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Oof. I sincerely respect that you feel that way . . . but if so, I fear you're doomed to be disappointed and/or furious at the TV show, because that's likely to be the least of the changes they introduce. For me, an adaptation ought to respect the author's intention on a macro level, not a...

This! I'm bugged less by changes than by changes which don't take into account the effects they'll have elsewhere in the story. If the strands get woven into a differently-patterned but solid fabric, I'm generally fine with it. (Case in point: I was reading some reviews of various Dune...

Why should it? Will Trollocs not attack Emond's Field because Moiraine's uncertainty includes Egwene and Nynaeve? (Assuming, as others have pointed out, that they're among the five she's referring to -- we don't actually know.) Will the core cast not flee the Two Rivers? Will Rand not start to...

Right -- but that's how it was in the book. From the perspective of the show, and people who haven't read the books, they may not get that information right away, nor will Rand be used all the time as the viewpoint character. So for that audience, leaving it more of an open question for a while...

Eh, it doesn't bother me. It just broadens the setting a bit to say that the Dragon wasn't necessarily reborn as a male channeler. They're profoundly unlikely to rewrite the story to the point of having Rand not actually be the Dragon Reborn, so to me, it's really just a way of signaling that...