The Queens officially begin the slog, but with the power of friendship they are sure to make it through. From screaming to get through the Gateway, to screaming not to kiss her there, the Queens have a lot to talk about despite a slow moving plot. Queen Tay pulls out her map to make a theory, Queen Al tries to figure out what Alliandre did with her arms and begs for more colours, and Queen Marissa wants a dragon called a dragon, a romance called a romance and shares a little gamer lore. So hop through the Gateway and join us as we read the Prologue to the end of Chapter 16 of Book Eight of The Wheel of Time, The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan.

The Queens play a round of What’s the Vibe?, then as always Tay and Marissa put the characters in their place as they update their character rankings, with some last minute rearranges

Content Warnings:
Please take care of yourself. We talk about the following in this podcast:

• Rape
• Sexual Assault
• Confinement
• Torture
• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Gore & Violence
• Misogyny
• Sexism
• Domestic Abuse
• Death
• Disordered Eating
• Fatphobia

Expect spoilers for the first eight novels in the series: The Path of Daggers, A Crown of Swords, Lord of Chaos, The Fires of Heaven, The Shadow Rising, The Dragon Reborn, The Great Hunt, and The Eye of the World.

For those reading along with us, our next episode will come out on June 21, 2024, and will cover chapter 17 to the end of the novel, The Path of Daggers, the eighth instalment in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.

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Timestamps
00:00 The Wheel of Time Turns
0:56 Intro
3:02 Short Summary
5:54 Start of In-Depth Analysis
29:26 Sorry, WHY Does Brigitte Care About Ugly Little Boys?
54:06 Elayne's Bad Day For Us All
55:33 Words Are Different
1:11:19 Aviendha & Elayne: Exhibit A
1:22:58 It's Literally a Dragon
1:26:22 PSA: This Isn't About Sex
1:30:14 Aviendha & Elayne: Exhibit B
1:49:38 An Owl Hooted in the Moonlight
1:51:54 He Kissed Her Where?
2:16:13 Geography 101
3:00:48 Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault
3:03:30 End of In-Depth Analysis & Trigger Warning
3:06:46 Game Time: What's the Vibe?
3:19:12 Character Rankings
3:26:18 Next Chapters to Read
3:26:38 Socials & Outro
3:28:22 Bloopers