#the finn

This is my biggest complaint about the pacing of the show. I understand that budgets exist, but this is why likely any tv adaptation of the series will never be satisfying. The story is too big for 8 episode seasons.

The speed doesn’t allow for background side characters so we don’t get to see the Web of Destiny, which is the number one coolest thing about the books.

The ta’veren started tugging the patten toward them since long before their births. Lan’s existence as a king of a fallen kingdom and eventual connection to Moiraine is tied to Perrin’s arch nemesis and Rand’s mother.

Farmers in book 1 with two lines participate in scenes 5 books later and have an impact on the plot.

Rand’s ta'maral'ailen becomes so strong by the later books that it is specifically Egwene’s inoculation to it after living near him for years that solidifies her power as the only aes sedai that stood a chance at diplomacy with the Dragon.

The doorways and Mat’s journey with the Finn, “giving half the world to save the world,” are deeply connected to the resolutions of the plots for Moiraine, Lanfear, Thom, and Rand, and his medallion, extremely unique in nature (hate that child Valda might be the one who has it in the show), is what allows him to survive and protect, it strengthens Elayne’s power as a fabricator and saves her life multiple times.

Mat’s ashandarei is what helps open the door (haha) to the Seanchan and brings about a temporary truce.

The fucking fireworks?? Making it Lanfear just using the power in Caemlyn rather than the Illuminator’s chapter house blowing up (also cause Lanfear) disconnects how Rands actions in Caemlyn coupled with Mat’s luck lead to Mat’s access to fireworks. Mat uses those fireworks to blow up a wall, and learns through experience the destructive power of black powder. This is eventually one of the strongest weapons in the series, and it’s connected to Rand and Loyale running from trollocs in book 2, and a character we should have met in season 2. Alludra is a small character, but her thread is an important one in the pattern.

The entire book series is a well laid yet very complicated set up of dominoes. The show is walking through the maze of dominoes to get to the final block, all the while destroying the overall picture the dominoes would have shown had they not been barreled through.

Mat’s plot, I think more than anyone else’s, will be ruined because of this. Also I’m just upset that, because there is no Fat Lanfear (we were robbed) with her caravan through the Waste, Mat doesn’t have his signature hat.

I’m not saying I’m not enjoying the show, I kind of am, but so much of it rings hollow. It has no soul. They spend so much time talking about the lore, much of it oversimplified, that they don’t have time to show flashes of side characters and how they are set off in a spin anytime they come into contact with the main cast.