Auri examines her surroundings. We debate this abandoned structure’s former purpose, the value Auri places (or doesn’t place) on things, and a letter from the great beyond prompts us to discuss Tides of Numenera, which includes a semi-canon connection to the Kingkiller. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri ties Foxen to her belt and sweeps the stairs. We talk about how the personification of objects is essential to keeping our interest, reflect on whether or not Auri’s tasks are pointless, and discuss some ephemera. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri begins to explore the space, and make friends with what she finds. We consider how Auri thinks about what objects she can touch or move, the exhausting physical work Auri is doing, and what Auri might be a metaphor for. The Reddit thread mentioned in this episode’s letter can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingkillerChronicle/comments/ezvcch/chronological_order_of_wise_mans_fear_chapters/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=sha...
Auri admires the many beautiful things. We talk about how a previous assertion Nick made about the function of this space is supported by the text, whether or not there are windows, and Jeremy educates his cohosts on what a teddy is. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri takes careful inventory of the new space. We talk about Auri’s own subtext, what Auri’s idioms tell us about her upbringing, and the long fantasy history of places with character. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Investigations ongoing, Auri scouts out the new room. We talk about what makes a wall condescending, describe Auri as a synesthete with empathy, and how fancy Nick’s wife is. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Something is amiss in this new space . We talk about bone buttons, the unspoken ominous nature of the space, Jordana offers a technical masterclass on how to illustrate refracted light, and we plan a spa day. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
With the click of a key, Auri finds a new part of the Underthing. We talk about what Auri is looking for and why, the rules that govern Auri’s criteria for what needs to be moved, and the ominous nature of some of the other mentioned spaces. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri enters a sexy new area. We talk about what Wains might have been in the beforetimes, do an oddly extended series of riffs on chandeliers, are very correct about what electricity is (don’t correct us), and how exciting it is to have a numerical mystery. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri considers where the key might fit. We talk about her names for places in the Underthing, how the Underthing is like a Metroidvania, and discuss the implausibility of waxed ropes. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri considers the key, and the gear, and their proper places. We talk about the frustrations of trying to understand Auri’s logic, slutty little bones, and the craft of doing bits. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri gets warmed up by the pipes. We discuss the placement of words and the importance of project management, we make mention of the podcaster’s oath.and talk about emberant and incarnadine. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
An illustration of a curving tunnel, lined with pipes, dominates the page. We talk about our favourite pipes, the apparent anachronism of the pipes, and just barely avoid getting deep into a riff about the laying of the pipes. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri begins her post-finding ritual. We talk about what reward making things proper might offer, what Auri gets out of her ablutions, and where the Underthing connects to the University. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
The new treasure gets inspected and an old friend returns. We talk about the relationship of the prose to Auri’s state of mind, how Foxen is endowed with character through bumbrous language, and we learn about malapropisms and spoonerisms and neologisms. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri heaves herself and her prize out of the pool. We talk about the images in the book and how detailed they are intended to be, Jordana embarks on a mystery solving odyssey, and we look at the comedy beats on the page. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri struggles underwater, is snagged by the hair, and probably is doomed. We talk about the rare nonmagical binding, how this page establishes the stakes of wrongness for Auri and her fanatical attitude, and that maybe she’s right to have it. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Foxen falls into the inky abyss. We talk about the illustration from Auri’s perspective, what contact lenses are made of, and talk about white dots that may or may not be there. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri’s struggling to reach the surface, and we’re on the edge of our collective seat! We talk about the tension in this sequence, which turns into a tangent on trusting your audience to pick things up, and loving what you’re making … or not. We’re dragged kicking and screaming back on track to talk about how brutal this book is, before haring off into the tangent jungle again. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, te...
Auri runs into some trouble trying to bring something to the surface. We talk about the high-stakes feel of this sequence, then we reveal the depths of our scientific ignorance talking about iridium, and finish up with a discussion of heartbeats. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri emerges, is VERY cold, and then goes back into the water. We discuss whether the key Auri grabs here is destined to be part of Kvothe’s regalia (and discuss the phenomena of the loot goblin) and then go on a long digression about grownup movies. We come back to talk about “third time lucky”” and its variations, @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri spends some more time underwater. We talk more about bubble-blowing and its many applications, the names of bones (and why not to worry about them), which leads to a discussion of how weirded out we should be by randomly encountered skeletons. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri gets deep underwater, and finds … a stick? We talk about why Auri is blowing bubbles, the joys of pipetangle, and Jordana takes issue with the shape and wetness of mouths. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri’s talkin’ with the man in the mirror. We talk about Auri’s sadness, the subtext of her already inscrutable words, and Jeremy’s roommate joins for a guest appearance. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Splish splash! Auri goes for a dip in Clinks. We talk about Jordana’s scientifically-determined Worst Parts of Dunking Yourself In Water, how to talk about one’s butt, and finally discuss the page a bit. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri passes into Clinks and is totally feeling herself. We talk about why Clinks be called that, return to the question of Auri as moon and sun, and solve literary analysis forever with one simple trick. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 8: Fill Your Buster A new feature on PotW - we discuss an ILLUSTRATION. Jordana spots something that turns out to be an activation message from the author, and then tells us how Nate Taylor is using hatching to evoke woodcuts, and then we devolve back into nonsense. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri comes to a stop, and weighs her options. Jordana resurrects her most cracked pot, and then prepares for the coming storm. We talk about Auri’s particularity when it comes to bottles, and discuss Auri’s simultaneous earthiness and propriety. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg
Auri’s pipe-following leads her into a chamber new to us, but familiar to her. A discussion about the wrappings of pipes is quickly derailed by the Dungeons and Kennedys Pun Axis. Not to worry though, we follow those pipes to their logical conclusion, and then discuss some of the ominous underpinnings of the Underthing. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg
Auri follows some pipes. We debate what those pipes are, where they go, and why they’re here. Jordana makes a good point about Auri’s self-perception, which leads to a discussion about how we all wear masks … metaphorically speaking. And then, things get … steamy. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg
