Fair enough, but it has to start somewhere. I guess we’ll just have to see where they go with it.

They haven’t really had a chance yet. In the books Mat’s luck began to manifest in TDR, but since they skipped that book there really hasn’t been an opportunity to show mats luck. Perhaps it starts with the bracelet.

Ok, I don’t see where you asked any question that I didn’t answer. I’m just trying to clarify my points and understand yours a little better, but if you wish this conversation to be over then so be it🤷

So what did your post ask?

Not so much, never envisioned sensitive guy Lan either but here we are 🤣

Can’t prove your point so you get mad and throw a hissy fit? well, that’s the internet for you🤷

The show is based on the books so I use the books to make guesses about the show. Its not a hard concept and I don’t understand why it’s an issue for you. What other reference would I use?

Thom is also important to the Tanchico storyline in the books but they have changed several things about him including how they met him and how he got to Tanchico. Keep in mind that in the show Thom was also a random guy they met in a bar. Incidently I also referred back to the books to figure out who he was before they named him.

I always pictured a fez too, but it would be far from the first time these writers interpretation has differed from mine 🤷🤣

Right, because they would never change a character or a storyline for the purposes of this show 🙄

I’m not sure the dude is so random. I get the suspicion that he goes by the name Juilin Sandar. He has the look (not that that always matters in this show) and Juilin was a big part of the Tanchico storyline. Given that he catches thieves I’d say he’d be particularly skilled at tracking down lost items.

I do agree that the show has gotten better with each season and I hold out hope that it will turn out to be the exact opposite of GOT in that it will start out disappointing and end awesome.

Good thought, but he seems a bit young to be Jain/Noal.

Is this Juilin? I mean it’s a dark skinned man in a conical hat🤷

I think the reason Rand was so downplayed in season 1 was because they wanted to make it more of a mystery as to which of the of the Two Rivers five was The Dragon Reborn. That was the one thing about season one I really liked, I always thought that the book made it way too obvious. But overall I agree that season one was just bad.

The he thing that made me really enjoy Peter Jackson’s LOTR was that despite the departures from the books the story was told in the same tone as the novels and so it still felt like LOTR Same went for Game of Thrones, the books had a darker tone and thus so did the show so it felt like the same world and the same story. WOT by contrast just does not have the same tone as the books. It feels like they are trying to tell the story of WOT in the tone of GOT and it just feels off, despite some familiar characters and scenes it just doesn’t feel like the same story.

Why is it that this show feels like a rough draft. It really seems like it has potential but that it should have gone through a few more revisions before being released. It also seems like Rafe is beginning to regret some of the departures he made from the book in season one. Natti suddenly cares about the girls, Mat is acting more like his book self, they mention that Tam and Able are in hiding for defying the White Cloaks just like in the book, really doesn’t sound like the Able we met in season 1. We have Saidar and Saidin mentioned for the first time, a division that was greatly downplayed in the previous two seasons. Did Rafe actually realize that so much of the story just won’t work without this division. All in all we’ve gotten a decent show that could have been great.

I love, love , love, love Moghedian! The compulsion scene was brilliant, Zoe and Ceara played it so well. It felt more like the book than any other screen in the show so far.