Wheel of Time – Jeff (in the bowtie!)

Perrin from Wheel of Time Holds Laila. There's a crudely drawn thought bubble of a crossed-out axe.

Perrin Done Wrong

Published on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 by Jeff1 Comment

As much as I enjoy the Wheel of Time adaptation on Amazon, there was one small (?) change to the starting circumstances of one of the characters that did not sit right with me. Whereas many of the changes in the show streamline the storytelling and humanize the characters, this one undermined one of the character’s most distinct character traits.

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Moiraine from Wheel of Time with a dorky speech bubble coming out of her mouth

Telling and Showing in Tar Valon

Published on December 13, 2021December 17, 2021 by Jeff1 Comment

“Show, don’t tell,” goes the old adage. Thankfully, that truism is losing power. One of the early episodes of The Wheel of Time does an excellent job demonstrating how those two modes do not have to be mutually exclusive. (This will contain some light spoilers, but only for the first episode.)

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