[Mazrim]

I thought I was gonna just read the first few books to get ready for the show, but I've kept going. I'm on book 10 now and have some thoughts related to the show:

(Book spoilers ahead)

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• Definitely a smart call making Nynaeve and Egwene both ta'veren, and it wouldn't shock me if other characters are also given that tag and varying strengths of it, since even between Rand/Mat/Perrin there's a differing amount of strength.
• They should steal some of the later books contents about the Seanchan for season 2. It felt weird for them to show up in Book 2, disappear completely, then come back in Book 8.
• On a related note, Mat being separated from the group already is a great way to get the Seanchan stuff underway sooner.
• I think the show would benefit a ton by spending lots of time on the Aiel. They're the most developed culture in the books and worth exploring in the show. I'd be fine with them reducing the slog of internal politics in Tear and Cairhein to make room for it.
• Get Nyanaeve and Lan to marry sooner so she doesn't do the always angry thing.
• For the love of the light, please don't even mention Luca's menagerie in the show.
• Perrin and Faile's relationship will need some work to not be completely cringe-worthy in the show.
• I'd be fine with them keeping the forsaken more mysterious then the books do. All the bickering and losing they do takes some of the stakes away.
• I would personally judge the start of the books getting too bogged down by the volume of characters by Book 8. Very little is accomplished in book 9, and the finale of that book felt rushed and abrupt. Book 10 is where you really see the glacial progress of Jordan's writing become the norm. Nothing is happening and there's a lot of extra talking with little consequence. This is where the show really has a chance to streamline and improve things.
• Dumai's Wells has been mentioned in this thread as a must-see scene, but I'd also like to add a few more: Falme, Rhuidean (the trials where Rand sees the past of the Aiel, the battle with Asmodean, and the flooding afterwards), Rand vs Rahvin in Caemlyn, and the cleansing of saidin at Shadar Logoth.