After Elayne Explains How Emond's Field Is Part Of Her Kingdom:

After Elayne explains how Emond's field is part of her kingdom:

First Age AU with the ef5

btw the biggest lie you will ever be told about being trans is that transitioning will make you ugly. that could not be further from the truth: i never got compliments on my appearance ever, but after i transitioned, began dressing like myself, wore my hair the way i wanted to, and especially started T, i have gotten more compliments than i ever have before in my life. people can tell when you look like yourself, like who you're meant to be. it's beautiful, attractive, and sexy. transition will not make you "ugly". it will make you yourself, and that's inherently beautiful

Figured I’d share my wot meme here too

"And he shall wear a crown of swords"

Ok, so since my first read of the Wheel of Time, I’ve thought that that was one of the dumber prophecies.

The prophecy says he’ll “wear a crown of swords,” so when he gets a crown with little swords on it, people rename it so it will be the “crown of swords” from the prophecy. If the prophecy hadn’t called it that, neither would anyone else. It’s like Logain calling his army “the people of the Dragon.” Just calling it that doesn’t necessarily fulfill the prophecies.

However, after rereading Towers of Midnight, when Nynaeve learns to see and Heal the madness of the taint, she tries Delving Rand with this new insight, and sees “Thousands upon thousands of the tiny black thorns pricked into his brain, but beneath them was a brilliant white lacing of something.” (ToM 15) The swords in the supposed “Crown of Swords” are often described as pricking his temple like thorns.

So the Laurel Crown isn’t the true “Crown of Swords.” Rand’s madness is. The Prophecies are a list of things that are supposed to help Rand towards the Last Battle and to help humanity prepare for it. Did Rand really need the crown of Illian? No. He just needed them to fight in the Last Battle. But to win, he did need the memories of Lews Therin, which he gained through his madness…through the Crown of Swords.

tell me I’m wrong, you can’t.