The Wheel of Time
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Obscenity in art is a powerful thing.
Theyre not just committing a crime against some blue aliens but against life itself.
Theyre making a mockery of what we hold dear.
It feels more than wrong it feelsfilthy, like were seeing something disgusting that should never have happened.
To Loial, its clear he couldnt be more humiliated if theyd forced him to whip his dick out.
Its grotesque, shameful, andobscene.
Thats the through-line with the Seanchan, a culture that apparently is pure evil from top to bottom.
Nowhere is this clearer than with Egwene.
Indeed, she neverwasa woman.
At other times theres an unmistakable element of BDSM kink, erotic despite it all.
But the bottom line is simple.
Its the kind of line that becomes a catchphrase if a show catches on.
The obscenity doesnt stop there.
Watching this great woman get collared and enslaved is, frankly, appalling, as it should be.
But he was already on his way to tell the Amyrlin, which indeed he does.
(She does, but try telling him that.)
As it stands, youve hurt his feelings for no reason.
But everything else provided by writer Rammy Park and director Maja Vrvilo is on point this week.
The Seanchan are truly monstrous, an entire race of House Bolton people.
Even the pop-inflected score by Lorne Balfe helps set the show apart from its high-fantasy counterparts.
What else can I say?
In my book, thats all another way of saying good.
