Hektor

just saw a trashfire the likes of which compare to the tragedy of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Game of Thrones Season 8. And for this, I must unravel this uninspired dross - thread by thread. This will be filled with spoilers, you have been warned. For context about me, I’m no stranger to the Wheel of Time and to fantasy literature in general. I first started reading this series when I was in middle school, and stopped in High School after the author died. Admittedly, I did not complete the series and it was half my lifetime ago that I read the Eye of the World. I am no book-purist, I barely remember the plot. What I do remember is the world and the characters. Any book reader will tell you that Robert Jordan was not concise. He was long-winded, filling thousands of pages with tiny details and with tons of repetition. And while he was a feminist and ahead of his time as far as that goes, this series does show its age in certain areas. No reasonable person is expecting a 1:1 adaptation of his hundreds of named characters and scores of interweaving, and sometimes meandering, plot points. I don’t care if they keep things the same or change them, so long as the change makes the story better or more interesting. Does it deepen the lore? Does it streamline things that need not be complex? I believe in changing what you need to suit your vision, so long as your vision is compelling. If you have a whole new plot for this series, then great - so long and it’s consistent with itself and is a good story, books be damned.