The Gathering Storm - Episode 10

We read the The Gathering Storm, Book 12 of The Wheel of Time. This was a lot, and we apologize for the delay.  Happy Thanksgiving folks.Next month we'll be reading all of The Way of Kings, Episode Airs: December 24th, Christmas Eve. Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, amputation, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bone, classism, colonization, death, domestic violence, fetishization, gaslighting, gender roles, hallucinations, insanity, J.K. Rowling, kink, knives, maiming, misogyny, murder, mutilation, rape, real world violence, religious extremism, self harm, sexual content, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, transphobia, trauma, undeath, Vietnam War, wounds and infectionCorrection: Robert Jordan’s Assistants were Alan Romanczuk and Maria SimonsCorrection: Jordan’s Claim that he wouldn’t let anyone else finish the series, I say weeks in the episode but it is much more likely that Jordan changed his mind during the last year of his life, so months before his death not weeks. However, Sanderson makes this weeks claim here and is obviously much more qualified than I am. Michael Livingston Origins of the Wheel of Time The Gunslinger by Stephen King Real-world references Wheel of Time Ask Ann Landers  Women Want Me Fish Fear Me Moraine:  The Aiel as Cheyenne Dune Frank Herbert & David Lynch’s DuneThe Boundless Light of Islam TweetThe Fifth Season NK Jemisin  51 Books You Could Read Instead of The Wheel of TimeThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory (the translation by Simon Armitage is very good)Mercedes LackeyUrsula LeGuinDaggerspell by Katherine KerrFullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa Dragonball by Akira ToriyamaThe Power by Naomi Alderman   Generic Entertainment Wheel of TimeThe Green Bone Saga Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent The Expanse by James SA CoreyKitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn  Naomi Novik This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan. PatreonDiscordInstagramBookshop Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)