Brandon Sanderson (I can't remember where) said that Layla was a shortcut.  It's also something that he is not happy with.  Sanderson recognizes a need for a shortcut, because of the difficulty of transposing character thoughts to television and that television is condensed, but Sanderson's recommendation was to use Master Luhan instead.  Amazon's argument for Perrin killing Layla instead of Master Luhan was that Master Luhan will require precious screentime to develop and establish his relationship with Perrin to the general viewer not experienced with the books.  Killing the wife makes it more impactful and easier for the those who haven't read the books to later understand Perrin's struggle between the axe and the hammer.

On 11/16/2021 at 9:43 PM, CaddySedai said:

Another Turning of the Wheel is longer than Portal Stone World. So Shorthand it is not hehe.

I can live with a multiverse or the portal stones.  I spent a good part of 2020 watching science episodes about quantum physics.  That stuff is really freaky, and it's reality.

That's just my opinion, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. 

I enjoyed the first season of Shannara, but the first season stayed somewhat close to The Elfstones of Shannara. The second season,  however, I couldn't stand it. Ended up moving on to other things, like learning to paint. As for The Seeker...I was through after after the second episode.

Those of you that want to think of the tv series as another adaption of a great series of books, don't let me stop you.  There are some great shows adapted from books. ?

As someone who was reading TEOTW since it first came out on paperback, I'm planning on enjoying the show regardless of the differences from the books.  The magic about the world of The Wheel of Time is that time is cyclical.  According to any Aes Sedai, "The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend.  Legend fades to myth, and myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again."  The TV show is just another turning of the Wheel as it comes around to the Third Age, again.  In an earlier turn of the Third Age, Thom Merrilin played the flute and the harp.  In this turn of the Third Age, Thom plays a guitar, and maybe he plays the mandolin in the next turn and the oboe in the turn after that.  Maybe the show runners combine two characters from the book into one or, heaven forbid, drop one my favorite secondary characters.  Who cares?  This is an opportunity for new fans to discover the magic of the world that Robert Jordan created.  This is another turning of the Wheel, and the important characters are reborn as the Wheel wills.