MsHearthWitch,
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So watching Wheel of Time season 2...

I think I just need to completely divorce this show from the books in my brain.

It's like, fanfic? A weird retelling? They're taking characters and themes, and sprinkling random plotlines.

Then there's all this stuff which is like... not Wheel of Time at all? In ways that really bug me when I compare it to the source.

But I am STARVED for epic fantasy that doesn't center around rape. Could really do without the sexifying tho.

aikaterna,
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I'm looking at it as another turning of the Wheel - the Third Age is the same when you step back and look at the overall Pattern, but when you get down into the threads of this new turning, things look different.

MsHearthWitch,
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@aikaterna Oh, oh I like that. What a good way of looking at it. Thank you for sharing.

Cat_LeFey,
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@MsHearthWitch
I absolutely cannot watch s2 after what they did with s1, like there's an entire book about The Great Hunt of the Horn, and after hardly mentioning it in the show, they just pull it out from under a chair?!

MsHearthWitch,
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@Cat_LeFey Yeaaah. I knew right from them giving Perrin a wife and then immediately fridging her that we were in for something NOT WoT.

Still, I'm starved for high fantasy and refuse to watch GoT. So I will deal with this... whatever it is.

Cat_LeFey,
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@MsHearthWitch I totally get this- and now all the newer high fantasy shows are trying to emulate GoT by over-sexing and over-goreing everything. sigh

One recent adaptation I loved was His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, they did a really good job with that one, but it's more steampunk-fantasy.

MsHearthWitch,
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@Cat_LeFey Yeaaaah. I really REALLY loathe how they're sexifying WoT. If they keep that up too much it will probably have me drop the show. Season 1 wasn't as bad, but S2 has been... yeah.
But there are parts that are so good!

consumableJoy,

@MsHearthWitch I am rewatching season 1 and parts are like whaaaaaa and others feel so right on. Is season 2 further away from source?

MsHearthWitch,
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@consumableJoy Yeah I had that same feel with season 1. I'm only like 3 eps into S2. There are some HUGE divergences, and then some parts which are bang on.

RethinkJeff,
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@MsHearthWitch This is where I landed on it. I am absolutely here for anything remotely near high fantasy, and so if this is what I get, this is what I get lol.

MsHearthWitch,
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@RethinkJeff SAME. I'm so desperate for good high fantasy that isn't GoT.

I'll absolutely take this show as is. Just need to stop expecting WoT.

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