Maianel Istor
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(Apologies if this already got hashed out in another thread; I've been super busy and not around much.)
I've always loved the prologue to TEotW. It was such a breath of fresh air compared to the Ye Olde Epick Phantasie Prologues of Yore (which were not-even-thinly-disguised encyclopedia entries) -- it drops you right into the middle of a tense moment, with characters and conflict and so forth.
But . . . I'm not sure if we'll get it in the TV series, and I think it might be better if we don't. Part of what makes the original prologue work is the interiority, which books do way better than TV and movies; on the screen I'm not sure the transition from madness to clarity would really pack the right punch.
Given that the show is putting Aes Sedai material much more front and center from the start, I'm going to put my bet down on the first episode having a prologue -- but instead of it being LTT and Ishamael, it'll be Moiraine and Siuan and maybe Gitara Moroso with her Foretelling. I seem to recall the showrunners said early on that they're approaching the first season from a mindset of Moiraine being the protagonist (which makes sense; she's the one who's actively pursuing a goal), so it would fit well for us to see the events that set her on her path. It's also more useful from an expository standpoint, because they can deliver information the audience needs about what this whole Dragon business is, anyway, in a much more helpful way than watching LTT nuke himself.
What do y'all think?
I've always loved the prologue to TEotW. It was such a breath of fresh air compared to the Ye Olde Epick Phantasie Prologues of Yore (which were not-even-thinly-disguised encyclopedia entries) -- it drops you right into the middle of a tense moment, with characters and conflict and so forth.
But . . . I'm not sure if we'll get it in the TV series, and I think it might be better if we don't. Part of what makes the original prologue work is the interiority, which books do way better than TV and movies; on the screen I'm not sure the transition from madness to clarity would really pack the right punch.
Given that the show is putting Aes Sedai material much more front and center from the start, I'm going to put my bet down on the first episode having a prologue -- but instead of it being LTT and Ishamael, it'll be Moiraine and Siuan and maybe Gitara Moroso with her Foretelling. I seem to recall the showrunners said early on that they're approaching the first season from a mindset of Moiraine being the protagonist (which makes sense; she's the one who's actively pursuing a goal), so it would fit well for us to see the events that set her on her path. It's also more useful from an expository standpoint, because they can deliver information the audience needs about what this whole Dragon business is, anyway, in a much more helpful way than watching LTT nuke himself.
What do y'all think?
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