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  1. DigificWriter
    The only way Rosamund Pike is going to be absent from our screens is if Moiraine's story definitively ends at the point where she disappeared from some of the novels, which means that any involvement that the character had in later books would be excluded from the TV series. In a book, you can exclude a character from parts of the story and put them "out of sight, out of mind" for a while; in a visual medium, though, you have to remind audiences that the character is still around unless you definitively kill them off.
  2. DigificWriter
    There's been no indication in the show that the Shadar Logoth dagger is deadlier than a regular knife. 1) Nynaeve was neither dead nor burnt out 2) The mechanics of how Egwene channeled a healing weave are neither important nor relevant Rafe and his writers changed Robert Jordan's lore in order to degender souls. This fact has been public knowledge since before Season 1 premiered. 1) There's been nothing in the show to indicate that Lan is "the best swordsman in the world" 2) He no longer benefits from the Warder bond and the preternatural abilities it afforded him Moiraine doesn't say anything about "passing the bond"; she says that she'll have Alanna forcibly bond Lan to her (Alanna) if she (Moiraine) has to in order to prevent him (Lan) from following her (Moiraine).
  3. DigificWriter
    Rafe and his writers will craft a storyline for Moiraine in order for Rosamund Pike to remain on our screens. That's a guaranteed certainty*. Said storyline may be derived from the novels, or it may be 100% original. The point is that even if/when we reach a place where Moiraine was no longer present in the novels, we will still see Rosamund Pike playing the character on our screens, and we will eventually 'catch up' to the point where she re-enters the narrative as it appears on the page. Believing that Rosamund Pike will disappear from the cast just because the story reaches a point where the character of Moiraine disappeared from the novels - even temporarily - is, to put it bluntly, foolishness. * They've already crafted a storyline for the character in Season 2 in order to keep Rosamund on our screens
  4. DigificWriter
    How, exactly, would keeping Rosamund Pike on our screens even if/when the story reaches a point where Moiraine drops out of the narrative as presented on the page suddenly change whether or not it's an adaptation?
  5. DigificWriter
    They didn't. She had a Producer credit during S1 as well. One way or another, though, Rosamund's Moiraine is not ever going to be absent from the show, regardless of whether or not the character was absent from some of the novels.
  6. DigificWriter
    Moiraine has been intentionally made the main protagonist of the TV show; they're not going to remove her from the board, even if they do get her story to where it is in the 'middle' books.
  7. DigificWriter
    Hmm. Knowing that now, I can see how/why you'd draw the conclusion that the Shadar Logoth dagger not being insta-deadly creates ripple effects that are hugely story-altering. However, speaking as a writer and as an avid reader of other things, I would still say that this is a WAFO situation.
  8. DigificWriter
    @Scarloc99 I've read some of the books and didn't like them, which is why I'm a show-only fan. As far as changes and their ripple effects go, we'll see what occurs. 🙂
  9. DigificWriter
    And in the show, because that's where Perrin and Co. are. Suroth's 'Voice' very specifically identifies the locale during her big monologue.
  10. DigificWriter
    @Scarloc99 I don't care about spoilers, so you don't need to be afraid to talk specifics with me. I do think you might be underestimating these writers' ability to make the destination the same while completely changing the route to get there, but time will tell. Also, I haven't seen any evidence of Rafe saying that there were mistakes that he and the writers made with the end of Season 1, so that might just be you inferring things from what he has said.
  11. DigificWriter
    As a show-only fan, my favorite character is Moiraine, especially with where the writers have taken her thus far. By crafting her Season 2 story based on the idea that she's been Stilled, the writers are giving her an arc that befits their decision to tell the story of WoT, at least for the foreseeable future, from her perspective even when we're seeing things that she's not present for and that revolve around other characters.
  12. DigificWriter
    @Scarloc99 This is a genuine question. Are you going to be upset if the overall story ends up unfolding in ways that contradict your book-derived certainty about things? Also, skipping the aftermath of Fain stabbing people with the dagger and Egwene healing Nynaeve isn't ignoring that those things happened.
  13. DigificWriter
    We know that Moiraine's immediate destination - based both on what she's done in the first three episodes and on BTS information - is Cairihen. Where she goes and/or does after that is very much in WAFO territory.
  14. DigificWriter
    Not sure what you're referring to here, but, regardless, the assertion is incorrect. They're not ignoring the choices they made at the end of Season 1 in the slightest.
  15. DigificWriter
    This presumes that Mat kills Fain in the show. Based on what has transpired thus far, it feels more likely, as a show-only fan, for Perrin to kill Fain.
  16. DigificWriter
    This presumes that the Shadar Logoth dagger, in the show, is deadlier than your standard knife, which has not been intimated to be the case.
  17. DigificWriter
    "Purposely faking audiences out" would be the story benefit behind changing the identities of Darkfriends between the books and the show, and lean even further into the producer-stated notion that this adaptation represents an entirely new Turning of the Wheel of Time itself.
  18. DigificWriter
    I disagree, but to each their own. 🙂
  19. DigificWriter
    I disagree with your confidence based on what Rafe and his team have thus far signalled about their approach to adapting the books.
  20. DigificWriter
    As has been said several times, stating that "the Dragon Reborn could have been anyone, male or female" was not merely misdirection; it was an abject truth for the series. Rand being revealed as the Dragon Reborn does not change the fact that there was a very real and concrete possibility that he wouldn't have been. As someone who is a show-only fan, I'm of the opinion that there's no reason for book fans - whether they're supportive of and positive about the adaptation or upset by and negative towards it - to think that they can guarantee that Rafe and his writing team - including consultants Sarah Nakamura and Brandon Sanderson - are going to have any character in the series fill exactly the same role in the show as they did in the novels (or that any aspect of the story will play out exactly the way it did in the novels).
  21. DigificWriter
    Correction: we've gotten confirmation that she'll be in the show; we haven't had it confirmed when she'll make her appearance.
  22. DigificWriter
    I'm going to repeat a thing that I said earlier: I don't think book fans should be 100% confident that they know who is or isn't going to be aligned with the dark in the show.
  23. DigificWriter
    Speaking of "elements of the show that are subtly introduced that book fans will be able to recognize", the symbol for Selene's inn is a moon and stars (thank you LezbiNerdy).
  24. DigificWriter
    Rafe and his team have already signalled (either intentionally or because of external circumstance) that readers shouldn't be sure that they know everything that's going to happen, which is why, despite not being a WoT-specific reader myself, I don't mind spoilers from the books and therefore ignore spoiler warnings from the WoTTubers and WoT podcasts that I'm following. So characters whom readers know to be dark in the novels might not be guaranteed to be dark in the show, characters whom readers know survived in the novels may not survive in the novels (see Uno), etc.
  25. DigificWriter
    I'd thought it was Verin too until a WoTTuber or podcaster I follow mentioned that the initial shout and sonic wave were from Adeleas (although she doesn't appear in the scene) while the fire weaves that helped kill the last Fade were from Verin. Yes. See above for the explanation as to why I said what I said about their source.

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