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Is it really not going to air until March?  I thought a half-season would start after sweeps in late January.  If they start in March they would have to show all 13 episodes with not weeks off in order to be done in May with everything else.

As for the set, the Buy More is already constructed and paid for, for the most part.  It would be more expensive to break it down and build a new set than to leave as it is.  In any case, I think they dropped the ball on this one.  They should have never left it up against House.  They should have reversed Chuck and Heroes, or moved it to Thursdays.  It is a comedy, after all, and I'm sure Parks and Recreation will suck.

I disagree, Kaz.  It's one thing to finish a series that is mostly written, but it's quite different to make spinoffs the author never intended. 

From what I have read, the Buy More will still be around to some extent.  Since the show is being asked to cut some expenses, big changes in scenery may not be possible.  One thing I won't like is if they keep stringing the Chuck/Sarah romance along (which I hear is going to happen).  I don't care if they get together or not, just choose one or the other already!

uhh, I actually thought rape was being forced into sexual intercourse, and by that I mean directly forced.  Since Mat never actually refused Tylin, it can't be called rape.  He may not have liked every aspect of the relationship, and she was certainly taking advantage of him, but the moment he stood up to her and said he had to leave, she released him.  This is another example of culture clash.  I will agree that she takes advantage of him, but he also takes advantage of her, to a degree.  He gets to live like a prince, for the most part, which he believes is fair trade, despite how much he complains.  To call it rape minimizes the word, in my opinion.  As for your arguments:

1. Not being married is not even close to a reason it could be called rape, since being married does not mean you must have sex with your partner, nor does not being married mean you can't consent to sex. That argument is ridiculus, frankly.

She did abuse her authority and used veiled threats, but only to keep him around.  The sex part was never an issue for him.

As said above, we see that she lets him go the moment he directly asks her to release him.  Since the A'dam completely enslaves the victim, I can't agree that what Tylin does is as morally reprehensible.  

Also, Rand wasn't captured by Aes Sedai in Far Madding.  He was captured by the City guard because Nynaeve's channeling through the "well" was still picked up by the big Ter'Angreal they have there.  Cadsuane frees him by showing the leaders there that the artificial stedding ter'angreal is not fulproof.

I guess you missed that Dashiva was actually Osangar, who used to be Aginor.  If you go back and read the Dashiva sections again, you will be amazed by how many little clues RJ gives.  I didn't catch on until the Cleansing scene, myself.

Alivia is the strongest channeler.  She is even stronger than Nynaeve, and Lanfear/Cyndane comments that she is even stronger than Lanfear was before her "incident".  The angreal she was wearing helped, but she is still uber strong.  Sharina's strength is more related to her willpower.  Even the Aes Sedai have to concentrate in order to stay above her.

There is one other consequence to the cleansing that will come up in KoD, so I won't mention it here, but for those who have read KoD, remember Tremalking?

The Seanchan hierarchy is strange, to say the least.  Her "TruthSpeaker" is not her maid, however, and she does not go with Tuon and Mat.  Mat learns he is to marry Tuon from the snakes.  I don't think Min's viewing was that specific.

Morgan and Anna didn't break up, they are supposedly going to Hawaii together.  As for his Stanford degree, he was very close to graduating when he was booted out for cheating, so he didn't have far to go.  It will take a lot more than Stanford to catch up to his father anyway.  I don't think the Buymore story arc is complete yet.

Oh, OK.  I thought my post was the one Ook was talking about.  Eerongal, PM me the two unseemly ones you removed, I didn't get a chance to read them.

I agree.  I think the reaction to book 10 was what pushed him to finish the series, not his illness. The type of amyloidosis he had usually kills in one year or less, and he had it almost 2.  To say he knew about it when KoD came out is most likely not true, never mind the 2 or 3  years prior when he wrote it.