Mirefox

I hear a lot of theorizing about

Ooof, same. I know it’s all fantasy gobbledygook but we have decades of pronunciation to go on and some of the show pronunciations make my ears cry; Tar Valon is by far the worst offender. Audiobooks aside, surely Jordan and Sanderson have said some of these names in the past.

If season 4 is not yet greenlit, what is the turnaround between given the go-ahead and releasing a season?

Rafe did not explain anything, he justified post hoc.

I agree with all that except for Perrin. I think they could have easily shown his struggles with violence by killing a Whitecloak. No need for the fridging (or wife).

I agree with your points about Jordan‘s shortcomings. I think the forsaken are more interesting in the show so far but I also think they did Ishy dirty because that was an incredibly weak death. As for the romance, I love how Jordan covered for it, especially with the boys, by running joke that each thought the other two were better with the ladies than himself. I think part of the issue I and others had by starting the series off with Rand sleeping with eggy, Perrin, Perrin being married, and Mat seemingly having relationships with the ladies is that we miss out on that charm and awkwardness of the boys growing up, learning about the world, but also assuming they’re not doing it as well as the others.

Hearsay, but it would also make sense, especially if WoT is underperforming.

I don’t remember if he was ambidextrous in the books, but I do know that after

Positive reviews don’t correlate to more viewer, though. If a chunk checked out after S1, and then another after S2, the quality of the show might not be enough to recoup those losses. This is just conjecture as we won’t know anything until Amazon says something.

In S1-2 he carried Tam’s sword over his right shoulder and I remember noting that he shot his bow right-handed. I honestly didn’t pay attention to his hands when he was training with Lan this season. I did note Avi’s comment but more as an Easter egg than the continuation of 2.5 seasons of them paying attention to what hands he’s using.

True to both of those. Maybe I’m just having some memories of messing with a tiny nephew who wasn’t so sure about me 🤪

It’s good set up. That said, when he growls at her and chases her I’m surprised she took is as playing. It was a sweet moment, but when you think about it, he’s a stranger, admits to fulfilling a prophecy, then goes “grrrrrr.” Part of me thought the kid was going to freak out, lol.

You’ve got my answers today.

If Lanfear was responsible for the “bubbles of evil,” why is it that we did not see any weaves?

A group of fools does not make the untrue true.

It bothers me in that it is inorganic and feels forced. All people ever want to say is that there is “evidence” that some characters may have had a relationship or that a show relationship is some sort of extrapolation of themes in the book. Sure, Siuan and Moiraine were “pillow friends,” a term that is never actually explained and can mean many things in the context of an all-girls school. Make whatever you want of it. There are also 15 books - including New Spring - which go into all of daydreaming about men to flirting to marrying, etc. But this is a derailment of the topic. It was claimed that all changes were made in good faith but we have it on record that Rafe threatened to change characters just to spite fans. Whether you agree with the changes or think he was justified in lashing out, that statement alone is an example of bad faith.

Wait, so you’re admitting here that this show has been altered based on the writers’ personal interests and what they believe are the appropriate social mores of the time but you co time to argue that this is a faithful adaptation and not a fanfic using an existing IP?

Rafe: I’m going to make characters gay just to anger fans. -Moiraime is gay. -Susan is gay. -Elayne is gay. -Aviendha is gay. -Ishamael might be gay. -Rand’s ancestor is gay. ”Good faith”

I met my wife over thirty years ago. She was young, vibrant, gorgeous, brilliant, funny, and the absolute love of my life. Then we got married and once we were legally bound together I set about trying to change everything about her that I thought needed changing to better conform with how I think a woman should be. That’s love, right? Dont let the handful of people here who will defend absolutely anything and then shoot you down for your opinions distract you from the fact that this show continually disrespects source material and many recognize this on its face.

*Gasp* Loial is Tonks! WoT confirmed to be Harry Potter sequel!

Oof, I don’t particularly mind the things like Arwen/Glorfindel or the Elves/Dunedain because I can understand how that is part of adapting a story - keeping the movies a little tighter, maybe fewer characters or returning faces so the audience follows better, etc. that Faramir thing was by far the most egregious for me because it was a complete change of his character and he went from a hero in the book to a borderline villain ready to finish his brother’s mistake in the movie. It’s painful to watch. Bringing it back to this show, I have felt from the start that a vast majority of the characters were given the Faramir treatment. They may ultimately end up in some of the same place or do the same things, but that internal character - the personalities, motivations, worldviews, etc., seem changed in virtually every character.

You continue to attack other posts if they bring up legitimate issues. Putting (IMO) in parenthesis doesn’t change that. We could read your posts and say “Which shows you must be terrible at your supposed craft (IMO)” and it has the exact same weight as your retort. Whenever other posts bring up logical or writing inconsistencies your response amounts to “you don’t know what you’re talking about but I do because I took a creative writing class.” Appeal to authority is a fallacy, especially when the supposed authority is yourself. @Mailman’s post is valid and a great many outside of a few select echo chambers agree that the show is lesser for the fanfic treatment the source has gotten.

Ha, it works. I mean, that means Loial is a dyer, but oh well. Speaking of growing out, I want the writers to change all the book references to Perrin’s beard to references to his hair. It needs to get bigger every season!

The Hobbit is a great example of corporate interference since by all accounts many, many of the changes were based on mandates to do things like have a strong female character, include a love story, pad it out to make 3 movies, etc. ad nauseum. Peter Jackson is still complicit but from what I understand the LotR trilogy was a passion project and the Hobbit trilogy was a corporate Frankenstein. Tying is back to this show, it certainly feels more the latter than the former.

This show has spent more time making up scenes/story/dialogue for the show runner’s boyfriend than it does for: 1) Rand sword training. 2) The Eye of the World 3) Thom 4) Accepted tests 5) Eggy as damane 6) Eggy mastering dreams 7) Perrin with wolves Just to name a few. Yes, “room to breathe” is a big problem with the show and while it is obviously an impossible task to adapt a series this rich and long to TV without certain cuts, some of the made-up nonsense does not need to be in the show. Pacing is a huge issue in this show.