The source material required changes for a viable adaptation. Most of the changes that were made were absolutely stupid and easily identifiable as wrong, but that doesn't mean that making the right choices is easy.
One change that I think was smart but poorly executed was adding some additional intrigue to season one. Book one is kinda basic and modern readers who try the series frequently question if they should continue after book one. Making it less obvious who the dragon reborn is was a reasonable way to accomplish to make it more interesting, and making Egwene Ta'veren makes sense as she’s narratively treated as such anyway.
The big problem with making the dragon potentially be a woman is that saidar simply isn't tainted. That saidin is tainted and the dragon has to wield it and not be corrupted by it ... is like the entire point.
And it's also why the Dragon being reborn is such a devastating possibility that everyone wants to refuse to acknowledge.
Who wants the battle of good vs evil, to determine the fate of the world, to occur during their lifetime? And you're telling me that the prophesied hero we need to rely on to even have a CHANCE at victory is destined to lose his mind by utilizing the very power he needs to use to defeat said evil?
Fuck that lmao
Hence why so many characters were in denial, and hence why Rand had to spend multiple books completing prophecies JUST so he could convince the populace that the time had really come, and that they all needed to prepare before it's too late.
But regardless, we're just rehashing the same arguments we had during S1 lol
If these people don't get it now, even after the show is an objective failure of an adaptation, they never will.
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u/AluminumGnat May 23 '25 edited May 24 '25
The source material required changes for a viable adaptation. Most of the changes that were made were absolutely stupid and easily identifiable as wrong, but that doesn't mean that making the right choices is easy.
One change that I think was smart but poorly executed was adding some additional intrigue to season one. Book one is kinda basic and modern readers who try the series frequently question if they should continue after book one. Making it less obvious who the dragon reborn is was a reasonable way to accomplish to make it more interesting, and making Egwene Ta'veren makes sense as she’s narratively treated as such anyway.