It's been a little while since we've visited, and our break is still going on, so to tide you over we're unlocking an old Patreon episode from way back before the pandemic, when times were simpler.

Quizmaster Jordana takes the Pager lads through a brutal test of skill, to determine once and for all who has the best command of nerd-trivia!

Felurian is not a great storyteller. We wrap up this quarter of the book and embark on our break by talking about a storytelling shorthand, the difference between knowledge and trivia, and speculate as to Kvothe’s fecundity. We’ll be back to wrap up the book in September!

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Felurian shuts Kvothe up when he tries to ask about the Chandrian. We talk about the tonal shift, how Kvothe reacts, and the similarities betweel Maer and Mael.

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Felurian and Kvothe exchange stories. We talk about what the Fae’s stories tell us about them, talk about Merlin’s origins, and why you can’t reason with Felurian.

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Kvothe learns things from Felurian - not what he asked for, but he’s not mad about it. We talk about innuendoes and the nature of magic, Jeremy resurrects a crackpot theory about Auri, and a letter makes us revisit the implications of “Ruh”.

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Kvothe learns from Felurian. We talk about the nature of what Kvothe can learn from Felurian, and a letter sparks a discussion about the questions of East vs West, Orientalism, and white saviour narratives in fantasy.

Page 649: He Admit It!

Kvothe lays out how he builds his own reputation. We talk about disentangling truth from fiction - and when truth is stranger than fiction, in this book and in our world.

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Kvothe makes Felurian an offer she cannot refuse. We discuss how Felurian maintains her power and agency, even though Kvothe has got one over on her, how Felurian’s understanding of consent has evolved, and how Kvothe’s solution to his pickle smacks of the logic of faerie stories.

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Felurian doesn’t believe that she took Kvothe’s V-Card. Jordana puts forward a cracked pot for inspection, we discuss where Kvothe is getting his sexy books from, and other weighty matters

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Kvothe sings entirely the wrong sort of song. We talk about how Rothfuss communicates the deliberate badness of Kvothe’s song, how hard it is to do something badly when you’ve spent a lifetime learning to do it well, and how much Felurian is buying what Kvothe’s selling.

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