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Wait, you have your own WoT blog in addition to your posts here? How did I never know this? Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/10/2023 07:19:44 PM

View original postThe introduction of a trio of minor characters from Book 3 is the only element of Book 3 to make it into Season 2.

Not quite true - in fact the arguably most key point of tDR, Rand doing what it takes to become generally acknowledged as the Dragon Reborn throughout the known world, was shoehorned into the tGH plot on the show. It was done poorly, as they do most things, but it was obvious enough to make me already assume they'd skip the Stone of Tear and Callandor.




View original post Good news! They are going to mash together the two books universally acclaimed as the high point of the series, when they haven't done a quarter of the plot work alone to set either up. Forget character work - to the degree the show understands any of the characterization, they will simply be and do whatever is necessary for the plot at any given moment.

Yeah. I'm sure a WoT TV show could have existed that managed to cover the first five books in three seasons, which isn't bad as such considering the extremely low odds of a show running for fourteen seasons, in a way that actually works - but it certainly is not this show.
View original postIn other words, they still have not learned their lesson from how the "fun" 'who's a Dragon' storyline.

Ugh, my thoughts exactly.



View original postThey went to all that effort for yet another mislead of the audience, for a character who, if what they say above is true, will be gone after no more than eight more episodes.

I doubt it. Given what they've done so far, I don't think they'd have their Lanfear actually killed and reincarnated into another body - taken offscreen for a while, sure, but then returning the next season. After all, if she can survive having her throat slit, she can also survive the Aelfinn (or whichever one it was).
View original postFor that matter, what are the Forsaken? The show has never made that clear. From people propriating them with prayers and incense in both seasons, to Lanfear's slit throat regenerating, to the scene of Lews Therin and a group of Aes Sedai appearing to bind or banish Ishamael with a magic circle, the inference is that they are demons or supernatural entities of some kind. So how are we supposed to get invested in Lanfear as a woman, when we have no reason to believe she is one?

An excellent point.
View original postI have doubts about the actual reading ability of anyone who is that seriously invested in this show.

I can't see too many TV show fans actually finish the series if they haven't read it before, no.
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The Wheel of Time showrunner discusses the Forsaken and what's coming in season 3 The Shrike - 25/10/2023 10:50:23 AM 251 Views
Not surprised at all. Evil is good, lies are truth, we have always been at war with Eastasia Cannoli - 25/10/2023 04:33:46 PM 149 Views
Wait, you have your own WoT blog in addition to your posts here? How did I never know this? Legolas - 25/10/2023 07:19:44 PM 123 Views
No Stone of Tear? And where the F is Callandor? Good grief. Anonymous2000 - 25/10/2023 05:20:26 PM 105 Views
By the way, there is no way in hell Rafe read the books..... Anonymous2000 - 25/10/2023 05:35:23 PM 122 Views
Ugh. He can't even own the changes he makes, trying to pretend they were in the books all along? Legolas - 25/10/2023 05:42:20 PM 121 Views
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ *NM* aerocontrols - 25/10/2023 05:59:08 PM 40 Views
Rafe: "Lanfear is 2cute2b4saken" *NM* LiterateDog - 26/10/2023 05:40:12 PM 41 Views
Phew, he really doesn't understand the Forsaken Sidious - 29/10/2023 01:29:04 AM 126 Views
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