarious political position, especially depending on what details about her involvement with the Dragon in s2 come to light, but I am not sure what Elaida specifically will put forward as to why _she_ is a suitable replacement since we haven’t met her yet

Two images side by side. Moiraine is walking through a doorway in Tar Valon with a sister of the yellow Ajah on her way to see Perrin in episode 6. That same doorway or at least the design can be seen behind Lanfear in one of the season 3 stills dropped by Amazon on WoTWednesday.

So annoyed I can’t match the windows behind Rand in the teaser trailer in appears to the the Bubble of Evil scene.

But I am happy with this find of the door that matches the new Lanfear drop img. Made for some excellent theories in today’s livestream.

#WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime

-Innkeeper Hatch