09-03-2021, 02:50 PM
Yep, completely agree. Logain will illustrate it better than LTT, since the latter won’t mean anything this early on to viewers who haven’t read the books. Plus he’s a staple character with a great arc.
I think the events of New Spring and The Eye of the World will be condensed a bit, not timeline wise, but what happens when, which perhaps explains why Kerene’s still alive (although it does kinda put a spanner in the works of Moiraine being awol for 20 years if there is another AS tasked with the same job -- unless Kerene has also been missing, or perhaps in hiding from the Black Ajah?). We do know we’ll see some flashbacks, though, as they’ve cast a young Moiraine and Siuan. Maybe we’ll see the foretelling itself!
Ah, that makes much more canonical sense as an explanation for disgrace/punishment. Also makes more sense that she gets caught in the Logain stuff after the E5 split up rather than is tasked with it, given that she is supposed to have been away from the Tower so long.
Re: Siuan’s elaborate costume, I agree, it being a formal sitting of the hall and a show of AS power is likely. All the AS there, including Moiraine, are dressed up (spy the kesiera?). I also think it might be to contrast how she will appear when she and Leane are stilled. If they aren’t doing the agelessness they aren’t going to be able to show the actor looking notably young, but they will be able to show her in far more humble and practical garb. I love the tattoo. I think that is probably the nod to her humble beginnings too. Visually it would look super odd if she didn't fit the grand surroundings.
I think the events of New Spring and The Eye of the World will be condensed a bit, not timeline wise, but what happens when, which perhaps explains why Kerene’s still alive (although it does kinda put a spanner in the works of Moiraine being awol for 20 years if there is another AS tasked with the same job -- unless Kerene has also been missing, or perhaps in hiding from the Black Ajah?). We do know we’ll see some flashbacks, though, as they’ve cast a young Moiraine and Siuan. Maybe we’ll see the foretelling itself!
Ah, that makes much more canonical sense as an explanation for disgrace/punishment. Also makes more sense that she gets caught in the Logain stuff after the E5 split up rather than is tasked with it, given that she is supposed to have been away from the Tower so long.
Re: Siuan’s elaborate costume, I agree, it being a formal sitting of the hall and a show of AS power is likely. All the AS there, including Moiraine, are dressed up (spy the kesiera?). I also think it might be to contrast how she will appear when she and Leane are stilled. If they aren’t doing the agelessness they aren’t going to be able to show the actor looking notably young, but they will be able to show her in far more humble and practical garb. I love the tattoo. I think that is probably the nod to her humble beginnings too. Visually it would look super odd if she didn't fit the grand surroundings.
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