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re: The Wheel of Time -- Season 2 coming in September -- Wise Ones Thread (Book Spoilers)
Posted on 11/20/21 at 8:01 am to PhineasFreakaZoid
Posted on 11/20/21 at 8:01 am to PhineasFreakaZoid
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That was stupid fricking signaling BS. It’s quite clear The Dragon is male in the books. You have all the false Dragons and the drama around it. It was a stupid line.
Imma be real with you. Im not a ultra PC woke guy, but you’re just wrong on this. You just are. Changing this dialogue to make it possibly be Egwene (to the eye of the viewer) affects almost nothing material in the actual story. Rand will still be the dragon reborn. Egwene will still do what she does. That stuff won’t change. But what WILL happen, is that people who haven’t read the books that watch the show, will be more captured by the mystery of the dragon reborn and they will be more invested in the characters and the show as a result.
You may not have liked the show. shite, I’m not sure if I did yet. But, regardless, decisions like that are smart ones by the show runners because ultimately they need this show to appeal to more than just book readers if it’s going to be big enough to survive. Immaterial changes like that, that draw people in, are worth it 100% of the time.
This post was edited on 11/20/21 at 8:02 am
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Posted on 11/20/21 at 8:20 am to Rand AlThor
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You may not have liked the show. shite, I’m not sure if I did yet. But, regardless, decisions like that are smart ones by the show runners because ultimately they need this show to appeal to more than just book readers if it’s going to be big enough to survive. Immaterial changes like that, that draw people in, are worth it 100% of the time.
Very well said.
Posted on 11/20/21 at 8:47 am to Rand AlThor
What? There isn’t enough of a mystery with three male leads that are integral to the story? Including Egwene doesn’t add anything. What mystery does a 4th add that 3 doesn’t fulfill?
Posted on 11/20/21 at 9:55 am to Rand AlThor
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You may not have liked the show. shite, I’m not sure if I did yet. But, regardless, decisions like that are smart ones by the show runners because ultimately they need this show to appeal to more than just book readers if it’s going to be big enough to survive. Immaterial changes like that, that draw people in, are worth it 100% of the time.
I don't get that at all. You have an oppressive and powerful matriarchal order who hunts down specifically males who can draw on the source which becomes a crucial aspect of most of the rest of the story. Nothing is gained by suggesting a woman could be the Dragon, because that would significantly alter the methods and politics of the Aes Sedai.
This was just plain modern day virtue signaling, and there will be plenty more before this season finishes. It is Amazon, after all.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 11:55 am to Rand AlThor
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Imma be real with you. Im not a ultra PC woke guy, but you’re just wrong on this. You just are. Changing this dialogue to make it possibly be Egwene (to the eye of the viewer) affects almost nothing material in the actual story.
Yes it does. It completes changes the entire idea of the separation of the one power in saidar and saidin. The books established that with Balthamel and what the Dark One did with him after.
By changing the core of the series (souls being reborn) it removes a lot of the stakes for what the Dragon Reborn would be for the world.
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