I’ve never heard of The 100, but now I’ll have to check it out! My reading and watchlist just keeps growing 🥹

It’s a bit sad that for the sake of “entertainment” or to make things “easier” for a new audience, writers end up butchering such beautifully crafted plots and characters. Mat, for example, another one who got completely “flanderized.” And don’t get me started on the Nynaeve–Lan relationship. In the show, he’s older like in the books, but somehow they made it really weird and awkward, especially with that whole odd tension with Moiraine! 🥲

Maybe the books handle it differently later on (I’m not that far yet), but so far it feels like Jordan gave these dynamics real depth and purpose. The show stripped that nuance away, making everything look rushed and weird. Still, I get what they tried to do, they just missed that careful rhythm that makes Jordan’s storytelling so special.

PS Moiraine, the actress I mean, is the voice behind the new audiobooks and I’ve heard she’s delightful! Have you listened to them?