The ETR 600 is a class of trains built by Alstom, and are used on the routes between Roma-Bolzano and Roma-Trieste. The train tilts, using Pendolino technology, allowing higher speeds to be maintained through corners without causing discomfort to passengers. The trains are operated by Trenitalia, originally under the Frecciargento (Silver Arrow) branding used for trains capable of travelling between 250 km/h and 285 km/h, In 2022 they were rebranded under Frecciarossa (Red Arrow) after the Frecciargento branding was retired.
The ETR 600 has also been adapted for use in China as the China Railway CRH5 Hexie. Initially 60 sets were ordered, of which nine were manufactured by Alstom and 51 by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles. Since, another 80 sets have been created for a total of 140, operating across China's north from Beijing to Ürümqi.
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I agree with what you said above, it's pretty great that when Halima is discovered in this black swan event, a woman who channels Saidin, that's how they treat it. I haven't reflected on how reading about her might have influenced my teenage brain, I've probably got to mull over that now.
I wish she was utilized more, it's a really interesting concept in this strict binary setting. But she just gets a new body and is like "hey this is great, I have zero dysphoria" and it's like I guess she an egg in her other life? And like there's even a scene when Graendal was like "Huh I hadn't thought of it but she is pretty hot now maybe I am a lesbian"
Also given how much of the series is influenced by Robert and Harriet Jordan's fetishes I wonder what they thought of Halima out of curiosity. But death of the author etc.
Edit: I took out her forsaken deadname and the name the dark one gave her because yeah Halima is the one name she probably did pick recently
Yeah I unironically think RJ stumbled into writing a genuinely good trans(?) character without really knowing what that is. I remember reading somewhere a fan asked if Halima was ment to be a transgender character and RJ was like 'idk what this is' lol. Kinda love her character for that ngl. In spite of the fact that it knowhere near perfect, I love how we get substantial POV from a person experiencing a both a changing body, and changed role in society, and just kinda having a good time and living her best life in a shockingly similar way to the trans experience (at least my own), in fantasy, in the 90s, which is kinda groundbreaking.
Edit: I think I enjoy the "man magically gets a new femm body" trope more than most trans people becasue my experience is kinda abnormal in that I stumbled into passing as a women well before I saw myself as one, wich is exactly what we see Halima do as she gets used to her new body and her new role in society.