I get all the concern about the clip - and I certainly don't like the blatant attention-calling actions of Moiraine and Lan - but as the show seeks to streamline events and details into a well-paced on-screen story, I'm trying to remember that purpose and context matters.
First, Emond's Field is not the rest of the world. This is her destination, and she is seeking something/someone(s) that she must find and quickly. So, wanting to draw attention to herself in the most populated part of the village could make a certain sort of sense. It's the fastest way to identify those she seeks and draw them to her (which they indicate she is doing in the clip - identifying them). It could also be the fastest way to root out darkfriends where she knows an attack or disturbance is imminent. It could even make her and Lan the new focus of attention/target rather than the youths she seeks.
Second, the rest of the world is not Emond's Field, meaning she and Lan would likely still travel in as much secrecy as possible throughout the world until reaching their destination, especially after leaving it while being pursued.
So, while it does seem out of character for them to be so out front with their appearance, it can make sense in the right context and in the interest of making multiple events more efficient for the show.
Also, regarding Moiraine being instantly recognized as AS, even if no one there had ever seen one of her group, the ring (as described in their tales) is certainly a recognizable symbol, especially when combined with her regal nature and entrance and accompanied by a man of war. It all makes recognizing her as AS make sense.
In short, I'll wait for context and consideration of purpose before condemning this clip. There's much more to be excited about than discouraged by here.
UPDATE: Also, about the "diversity" in Emond's Field...I love it. To me, while they are isolated, they are not wholly unaware of the world. It's separate and distinct from them, but it is there. Being from a fairly rural upbringing myself, the assumptions about these types of communities is so often wrong. So many of our rural communities are not as lacking in diversity as we believe. Instead, they tend to produce diversity at times because people, ethnicities, origins, etc. all tend to land in places like this and blend together. Emond's Field seems to be that - a place where various people of various origins somehow, long ago, landed and produced people who are of one community but various origins. It's isolated from the ideals of the world - that those various origins and traits mean splintered lifestyles and communities - and instead exists as the melting pot that, for example, America was once revered for aiming to be. Emond's Field is an isolated melting pot of people that has blended seamlessly - sometimes even unknowingly - into a single community. But they are certainly physically diverse, like an example to the rest of the world of how a community CAN be. Rand himself is a perfect example of that. Every person outside The Two Rivers/Emond's Field sees him as reminiscent of an Aiel. But in Emond's Field...he's just Rand...Tam's son. And the revelation he may be anything else is shocking to everyone.
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I get all the concern about the clip - and I certainly don't like the blatant attention-calling actions of Moiraine and Lan - but as the show seeks to streamline events and details into a well-paced on-screen story, I'm trying to remember that purpose and context matters.
First, Emond's Field is not the rest of the world. This is her destination, and she is seeking something/someone(s) that she must find and quickly. So, wanting to draw attention to herself in the most populated part of the village could make a certain sort of sense. It's the fastest way to identify those she seeks and draw them to her (which they indicate she is doing in the clip - identifying them). It could also be the fastest way to root out darkfriends where she knows an attack or disturbance is imminent. It could even make her and Lan the new focus of attention/target rather than the youths she seeks.
Second, the rest of the world is not Emond's Field, meaning she and Lan would likely still travel in as much secrecy as possible throughout the world until reaching their destination, especially after leaving it while being pursued.
So, while it does seem out of character for them to be so out front with their appearance, it can make sense in the right context and in the interest of making multiple events more efficient for the show.
Also, regarding Moiraine being instantly recognized as AS, even if no one there had ever seen one of her group, the ring (as described in their tales) is certainly a recognizable symbol, especially when combined with her regal nature and entrance and accompanied by a man of war. It all makes recognizing her as AS make sense.
In short, I'll wait for context and consideration of purpose before condemning this clip. There's much more to be excited about than discouraged by here.
UPDATE: Also, about the "diversity" in Emond's Field...I love it. To me, while they are isolated, they are not wholly unaware of the world. It's separate and distinct from them, but it is there. Being from a fairly rural upbringing myself, the assumptions about these types of communities is so often wrong. So many of our rural communities are not as lacking in diversity as we believe. Instead, they tend to produce diversity at times because people, ethnicities, origins, etc. all tend to land in places like this and blend together. Emond's Field seems to be that - a place where various people of various origins somehow, long ago, landed and produced people who are of one community but various origins. It's isolated from the ideals of the world - that those various origins and traits mean splintered lifestyles and communities - and instead exists as the melting pot that, for example, America was once revered for aiming to be. Emond's Field is an isolated melting pot of people that has blended seamlessly - sometimes even unknowingly - into a single community. But they are certainly physically diverse, like an example to the rest of the world of how a community CAN be. Rand himself is a perfect example of that. Every person outside The Two Rivers/Emond's Field sees him as reminiscent of an Aiel. But in Emond's Field...he's just Rand...Tam's son. And the revelation he may be anything else is shocking to everyone.