Wheel of Time Discussion - Spoilers(with book spoilers)
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
There's a reason for that. It happens slightly slower in the books, but it looks like things are moving faster in the series due to some of those changes that are happening.
Bolares
Hero
I was hopping that was the case. I just feel I didn't have time to digest each fase of his personalitty yet. I'm curious to where his story is going, I just don't care as much for him right now as I felt in episode one.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
That is all very much in keeping with the books, actually. Once we start getting Mat POV chapters in book 3, however, he usually becomes people's favorite characters in the series and maybe one of the most compelling protagonists in fantasy literature. Beyond even wanting to not get too spoilers, I have a hard time summarizing how bizarre Mat's life ends up being...
Actually, for my money, taking the total journey and the destination into account, all five villagers might be among my favorite protagonists in all of fantasy literature. These kids go places and do things, hope the show gets that across while it runs.
Bolares
Hero
I really like this idea of having 5 protagonists from the same place that will grow to fill different roles. This has been one of the biggest ups for the series for me this far. I still like Mat (even more if we can go back to episode one Mat at some point), but the other 4 right now are much more interesting to me.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
In the books Matt is my favorite character, just barely eclipsing Rand. The darkness phase is probably my least favorite portion of his story, but they seem to be moving it at an accelerated pace given the changes being made for the show. I wouldn't be surprised if it's done with in the next episode or two.
Bolares
Hero
I like how they are contrasting this fase of his with the false dragon and the madness. Makes you question if that's where he is going...
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Right. For the non-book readers it places more doubt on who the Dragon is.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
The books in great detail, because thst is the only way Robert Jordan knew how to do things, lampshade the absurdity that five such wildly different and globally important people came from one small random village within a few years of each other and tie it into the broader themes of destiny and providence at the heart of the story.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Right. @Bolares you've heard Moiraine mention that the protagonists are Ta'veren, but she didn't explain what that meant. You've also heard mention of the wheel and maybe the pattern. In the books we get a much better explanation of those things. The wheel is something like sewing wheel and the pattern is the reality that is woven by it. Each person, object and creature in existence is a thread.
If you take a shirt and the threads in it, sometimes a thread can move around or even be plucked out and next to nothing will happen to the shirt. Other threads are critical and if you remove them you lose a button or a sleeve falls off. Ta'veren are those critically important threads.
For purposes of the story, the minor threads have more latitude to alter their lives and change their circumstances. The Ta'veren, through, are much more tightly woven into the pattern. Their importance actually swirls the threads of others around them and creates great alterations to the pattern, but while the destines of others get changed, the destines of the Ta'veren are pretty set in stone. It's an interesting contrast that Jordan set up.
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