Alternate Perrin - spoiler

[DojoToad]

Did anyone else like 'Fire in the Ways' better than all the jumping around Perrin did with Slayer in the Dreamworld?

 

Obviously couldn't have both, I much prefer the Ways and Ogier.  Plus replacing that Slayer arc also eliminates the silliness with the dream spike and his meaningless encounters with Lanfear.  Lord Luc/Slayer could have been killed at Shayol Ghul.

 

I think they went the wrong way; how about you?

[Elder_Haman]

Perrin's arc is messy at the end, no doubt. The dream spikes feel like a Sanderson invention to me (though I definitely could be wrong) and, for me, they killed Perrin's growth. The end of the story for Perrin felt very much like a fetch quest in a video game.