I would say a good example was Stephen King successfully suing to prevent his name being used for the Lawnmower man movie, saying it bore no resemblance to the book.

The Companion described the Yellow's healing, before Nynaeve's revelations, as just a form of rough-and-ready, battlefield first aid from the War of Shadow, The skill of the healer was more important over the strength of the healer. But under the healing section of the companion it goes to list 4 types of healing from full/everything healed (not even a scar remained, and the only way known to heal a wound from a Myrddraal's blade) It took considerable amount of energy from the one being healed. But also mentions some possible severe drawbacks which made its use rare on serious wounds. 2. Slow healing over time 3. Alleviation of pain 4. Washing away fatigue. We know Rand's mom died if the Fever, so illnesses and epidemics happen. There probably aren't many yellows skilled enough to do a full healing and the companion says the number of yellows prior to the last battle was 120 members. My guess is even if some of this stuff can be healed that the chances of a healer finding you is pretty small. If there is major outbreak they would probably go to help but overall you are probably screwed if you take ill. You would probably have to be delved to find any illness in the early stages and it would take too much time.

The Big White Book said Yellow sisters are wholly devoted to healing sickness and injury as well as finding new cures and new methods of using the One Power to restore health, though in truth, few believe any better method exists than the one known since the breaking. I'm not sure if it's ever said what they are capable of but there is really no desire to find better ways. Part of the reason is the risk of experimenting with new weaves, so most Aes Sedai aren't willing to risk burning themselves out to find a better way. I know things such as growing a limb back isn't possible.

I always took the alternate worlds thing to be a fail-safe device, if the DO wins in this world wouldn't it mean he lost on another world? It seems like the creator made things so all of creation everywhere wouldn't end.

If you can get to another world through Tar the main issue would be few (except for some Aes Sedai) have any knowledge of these other worlds. The second is few had the ability/knowledge to enter Tar in the flesh. Dreamers would wake up where they went to sleep and didn't have the ability to physically visit other worlds. If they did seek themselves out in another world, they could really only find their dreams, and you wouldn't want to enter your own dream.

I always see it like the middle ages, society was improving then the black plague would hit and wipe out a quarter of the population. They start going again and Vikings or the Mongols show up and start smashing everything. As soon as everything looked good it would seem like something bad would happen.

I'm glad they didn't try to CGI Loial with as bad as the CGI has been.

Very few souls are destined for important roles every time, RJ said the forsaken are not destined to be forsaken every time, that would eliminate free will. The good and bad people will mostly be different., LTT, Ishy, hero of the horn are the exceptions. As for the turnings, the only thing that is guaranteed to be the same are certain events. Things such as at some time the world will forget the DO exists, a hole will be drilled, breaking. But what happens in each age and the length of each age varies.

He killed whitecloaks in EOTW and The Dragon Reborn. The big difference is in the books he was innocent of Bornhald, but now he actually did it. Which to me is a huge change. Relying on Byar was a big plot point.

I forget if RJ ever said if Ishy sometimes is the dragon, but LTT's and Ishy's souls are linked so they will always oppose one another. The heores of the horn are rare souls who are always destined to play a part in things throughout history (though not every rebirth is a heroic life, Brigette once mentioned something about being a farmers wife or something and being miserable), LTT and Ishy souls will always eventually end up as the light and dark champions. It's also hard to say if they're from the same region since the land changed so much after the breaking.

Most of Book 3 is pointless, it made interesting reading the pursuit for Rand but isn't needed in the series, Perin has had his whitecloak run in now (though I still think Having Perin actually kill the whitecloak instead of being accused is a huge change that totally changes his arc and actually makes him guilty now) and he freed the Aiel. IMO the only things needed from 3 is Samm in Illian, Aiel coming to Rand, and Rand taking the Stone of Tear. Interesting thought that maybe they will combine Samm now ruling Tear and fighting Rand there. Get rid of his other fight with Ishy and the confusing showdown with Samm later. But I still don't see how they will have time to do book 4 justice. Which worries me since that's my favorite book. They need to get Perin and the whitecloaks to the Two Rivers, Rands visit to Rhuidean etc. Coluadin story, traveling across the waste Rand capturing Asmo. I could see them getting rid of the Lanfear and Rand meeting, maybe make it the Moiraine vs Lanfear fight.

It can't be too complicated since they only have 8 episodes to try and fit in book 3 and 4.

Fain was never meant to be epic, RJ once said he was caught by surprise at how many readers liked and wanted more Fain. His early purpose was to push things along, get the characters where they needed to go (Such as in Book2 ) and then you noticed he vanished for long periods.

Heck at 2 years between seasons it would still make 12 years just for 6 seasons,. They would either need to speed up the seasons or stop it after4 or 5 seasons.

Without the DO everyone would be forced to good, the DO balances things by giving people a choice, as Rand saw, killing the DO would be just as bad as if the DO won. Since being good would be forced on everyone. RJ did say LTT and Ishys souls are linked, like brigette and her man. It's rare but the souls are linked. I don't remember if RJ said LTT will always be the good guy and Ishy the bad, or if sometimes Ishy is the Dragon.