![]() ![]() When tension erupts in the group, Mat does begin Moiraine's side, believing that her channeling can protect them. As they camp for the night, Mat and the other youths begin to have nightmares involving bats and a man with embers for eyes. On the road to Whitebridge, Mat muses what may happen if one of them is truly the Dragon Reborn. The party makes it to Taren Ferry, and crosses the river before the Shadowspawn can catch up to them. Mat accepts his fate for the time being, and mounts up to leave the Two Rivers. Moiraine Damodred, a mysterious Aes Sedai visitor, approaches Mat, Rand, Perrin, and Egwene, telling them that one of them is the Dragon Reborn, and that they must leave the Two Rivers at once, or an even greater horde of Trollocs will come for the village. When the fighting is done, Mat returns to the Two Rivers and sees his sisters return to their mother, and discovers that Laila is dead. He rushes out even while the attack rages on, and finds them hiding, taking them to an oak in the woods where they can wait until the battle is over. Trollocs begin to attack the Two Rivers, and Mat rushes home to find that Bode and Eldrin are missing. In the evening, Mat, Bode and Eldrin light three lanterns. Rand and Perrin try to give money to Mat for lanterns, and he refuses at first, before embarrassedly accepting. He meets Perrin and Rand outside the inn, and learns that there is tension between Rand and Egwene. On Bel Tine, he meets the Murandian peddler Padan Fain and tries to sell him the stolen bracelet, though the other man discerns that the gold is fake and that the jewelry is stolen, and gives him three lanterns in exchange for the trinket. Mat is forced to drag her home into bed when he learns that nobody is with his sisters, and takes care of Eldrin and Bode for the rest of the night. In the evening, he finds his drunken mother outside the inn, furious when she sees Abell openly flirting with another woman in front of the town. He talks to Danya after the game, and steals her bracelet. On Winternight, Mat is in the Winespring Inn dicing with Rand, Perrin, and Danya, though loses a gamble. Growing up poor, he learned how to make a little coin go a long way through gambling and finesse, though sometimes his gambling and carousing got him into more trouble than it was worth. He is well-liked in his village, but has always looked for his ticket to a better life. Mat has been close friends with Perrin Aybara and Rand al'Thor since childhood. Both his parents ended up being neglectful, with his mother becoming a drunkard and his father becoming a lecher, and he often had to support his younger sisters. He has two younger sisters, Bode and Eldrin. ![]() For that reason, the revival might have some trouble trying to bring back its delightful dirtbag.Mat was born and raised in Emond's Field in the Two Rivers to Abell and Natti Cauthon. Gone are the Charlie Sheens of Two and a Half Men -style shows who derived their “cool” factor from their sexual conquests as networks have shied away from the sympathetic sleazeball in the years since How I Met Your Mother concluded almost a decade ago. ![]() ![]() While Harris’ performance brought a higher level of humanity and vulnerability to the archetype than previous iterations, the trends of sitcoms have reflected our changing cultural values in that we see less and less of the objectifying, male gaze-driven sexual dynamics in modern shows that made those characters work in the first place. The playful lothario who has good looks, cool clothes and an effortless confidence used to be a staple of the soundstage sitcoms of olde – sometimes, he even had two dates in one night, how wacky! Barney’s entire shtick in How I Met Your Mother is that he’s an emotionally immature and often pitiable portrayal of a comedy trope that has since gone the way of the clip show or the character-specific catchphrase. ![]()
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