#rafe Judkins

[ofthebrownajah]

I hope Josha brings the Box up again since he tends to do that in literally every interview. Also fingers crossed for a premiere date! And maybe even a s3 sizzle reel?

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Rafe Judkins talking about Lanfear made me realize why I consider her show version even better than the book one.

[ladyalysoftheblueajah]

Madeleine, Rafe and Josha are at Comic-Con today and this is what they’ve posted to their Stories 🐉

[danielhenneygoogle]

Rafe Judkins discusses Lan and Nynaeve

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Lindsay Duncan (digital painting) / Artist: Miki Földi - Corel Painter Master

[stradowskijosha]

thewheeloftime: Oi Brasil! Much ji to gain tomorrow.

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

I'm not all that surprised by Brandon Sanderson's conduct. I remember what he said about why there were no queer characters in his work.

However, the whole thing about the WoT show being unrewatchable was a bit too rich to go without comment considering I've reread Robert Jordan's books in the series many times without (much) pain but could barely finish a first readthrough of Sanderson's books. They're the reason I've not touched any of his original writing. I hate how he managed the character arcs in wot— how thoughtlessly conventional they were. How lacking in depth and empathy. How flat the female characters became. How Mat was no longer Mat. How scared he was of the queer subtext and polyamory.

I care about character work in storytelling. I love it. Enough to study it in university. The show is doing a better job at writing their character arcs than Sanderson did imo.

Brandon Sanderson is living in a glass house and he shouldn't have thrown these stones.

[cha-faile]

[rand-muadib-althor]

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**Shots of the Episode**

The Wheel of Time (2021)

Season 2, Episode 7: “Daes Dae'Mar” (2023) Director: Sanaa Hamri Cinematographer: Maja Zamajda

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Saw someone say that the wheel of time show has nothing in common with the books and this is. So not correct.

If you want to see what a show looks like when it has nothing to do with the source material, watch Netflix’s take on the witcher. That’s what happens when not only do the people adapting it not care about the source material but the showrunner actually has stated on record that she dislikes the source material. The witcher on Netflix fucked it up so bad that the lead actor, a huge fan of the source material, walked after three seasons. (I have been informed he actually left due to onset conflicts and instances of being misogynistic to his coworkers. Still a bad adaptation but I rescind this point) Pretty sure the entire country of Poland has disavowed this adaptation and the author wants Nothing to do with it.

The wheel of time is the total opposite. It is Extremely clear that the people working on it and the showrunner love the source material.

This production is running off a shoestring budget. Amazon put most of their high fantasy money into the rings of power (and the effects for the volcano eruption). And rather than being given enough seasons to adapt the entire book series, they’ve been given 8. To adapt 14 Extremely long and complicated books. How many named characters are there in the wheel of time?? Over 3000.

They are being given a very short time frame to accomplish a LOT of plot. Of course they’re going to cut stuff. Of course they’re going to combine characters. Season 2 is covering both books II and III! But they are focusing on the arcs of all the major characters and making sure they are set up for all their major character beats, and setting up the power players and institutions that matter in the larger geopolitical conflicts of randland. Sometimes that means making one character have later parts of their own plots sooner than it takes in the books (Moiraine and Mat in particular so far).

There are a lot of people saying it’s a bad adaptation mostly because a. They’ve made any changes from the books at all and b. Too many characters are gay now. Admittedly most of the people complaining about the adaptation having too many gay characters and nonwhite actors are on Reddit, but still. Both of these are of course nonsense. Of course you have to make changes in making Any adaptation of any book but trying to do the wheel of time in 8 seasons is a Herculean task. That’s why RJ made it 14 books, he tried to do it in less and failed cause he was an adhd king.

Rafe and the other writers have their own particular interpretations of characters but they Are interpreting the original work in a way that holds all the core themes. This season in particular is doing a great job so far of establishing the threat of the seanchan and the trauma of when channelers are cut off from the one power, both of which will of course be central focuses of the rest of the narrative for all of our main characters. I’m Really looking forward to the introduction of the Aiel this season as well.

Also if you’re mad there’s so many queer characters Come The Fuck On. Siuaraine is book canon, go reread New Spring. And I think making the polycule an actual polycule instead of a Mormon sisterwife situation is a fucking Brilliant choice. Making polyamory overtly present in the world already with Alanna and her warders is so good! And given they’re already coding Min as bi I have high hopes for Aviendha and Elayne as well (and also Mat, Mat should join the polycule I am crossing my fingers and toes like I know he’s probably gonna marry Tuon still but Come On he deserves to be in the polycule). If there is one thing I trust Rafe and co. to do well with this adaptation it’s the queer stuff.

Like I get it I’m also sad Uno had to die to make the Seanchan look more badass (r.i.p. my favorite foul mouthed bastard). But they have to make changes in the course of adaptation and if your criticism is just ‘they changed something,’ then please look at the holistic context of the changes, and accept that every adaptation of every book will make changes in order to translate the story to film.

[ofthebrownajah]

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Ok but Rafe Judkins interview where he talks about the forsaken makes me so hype to meet all of them ( I mean all of those the show will include). It's gonna be interesting to have fans speculating that every new shady character could be a forsaken.

Moghedien is the proof that being obsessed with the Dragon Reborn makes you crazy, but being obsessed with Nynaeve makes you even crazier.

[damnhotmsimmons]

From Daniel's Instagram Story-12/31/23

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The Wheel of Time (2021- ) tv series

-(started) watchin' Season 2- 9/5/2023- on Amazon Prime