The Wheel of Time - The most badass fight you have ever seen

One pregnant Aiel vs half a dozen knights

[@ckreeder]

My wife’s son loves this scene!

[@ckreeder]

@@Mr-tn9fk learn how the internet works genius

[@dynomight12]

beat him

[@deadsheep1017]

Figures, he should've been aborted as well.

[@ckreeder]

@@deadsheep1017 my wife's son has grown up a bit and changed his mind, he says the only people who like this scene are neurotic women and males with high estrogen levels

[@SamuraiPie8111]

quite possibly the most stunning and brave thing ever witnessed

[@The_Captainn]

Truly brave and stunning. A masterwork of modern cinematography

[@melvinbrotherofthejoker436]

It’s America’s Iliad

[@lucascoval828]

Entertaining to many. But to me, it saved my marriage.

[@bonehead156]

So stunning So brave

[@rezanaseri7494]

If you know her back story it's more epic

[@pendragon0905]

0:18 This is why Edna says "NO CAPES!"

[@davidh8924]

"If you see me fighting in a forest with a grizzly bear, help the bear! Cause that bitch gonna need it!" --Tigraine

[@Schueppiful]

Honestly, her acting in this part of the series is a thousand times better than what we see most Hollywood actors do these days.

[@mistaando9741]

stronk wymmyn

[@jessebarnes4389]

Mother of the year

[@joshuabrown7815]

Somehow I have a sneaking suspicion that Tigraine would have been a better Queen than Morgase

[@GergelyGyurics]

Morgase wasn't a bad queen at all, until a certain lover appeared...

[@deaduser88]

YAASS QWEEEEN SLAAYYYYY

[@jachinnelson5786]

Not just pregnant. One in labor Aiel vs a half dozen knights

[@jachinnelson5786]

@@customsongmaker I mean. Might be different in this version. She might have been fighting for longer.

[@markusjongren4098]

@customsongmaker What are you talking about? Different species? That would be the ogiers and shadowspawns, but both aiel and later seanchan is most definitely human. Or are you talking about all humans in the setting? Either way, you are missing the mark. A lot.

[@larasantaella]

@@customsongmaker lol fucking what are you on? Have you even read the books?

[@larasantaella]

@@markusjongren4098 he’s trying to be antiwoke and claiming that all women are good for is for tending home and hearth.

[@markusjongren4098]

@@larasantaella Yeah, he did manage to get that message through but not much else

[@sa8019]

You go girl!

[@rana.5655]

Are you being serious or sarcastic?

[@sa8019]

@@rana.5655 yes

[@huehuehuehuehuehueh]

Good morning sirs

[@lucascoval828]

Stunning and brave!

[@Jrdn357]

@@lucascoval828 Why is everone spamming this??

[@rezanaseri7494]

Hail rand al thor the dragon reborn the lord of the morning the king of illian and his mother tagrine

[@bignumbers]

Why did he hit the rock twice?

[@Arandrul]

Wash the spears.

[@geoff2886]

While the sun climbs high

[@Jrdn357]

@@geoff2886 Wash the spears.

[@emrek99205]

No one I know.

[@derricknikkel5160]

She's not Veiled 😢

[@thebuckmaster6497]

Love from India sirs

[@allisonekgasit9291]

Hate from India Sirs

[@takezomiyamoto1390]

Disney : " Why didnt we come out with this idea? "

[@HeronKij]

Like it for the most part. But the slow-mo and quick zoom bits are distracting. At times it feels just a tad too choreographed as well.

[@jamessmith4614]

Powerful and brave exactly what we need right now. Protect Trans Black Woman

[@bluelightstudios6191]

holy crap, they do exist! I'm not talking about the actual video either...

[@emrek99205]

To everyone saying that a woman CAN fight like this while going through labor, let me remind you that labor for a woman is very often claimed to be as painful (or more painful) as a man being kicked in the nuts. This is a 2 minute scene. Imagine being kicked in the nuts continuously for 2 minutes. This has nothing to do with misogynistic "women can't fight" bulls**t. It is more that in labor, moments before the baby is coming out, she can't fight. Get the baby's head half way out and then stand up to do an obstacle course. See what happens. This scene is too cinematic and not at all realistic.

[@klaiken989]

First of all this isn't Earth and those aren't humans in terms of what you are thinking of it. They are on a complete different planet, in as far as we know a different dimension/galaxy. With magic and different rules of physics. They already stated in this show that her peoples are more than exceptional fighters and to be only feared in combat. So to tie our human general limits to these "human" lookong aliens in this show is hubris. Most have already demonstrated that they are far more powerful than our Earth humans physically and more. So save your "realism" and other isms for a show that grounded its lore on Earth. They habe Orgres in their world for crying out loud. I think you might just not be comfortable with the idea of a women besting a man in combat... I'll make it easy for you snowflake. They aren't on Earth or any where near our zipcode

[@rickbruner5525]

So explain Amber Miller who ran a Marathon and delivered her child at the end of the race.

[@emrek99205]

@@klaiken989 Perhaps you missed the part where I sit said it was cinematic and not realistic. Before you criticize and make this same point, you might want to read that it was already made.

[@emrek99205]

@@rickbruner5525 Easily explained. Amber Miller (27 at the time if it matters) was NOT in labor DURING the race. She went into labor 30 minutes after ending the race while resting. 4 hours after that she delivered the child (a girl, June, btw). While still impressive to run 26 miles on the same day, it is significantly different than the show in which the woman was in labor and fighting at the same time then gave birth minutes after the fight. TL;DR Amber ran a marathon while pregnant, not while in labor.

[@fanghur]

@@emrek99205 This actually happened in the books, more or less. We don't actually get to witness it in the books, but it is canonical that Tigraine fought in the Aiel War, became pregnant in the Aiel War, refused to sit the battle out despite being in labour, and was heavily implied to have fought a last stand on the slopes of Dragonmount shortly before giving birth and dying soon after from her wounds. So while, yeah, it's probably pretty unrealistic, it isn't non-canonical. Also, keep in mind that she is carrying the Dragon Reborn, which the Pattern needs, so it's entirely possible that it spun itself in some way to provide her some plot armor. But even if that isn't the case, I'll say this much: if any woman would be capable of doing something like this, it would be an Aiel Maiden of the Spear, or someone fanatically trained as one anyway. Also, this actually IS Earth by the way, at least a fantasy version of it. The headcanon of the fandom is that the Age that preceded the Age of Legends is probably our modern times plus magic. But yeah, canonically the Wheel of Time does take place on our planet.

[@waltlarkin8194]

And that's why you should not wear a cape.

[@cyrilbrujah4604]

This is soooo stupid...

[@jdfigs5916]

When I think about the Aiel remind me of the fremen from dune, both live in desert environments, both hold water sacred and valuable, and both are badass warriors

[@jsilva7005]

Im gonna read the books. I have only seen the series but it was captivating. So she is an Aiel? Are they all this good at fighting or was she exceptionally badass?

[@GarrettMerkin]

@@jsilva7005 all the Aiel are kickass warriors. They live in a desert and rarely come out of it. They basically spent a few thousand years fighting each other and honing their skills. They refuse to use swords.

[@Dreamchain17]

@@jsilva7005 She's pretty average as far as Aiel go, although protected by the Pattern (circumstance/luck) in this scene.

[@beageler]

Yeah, both (and plenty of other fantasy cultures) are Tuareg and Zulus with the serial numbers filed off.

[@mickhatchman7614]

She never raised her shoufa !

[@larasantaella]

She lowered her shoufa to breathe because she was in active labour, breath is quite important there. She was surprised in middle of birth pangs, which also might offer another reason (shoufa in position means I'm going in for the kill, shoufa out means I'm not a danger, let me birth in peace) Also, she wasn't raised Aiel so there's other reason for it not to be drilled so hard in her mind.

[@TimothySlickback]

Well, well I just finished a fantastic season of the Witcher so I guess I'm going to watch this now!😁

[@maxscherzer9521]

Why does she have red hair? She's Andoran by birth, not Aiel.

[@eyeli160]

Aiel are not the only red heads. Elayne and Morgase also have red-gold hair

[@KobraSnake0813]

Is that H.P.Lovecraft I see...

[@beageler]

So is Elayne and she has light red hair, too. And besides, the show isn't married to the characters ethnicities in the books. Which makes a lot of sense from a casting perspectivew and is a sensible course of action as long as they follow the books were it is important. I'm thinking all Aiel will have at least reddish hair. Even though the casting will change some things in curious way (all Borderlands being some derivation of asian cultures instead of the fusions from the books because many people think that all Borderlanders have saldean eyes), I prefer it to them having dozens of times more people in their castings than other productions and having to take actors just because of their ethnicity.

[@RawCaribb]

She uses the assengai with grace.

[@beageler]

It's more an iklwa. Assegais are just generic throwing spears or javelins.

[@philippei2309]

YAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS

[@mynameiscraigmcf]

There's a reason why this genre is called fantasy....

[@timothylinnomme5648]

The scene gives you an idea of what the Aiel are like. Read the novels.

[@KobraSnake0813]

@@timothylinnomme5648 yea.. I guess I missed this part in the books XD

[@Dreamchain17]

@@KobraSnake0813 Yeah you did. You were definitely a causal reader if one at all, and didn't think about the implications of 9 month pregnant Aiel woman going into battle would mean she actually had to fight.

[@KobraSnake0813]

@@Dreamchain17 I'm sorry.. but this is too stupid of a take.. even for fantasy. It wasnt written. We dont know what happened. So frankly, I think you must be crazy. Out of all the ways they could have shown Rands birth, this was the dumbest. Also.. point in book 1 where Matt's dad was fucking around and he had to drag his belligerent drunken mother back to the house. Point to me where Rand and Egwyen in the book fucked in the tavern. 🤔 theres just so much stuff here that I cant recall... but I guess I'm just a casual reader.

[@Dreamchain17]

@@KobraSnake0813 Deflecting to the pilot that no one is talking about or defending is definitely the best way to show you understood the context of Rand's birth.

[@jamessshepherd5244]

One of the best fight scenes this year any where movie or series

[@MarvinAnmol9765]

movie full name

[@amogusussyimposter6076]

Girls get it done ✊

[@timothylinnomme5648]

I recommend that you read the series. if you think that was exceptional, wait until you see an army of them...

[@KobraSnake0813]

I recommend it as well.. for completely different reasons. Disregard the show.. its trash on fire

[@timothylinnomme5648]

@@KobraSnake0813 Watch the show... but be advised the books are more informative and descriptive.

[@KobraSnake0813]

@@timothylinnomme5648 I watched 20 minutes of the 1st episode and wanted to rip my eyes out. As stated somewhere else.. why the fuck would you modernize Jordan's series. You do realize that the directors believes on gender and sex do not mesh with Jordan's. Jordan believed they are different and equal. The director believes there is no difference. The show is a perfect reflection of that. The men except for maybe Lan, are all cowards. At what point in the first book did we get treated to Matt's dad fucking around, leaving Matt to drag his completely drunken mother back to the hut? And Rand fucking Egwyen in the tavern.. unbelievably retarded, modern, incredible levels of soy, writing lol. The dragon could be male.. or female.. oh wow.. added 1 more choice into the mix of who could be the dragon.. while destroying the whole reason the dragon is feared. The show writers are stupid, they made changes without taking a minute to think about the implications of them. Ppl with any interest in this kind of fantasy should skip the show, and read the books (which are absolutely amazing).

[@DeepSeas..]

@@KobraSnake0813 I do think the show’s improving as it goes along. Jordan created such a complicated world that it’s basically taken an entire season to introduce those who haven’t read the books to it. I think the dumbest decision they actually made was to reduce the season to only 8 episodes. Notice how game of thrones turned into trash when they shortened the seasons? 8 episodes for a season of high fantasy is completely inadequate and the writers were forced to rush everything along at breakneck speed, hence all the changes to get the story moving along.

[@francesccampos1343]

@@DeepSeas.. Short time... but they still put plenty of retarded invented scenes that destroy completely the coherence of the show just to sell "their message" because for woke authors NOTHING is above sending "the message". This is the same BS that happened with Star Wars, TheWitcher or Cowboy Bebop, another dumb woke author playing with a great original story because they think they know best.

[@johnwilson5209]

Is she pregnant as well?

[@allisonekgasit9291]

... Yes.

[@Nitaka12]

This scene was awesome. Yes, it's unrealistic. But it's fantasy and the actress SOLD this scene honey. You know what else is unrealistic? A 50 something year old man taking on an army of 30 something year old men. I'm talking about John Wick. But no one watches those movies and debate the realism. They allow themselves to detach from reality and enjoy the film.

[@rickbruner5525]

Because seeing a woman do it challenges their definition of manhood.

[@houndofzeus]

John wick has guns and isn’t in labor. And people still realize it’s over the top

[@rickbruner5525]

@@houndofzeus They might realize it's over the top, but they watch. John Wick has been shot, stabbed, beaten to a pulp and still manages uses a pencil to kill 3 men. Did you run to KZbin to complain that it was unrealistic? This is the same BS as all of those fragile masculinity guys complaining that Arya should never have been able to kill the Night King because Jon Snow!

[@houndofzeus]

@@rickbruner5525 arya wasn’t in labor when she killed the night king. Also she took him by surprise after being trained as an assassin. Perfectly reasonable plot line

[@finalfrontier001]

@@houndofzeus terrible unrealistic plotline. Arya destroyed got

[@hamzaoui3461]

We need this 60fps

[@Arikarinful]

Best scene in the whole show. It wasn't even close honestly.

[@darthsthephanuss]

No te la crees ni vos...

[@brendo7363]

: /

[@TheIBROWman]

I thought this was filmed really well. Kinda like tower of joy 1 vs many but actually this was cooler. Too bad the rest of the show isn’t better than got lol

[@emrek99205]

Tower of Joy had the advantage of better choreography. The individual cuts were longer. This fight has the camera bouncing around almost as much as the weapons. Just did a comparison, in the 114 seconds of this fight (first attack to final drop) there were 76 cut angles. Average of 1.5 seconds each. The Tower of Joy fight (same start/end) was 141 seconds with 64 cut angles. Average of 2.2 seconds each. However, that includes the non-combat cuts of Bran talking about the fight. Ignoring those, there still were three 6-7 second clips of fighting without cut angles. I'm not sure how long the longest was in the WoT fight but it couldn't have been more than 3 seconds and even the those were just closeups of her face. If those can be included as a long clip (filler mostly) then so can Bran's narration.

[@beageler]

That's like comparing Scrubs and Grey's Anatomy or The Wire and Castle or Reaper and Supernatural. Similarities are there, yes, but they're just different genres. Epic Fantasy and Torture Porn are not really comparable.

[@fanghur]

Just FYI, this scene or something like it is canonical to the books.

[@kevlar1482]

Not at all, actually.

[@navykaze6660]

When I saw this scene for the first time, I thought he was a cowardly Arabian soldier who ran away from the battle in desperation. And miraculously, he was forced to bravely face the rest of his life by charging towards the enemy and slaughtering them all. never thought he is she. a little disappointed actually

[@beageler]

You watched several episodes without getting that it is a fantasy show? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it isn't a documentary, and neither a historical show.

[@umilmi81]

All these people saying a pregant woman can't beat 3 men in physical combat have no idea how movies work. The script says what's going to happen and the actors just do what the script says. Nobody had a choice. That's just what was written for them to do. Don't blame the actors.

[@KobraSnake0813]

Whose blaming the actors? I blame the director and writers..

[@bignumbers]

So what you're saying is that women don't actually make very good fighters, and that this scene is unbelievable?

[@rickbruner5525]

@@sebastianhovenas272 I would explain why this is "absurd" if you could spell it.

[@emrek99205]

Plot Armor for the win

[@fenncarr5602]

@@sebastianhovenas272 the fact she's an Aiel carrying the dragon reborn makes it more than believable

[@MrTravolta24]

This is sooooo badass! Shame her character she died.... Hopefully they'll bring her back!!!

[@emrek99205]

Uh, no. Fact that she is dead is very important to the story. We don't even figure out who she probably was until like book 5. If they pop her up again there will be a lot of viewers rage-quitting the show like after the Cleganebowl.

[@KobraSnake0813]

@@emrek99205 this show has nothing to do with the story. It's a skin job, so who cares.

[@timothylinnomme5648]

SPOILERS The Aiel are sworn enemies of the Dark. They live in an arid environment and water to them is considered holy. They ARE this hellacious in a fight. Rand Al Thor is found and raised in the Two Rivers but he is Aiel. bThe WOT series is excellent so far. Added bonus: Since ladies are in dresses, no gratuitous ass shots!!!

[@KobraSnake0813]

Bruh.. this guy loves the soy.

[@lucascoval828]

(Wife's Boyfriend Intensifies)

[@ckreeder]

@@KobraSnake0813 maximum soy power

[@Dreamchain17]

If certain people could get over their hatred of women fighting in media they might get the point that it wasn't that it was a woman doing this, it was that it was an AIEL doing all this. And the Far Dareis Mai aren't even the best fighters among the Aiel. They're scouts.

[@Dreamchain17]

Culturally Aiel anyway, adopted into a clan and sept, even if not by birth.

[@Ganjalf_the_Green]

Besides, this series has many, many more relevant problems, from pacing to acting (Egwene) to characters development and screentime (Rand). It is a solid 7/10 season so far, but mostly because the production (aside for Saidar CGI) is gorgeous, because the biggest problem of this series is not girl power, is that it feels anonymous. But no, people complain about the Maiden staying true to the books. Mah

[@larasantaella]

Maidens of Spears scouts? You have much toh.

[@timothylinnomme5648]

The Aiel are hell in a fight. I however read the 14 book series. The first novel was published in 1990.

[@KobraSnake0813]

I dont have a problem with women fighting, I just think it isnt necessary to shit on men while doing it.. or show something as unrealistic as a pregnant lady going through contractions and still fighting 6 armored soldiers rofl... could've easily done that scene with her spear sisters fighting to protect her while shes giving birth. Instead we got this xD

[@nightwhelmed]

There's so many people (most of them men tbh) who keep laughing at how unbelievable this was. But honestly ? Not that unrealistic. My mom had 3 pregnancies, 4 babies and she kept working every time until the last moment. For my little brothers, her water broke, she had contractions and she was still working (cleaning lady) cause she knew from experience that it was going to take time. I have several family members and friends who got pregnant and a lot of them told me that the pain from labor wasn't worse or sometimes not even as bad as their period pain. And this woman is a freaking Aiel. No, it's not that ridiculous.

[@nightwhelmed]

@@nicopalmucci1040 LOL, first, you obviously don't know what a cleaning lady do if you think pushing a vaccum is the extant of their job. I once replaced her for a day and next morning, I was sore like crazy, despite being fairly active in my day to day. Discovered muscles I didn't know existed. What I meant was, pregnant women, even in labor, are still capable of moving around without extreme difficulties the way some of you think. They're still able to move around, crouch down and lift heavy things and such. So if a "normal" woman is able to do fairly difficult stuff, why do you think a fucking Aiel wouldn't be able to do her fucking job ?

[@nightwhelmed]

@@uniclub3768 No, I didn't. But for some reason I thought people would be smart enough to read between the lines and realize what I meant. Read the comment above.

[@nightwhelmed]

@@nicopalmucci1040 I'm surprised you can write at all, cause clearly you can't read. I also feel sorry for the women in your life, jfc.

[@bignumbers]

How many knights did she slay during childbirth?

[@fromsiriusitcame]

nice a new copypasta

[@rickbruner5525]

Lots of emotionally and physically challenged males on this thread explaining what and how well pregnant women can perform in dangerous situations. One even going so far as to say it was ok when he thought it was a man, but changed his mind when he saw it was a woman. I loved the books, I love the show so far because of all of the triggered males who are climbing out of the slime to complain.

[@houndofzeus]

Lame comment

[@emrek99205]

The fight didn't happen in the books. There was fighting going on in the area, yes, but there was no word on the woman being in any of it. Not the typical aiel way, but it could have been that she just wandered off on her own to have the child and was noticed by no one except Tam al'Thor.

[@JohnPopcorn06]

I understand u. It's better to create a fantasy and live in delusions regarding your capabilities than face reality.

[@rickbruner5525]

@@JohnPopcorn06 Or perhaps you should recognize fantasy and understand that all sorts of things are possible when magic and monsters are involved and that it doesn't have to be relatable to reality. No one seems to be concerned about the powers given to Marvel comic heroes.

[@finalfrontier001]

@@rickbruner5525 magic is not involved here is it. Its peak human form which false and not true and the scene never happened.