It really helps having actors who can bring the characters to life. It's the RDJ effect on Tony Stark, where comic writers actually found it a lot easier once they'd seen someone actually depict him being a lovable asshole, rather than their attempts to write one.
I loved the weave-assembling collar. That was a surprise but the kind of thing I really flip out over. Hate everything else about suldam/damane, but if this is precedent for transforming te'rangreal and sa'angreal then I'm here for it in a big way. I swear, if Callandor is a lightsaber, I...