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Season 2 Finale (lemmy.one)

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Wow I enjoyed that. I feel like they more than made up for season 1. I really enjoyed most of season 2 and the last few episodes really got me excited for what's to come.

Fwiw, I read the books (1-8 I think) like 20+ years ago so have memory of little bits and pieces of the story and vague name recognition. Season 2 knocked it out of the park!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My quick thoughts (I’ve only read the first 3 books)

Show Ishamael was so good I didn’t want him to die.
Letting us see what Lanfear was up to more was cool
Perrin and hopper worked well
Egwene doing it in her own worked well, though I feel like the damane loop idea is a bit strange.
Rand not being able to just fly in the sky and have magic sword battles was very nice IMO. The final stab from Rand though seemed a bit off. Why did Ishy just take it? He wanted to die?
nyneave was definitely short changed a bit here though I feel like they felt they needed to hit certain character moments.
Ulmo speaking on behalf of the writers about being a hero of the horn was hilarious
Giving us old hero Mat was cool
The show is struggling to balance staying true to the show and it’s short runtime. It did well, but I can see the strain.

Question that doesn’t want spoilers (only finished book 3) but can’t help but ask … Rand being stabbed by the shadar blade … is that not a problem with the grander cannon?

EDIT: final positive verdict… I want more. Genuinely sad the season is over.

Otherwise, overall, I like the story they’re telling in the first two seasons, better than the books IMO as a story, except Ishy’s death may have been a bit forced here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Question that doesn’t want spoilers (only finished book 3) but can’t help but ask … Rand being stabbed by the shadar blade … is that not a problem with the grander cannon?

Short answer: ::: It isn’t. :::

Edit: Working spoiler tags seem not yet to be a thing on Lemmy?