Kaleb

Cannot wait for the columns, looks like that will be episode 4. I've re-read those chapters alone dozens of times, probably my favorite scene in any book. I expect I'll be somewhat disappointed with it on first watch since there's no way it can match the text, but - like the books - I've found the show really rewards repeat viewings when I can set aside my initial comparison-based reactions and absorb the greater context.

Season 3 poster out today! Rafe said he will announce the release date at the event in Brazil this weekend. The poster shows Rand carrying Moiraine in the Aiel Waste, presumably outside Rhuidean, you can see her Aes Sedai ring and the dragons on his wrists. I'm stoked, finishing up Crossroads Of Twilight on a re-read right now.

Seems like spring 2025 release for Season 3 is looking more likely!

Fain, Dain and the whitecloaks tried to paint him as a known Darkfriend and wanted criminal in the books, right? They'll do the same thing in the show, and there'll likely be some combination of Perrin's actual guilty conscience and Congars/Coplins looking for a way to ingratiate themselves to the whitecloaks with rumors of things he might have done that could very easily lead Perrin to confess, or at least fuel suspicions. Adding that if Fain plays a similar role as in the books, he might know about Laila from Ishy's messing around in Perrin's dreams, and could just straight up make an accusation. I don't care for the site either, just starved for content and those articles highlight a few things that are definitely coming in season 3 that haven't been discussed much from what I've seen.

A couple ScreenRant takes I agree with, quick blurbs. https://screenrant.com/wheel-of-time-season-3-logain-siuan-team-up/ https://screenrant.com/wheel-of-time-season-3-perrin-wife-laila-two-rivers-conflict-setup/

Or you could just do this on your own like other long-time book fans who also love the TV show are doing, and not expect some awkward shoehorning of "This is the Wheel Of Time, but different!" from the production team in the promo materials. As you note, the WoT is particularly well-adapted to interpretation with our whole "legend fades to myth and even myth is long forgotten..." theme explicitly repeated in Chapter 1 of every book. The theme of personally and ideologically agenda-driven narratives is foregrounded throughout the entire series, so it continues to surprise me when long-time fans act as if their reading of the story is the correct one, as if that's even possible in the face of the confused web of misunderstanding that is at the core of WoT.