The show is just a different turn of the wheel. That’s why the story is a little different.
Posted this to [email protected] yesterday, but just found out this community exists and is much more active.
Going to the Aiel Waste, and presumably Rhuidean, before Rand collects Callandor from the Stone, is a pretty big change to the timeline. I’ve not been a big fan of many of the previous changes, but I don’t think I hate this. The justification in terms of using it to explore Rand’s inner life and acceptance of being the Dragon Reborn in a way the book did through inner monologue (something the TV show didn’t have the luxury of doing) makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t think this should affect the overall story too much in the long run.
Yeah, it makes sense. And I personally liked the Rhuidean storyline more, so not having to wait for another who-knows-how-many years is also good.
I mean I kinda like it. A TV show just isn’t the same medium as a book, it should pay respect to the novel, but not be 100% the same. A story that works well for a TV show isn’t the same that what works well for a book.
Remains to be seen how it plays out in practice, of course.
That only works if they do respect the novel.
