I feel like it was worth a shot, but sometimes you miss the goal whatever your intentions. If other people like it, good for them, and I hope it led or leads them to the real juice inside the pages. Why did they pick something established? Honestly, they have no clue what to do with the money. Someone comes in with a pitch and they sell it or they flub out. If they sell it and get greenlit, then everyone hopes the audience buys. Actual original stuff is a complete crap shoot. Meanwhile, I bet established stuff gets pitches and not greenlit all the time. One of the biggest differences is people 'inside' with an interest. And passion. Belief. Corny as it sounds. LoTR, rejected by multiple studios, was considered a massive risk for Shaye and New Line, and Jackson's pitch might've been last ditch... for 2 movies... then Shaye was like 'make it a trilogy.' Ballsy. Then they went all out/all in for Cannes with 2 mil dropped like it was a premiere and Kablooey, the rest is history. Meanwhile, I don't know about this show's nitty gritty of development... but, ah... Red Eagle sitting on rights for aeons... who sued Harriet... who Mr. Jordan had some er, colorful things to say about their character... yeah. How they were involved in pitching it and all I haven't a clue, but I doubt it would blow anyone's mind, shall we say.

Thankfully I was done with the books by the time of the show, but I think if I read again, it's too ingrained to change. Matt is maybe one of the closer ones to match, I suppose. Definitely not Rand, I pretty much have him as this weird blend of all the cover images Tor used over the years haha. I also don't particularly plan to watch season 2 or the show anytime soon.

I thought it was perfect for her, though I fully felt the tragedy and sympathize. As the ultimate ruthless pragmatist who always did what was needed, she embraced that final needed thing and was the purest and greatest hero (despite not being perfect, but no one is) of the whole story. To me, anyway. All the little girls dreaming of being Aes Sedai for thousands of years after would look to her as the one to aspire to. When the need of the hour is done, so is the pragmatist, their legend complete... Let the others coming after drown in the politics and machinations of failure — Egwene was the uncorrupted Flame of Tar Valon, who swallowed balefire and protected Time itself! Look to that crystalline monument on the heights and remember the purest soul of service to humanity's tomorrow, remember her light sparkling bright before the Shadow and stabbing its very dread heart! She suffered as a slave and kept her mettle, she suffered amidst vipers and schemers and plotters out for their own ends, all to a conclusion she foresaw and accepted, all to prove once and for all what Tar Valon, what the Amyrlin Seat — what Aes Sedai truly stood for. Hold her flame in your heart and by it — through it — she'll never die.

Welcome!

First impressions? Mostly reminded me of an Astral or Ethereal Plane that is in many other fictional settings (I was particularly already familiar with Mage: The Ascension), as well as a general part of real-world mystical traditions/metaphysics. The reincarnation of heroes connection is unique and interesting. I did like the idea in general of other worlds and shadows of the real one, mostly because of the weird things he threw into them, or that dread for things that 'could've been so easily.'

I say let him rule.

Thanks for that — cool stuff!

Oh, new perspectives on lots of stuff. The spoilers! I really enjoyed knowing what would happen — why Moiraine was in the Two Rivers for instance, or the details on Padan Faine — and reading it again with the new knowledge. Rand's 'coincidences' meaning far more. It's very, very unusual in being a series I want to re-read. I think the only other one I'd bother with is Tolkien, since my last read was far too long ago. I tried once. Unfortunately, the characters are tainted now in my head, with the characters of the movies thoroughly implanted. I'll never see them as I once did, and it steals something. Aside from maybe Gandalf. Sir Ian McKellan was basically Every Wizard Ever lol... ASOIAF, I'd have to re-read if the next book came out, and I don't really want to. I'll leave it as dead as the writer did.