Wheel of Time Review Rafe RUINS Everyone! Season 2 Episode 4

[@disparutoo]

Wheel of Time review Season 2 Episode 4, I'm a bit behind but with a story like this, that's a good thing! Min decides to sign up with the Forsaken Ishmael like he's not just told her he's the devil. Lan spends the episode whining about Moiraine who can apparently maintain a warder bond while "stilled". Rand instantly finds out Lanfear has been after him when Moiraine magically finds him. No-one knows how she knew. And Liandrin simultaneously cares about Nynaeve and sends her to Falme? Why have you done this? Rafe Judkins has systematically stripped every character of their best parts, it's impressive at this point how little of the books is in the show. But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@Elmarby]

You missed the worst (potential) atrocity of the episode. At the inn, Min and Mat were playing dice and Min was winning everything. Guess they couldn't let a guy have that particular power/plot-line.

[@Feanor1896]

He is not Mazrim Taim the one in the asylum but Logain Amblar.

[@Jamesmatise]

Should be calling this series the waste of time. 55 minutes of pointless meandering plot that goes nowhere and five minutes of idiotic lore-breaking bits of action.

[@skylx0812]

At 16:25 ...round these parts we call that having a hitch in yer git along, varmint.

[@trukeesey8715]

Since nearly everyone in this fillim is foreign, it should be classed as a foreign film, not as English/American/Australian, hence not embraced as a product of our culture, hence ignored; and the company making it ignored in favor of any company composed, at administrative level, by descendants of Northern Europeans, not by Ashkenazim, such as Iger, Chapek, Feig, and dozens of others. Listen to Prem Rawat!

[@multitimmytiger2]

It would be so awesome if someone made a show based on the wheel of time books!

[@Jamesmatise]

They did, it's called Winter Dragon 😆

[@multitimmytiger2]

@@Jamesmatise i rewatched it now. Can't believe I used to think it was so terrible. Just goes to show hos much my standards have degraded since then. (but still not to the point where I would watch Amazons "rendition" though).

[@jacobdad2742]

I've been wishing that since the 90's.

[@moresnacksplease526]

Just using some of the names and locations isn't doing it for you?

[@asarishepard8171]

I know right it could be amazing

[@thomasciuffreda8783]

There are a few people defending this show because the writers give us bits and pieces from the books. It's broken, but too many fans (more than 0 is too many FYI)are desperate to enjoy what they get. Unfortunately, I'm not desperate enough to cope through this. Edit: One correction for you, Disparu. Elayne does follows Egwene and Nynaeve. Min and Elayne eavesdrop on their conversation with Liandrin and decide to tag along to help Rand.

[@rh906]

It's a common theme with modern entertainment. Jangle some keys is enough for them.

[@Senorbenignhillarity]

ie: all of ahsoka. yea people are easily captured by fond memories of past better written and better done productions. with the lack of talent presently tho all they have is key jangling to prod along these incoherent messes

[@rahn45]

Never read the book, but I always get the impression that a bunch of 'writers' decided to 'improve' it by going inserting a lot "And then this happened" into the story.

[@haku8135]

Yes. I've read every single book in the series, and this show from episode ONE has destroyed every character over and over again.

[@TikkiNikki]

I think some of the criticism is overdramstic, but it isn't that same story exactly as the book

[@Raximus3000]

@@TikkiNikki On its own it is a boring woke fantasy story with a magic system that nobody knows how it works.

[@haku8135]

@@TikkiNikki No, almost nothing in the show is the same as the books. The books are actually written WELL. There's a reason this series is considered one of the best fantasy series of all time.

[@mgntstr]

It isn't even close to the story and subtext of the book it pretends to adapt for the visual media.@@TikkiNikki

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

Perfect tagline for the audiobooks "It's like the Amazon show, but actually well-written and fantastic!"

[@Reacted1991]

But the show is nothing like the book

[@aulvinduergard9952]

@@Reacted1991 Exactly.

[@Reacted1991]

@@aulvinduergard9952 this show is as accurate of an adeption as dragonball evolution is to dragonball

[@mgntstr]

I was so checked out I didn't even notice they could not get the simple act of mopping a floor right. The show truly radiates a massive amount of Don't Think About It just Let It Happen.

[@moresnacksplease526]

It's made for career-oriented women to put on as background noise while they work on a computer or clean their apartments. It's not supposed to be watched.

[@Trollificusv2]

@@moresnacksplease526 Well, that changes everything. As something "not to be watched", it's a terrific success! Although you could put on reruns of "Blossom" or "CHIPS" and achieve the same utility minus the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars.

[@manoz6194]

I don't even watch this show but hearing you ripping it apart is hilarious

[@brandon5080]

Rafe keeps inserting female characters into the plot, and he forgets that there was actual was a woman that helped Rand with the Game of Houses. A woman that has more space in the book than any other female character: Verin.

[@toblakai5543]

During his first visit in Cairien it was mostly Loial and Hurin who gave Rand basics about GoH.

[@brandon5080]

@@toblakai5543 You are right. it is is Loial and Hurin that tell Rand about the GoH. I was talking about when they go to the Darkfriend's party and Verin organizes who to bring, who to leave, and convinces Mat to pretend to be Rand's servant so he can better hunt the dagger.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

@@toblakai5543 It was also Thom and Moiraine in Tear.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

None of this is the Wheel of Time... its not based on the source material so you can't called it the Wheel of Time can you...

[@sepulture777]

Hopefully they are still in the arches and this is just an illusion or "The ancients said there were many worlds. Perhaps this ter'angreal takes you to them".

[@brandon5080]

Book spoilers: Early on in The Great Hunt, we learn something about Moiraine. She's not afraid of being stilled. Every other Aes Sedai is terrified of losing her power. That's how dedicated she is the Dragon Reborn. Rafe destroyed this important bit of characterization by having her lose her powers. Another important fact: Lan is fond of Rand. Lan's mentor/apprentice relationship with Rand forces Moiraine to stop thinking about Rand as nothing but the Dragon Reborn and see him a scared but brave boy who needs her protection. I don't think Rafe comprehends a relationship that doesn't involve getting horizonal. This show gives us so much of Moiraine but also so little of her.

[@mgntstr]

Well said. They decided to make Moiraine the main character of the show but for some ineffable reason they made her unrecognizable from the original.

[@moresnacksplease526]

The problem with Jordan's Moraine is that she was too cool and mysterious, so Rafe's doing the right thing by overloading the audience with information about her. We've seen Lan taking a whiz now, which is something we always wanted brought to life on screen, but why is Rafe robbing fans by refusing to provide insight into Moraine's morning dump?

[@mgntstr]

Yeah Moraine surely she squeezed in some head early in the morning from the pisspot maids.@@moresnacksplease526

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

Rafe hates the male characters so much, that he can't resist using the female characters to crap all over them... even when it has the sometimes subtle side effect of making the female character into someone that no one likes. Probably the first example is just outside Shadar Logoth. Instead of it being Moiraine's smart but risky decision, they turn it into Lan's stupidity... and thus begin to turn Moraine into Moron. Then, in S1E6, in order to push the idea that the DR is NOT a male, they have Moron being a Moron, and pushing that stupid narrative about Tiamat... a 5-headed dragon, and Nynaeve, in spite of the fact that she knows it CAN'T be Nynaeve, because N is too old...

[@asarishepard8171]

Lan not trying to teach rand any fighting is very out of character.

[@jasonwrathorn9281]

Elayne actually did go to Flame... so did min. Moraine did have sisters, two of them in fact (Anvaere & Innloine), but to the best of my recollection neither ever showed up in the series because they weren't interested in politics (one was into hunting and one was a homemaker) and house Damodred was despised after the death of her uncles, and the burning of the topless towers in the aiel war. It's really amazing how little world building Amazon has time for in this show. It's like someone read a critique of the game of thrones ending and said 'hold my beer!'

[@rh906]

8 episodes isn't enough time for crap. I have a feeling these crap writers were the ones that suggested this change in seasons.

[@DankworthBalthazar]

I'm pretty sure they were both older sisters as well, not younger sisters. And even if they were younger, Moiraine was only in her early 40's, so the little sister would only be like late 30's at most. But apparently they really needed another example of Aes Sedai longevity, even though they already had that made-up nonsense about Liandrin's imaginary son to drive the point home. Not sure why they couldn't just have Adeleas or Verin put flowers on two graves, and mention that they were two of her Warders who died of old age, "and now [warder's name] is getting up there as well. I'll probably outlast two or three more before the Wheel is done with me." or something like that to make the point without all this empty drama with new characters that don't matter. Only a little related, but I think Moiraine's little sister is going to get combined with/replace Lady Colaveare if the show runs long enough, [SPOILER TIME] so that when Rand has to dethrone her, the exile instead of execution will be a gesture toward Moiraine, and her subsequent self-deletion will cause more pointless drama between the protagonists. Because if there's one thing the books didn't have enough of, it's petty conflicts and bad communication dragging the champions of the Light down.🤦🏻

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Moiraine isn't all that old. Probably in her 40s. She was Accepted when the older Aes Sedai had the Fortelling of Rand being born and spends the next 18 years looking for him. But they had to age everyone up.

[@jasonwrathorn9281]

@@booshmcfadden7638 No, they 'chose to' age everyone up. It wasn't required, but it was a part of the change they wanted to make on the lore.

[@DankworthBalthazar]

@@booshmcfadden7638 She was born in 956NE, and the books start in 998NE. Moiraine was 42 in the first two books, give or take a year because we don't have an exact birthday for anyone.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

I literally don't watch any shows you review, but you ripping these shows apart is hilarious

[@lahazard]

I agree. Once I realize these shows are indeed crap, usually takes much less than an episode, I will no longer watch any more, but I look forward to Disparu's reviews. They are far more entertaining and enjoyable.

[@MrNneel5122]

I have absolutely no dog in this fight. No knowledge of Wheel of Time at all. That said, these videos are fucking gold! I get to keep up with a show I would never watch, and actually be entertained while doing it. Cheers!

[@NoPantsBaby]

"I am semi-immortal, such a curse, I have to watch the suffering of others and their despair at dying whilst I barely age, can you even imagine how hard that is on me?" Getting that real "Women suffer most in wars because their husbands die in them" vibe. EDIT: Damn it Disparu! You referenced what I commented.

[@aulvinduergard9952]

Yeah, the whole "oh woe is me!" thing also wouldn't seem like complete bullshit if we didn't know that the White Tower is so isolated from the rest of the world that the girls who go there can be there for a few decades and barely register that anything has happened in the outside world.

[@Trollificusv2]

Yeah. I recently saw an appeal for concern because "A quarter of homeless are women!". How can you even say something like that without perceiving the irony?? But it was serious af.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@Trollificusv2 Because mens lives have no value to women or the people in charge. Homeless men are not a problem. Just get a job. Stop being poor. Homeless women are a problem, theyre so helpless and its not their fault.

[@LimSky420]

Lol they destroyed the reason Elayne wanted to go with Egwene and Nynaeve too... Elayne met Rand in her palace and she fell in love Immediately. Rand, Mat and Perrin were all together so Liandrin said they were all in danger. Elayne came with them because she wanted to help Rand, the guy she fell head over heels for. But in this show they haven't met 😅

[@zeroryuj6093]

Love how the whole dynamic with Rand and Selene is that she is supposed to be the most beautiful woman ANY man has ever seen and she constantly tries to use that against Rand to seduce him and due to Rand's morals he always rejects her and that specifically is what leads to a huge plot point later on...that the show will never be able to do correctly because Selene and Rand have now slept together...destroying Rand, his morality, selene's goals and his relationship with Aviendha, Min and Elayne who bond over worrying about Rand slipping...but never does...oh well I guess. And this is the problem with writers adding their own BS where it doesn't belong, something as simple as creating the wrong relationship that didn't exist literally screws with multiple characters and entire plotlines...but the show skips around between 5 different books in a single given episode at times, so who even cares at this point right? Seriously, after listening to these break downs, I honestly couldn't tell where the show is supposed to be, some events don't happen until like book 5, but characters are just being introduced now who were introduced in Book one, Rand is meeting people he doesn't meet until book 4 yet we're also doing events that happened in Book 2....it's like they're trying to cram 5-6 books worth into 8 episodes while also wasting time and adding BS that doesn't need to be there and I honestly haven't a clue where the show is actually supposed to be.

[@intigeral727]

In their efforts to make strong, powerful women, there is no IP that modern writers will not castrate.

[@mgntstr]

even going so far as to work castration of males into the dialogue

[@RuailleBuaille]

Destroying strong, powerful women and men in the process of "fixing" them

[@deemcclanahan]

at this point in the story, Rand was still in love with Egwyne and even turned down several women because he still felt "tied" to Egwyne. It wasn't till AFTER he gained the crystal sword and became the dragon reborn, that they both agreed that they would go different directions. And Rand first made love to a woman from the 3-fold land, long after he realized he WAS the dragon reborn.

[@boobah5643]

It's not clear that Rand and Egwene were ever 'in love.' They just seemed the best fit for each other in their tiny social sphere; the whole village just assumed they'd marry, and they _did_ think they each had a claim on the other, though.

[@toblakai5543]

From Egwene point of view I would say they were over just after Falme, after talk with Min.

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@toblakai5543from egwene point of view they were over since she first saw that aram guy in eye of the world. Rand was the only one respectful and loyal in the relationship so i am glad that they decided to part way

[@racheljames7]

I'm over the moon we finally got a few of Disparu's famous "whor-" moments 😂

[@deemcclanahan]

hahahahahaa

[@Kenb3d1]

Let the savagery commence! I could watch this for hours, takes a lot of the sting out of having what maybe the only serious attempt at a WoT tv show utterly ruined by Rafe and his cronies.

[@WineAndDissent]

"If you wanted to systematically destroy everything The Wheel of Time was, you're doing a great job." End of review. 😑

[@zoebaggins90]

That's exactly what they're doing.

[@MajorSmurf]

I've been thinking if time travel was possible but you could only go back once. What would I do? I think I would travel back to whoever came up with the copyright idea beat them over the head with a big metal spoon and get them to change it to state that any work immediately, after the original creator dies, goes straight into the public domain. Yes this might mean we get a bunch of bad projects like this one but at least it means corporations can't horde a property away from actual good writers who want to do something with the universe or a more faithful adaptation. Would actually make TV writers pull their socks up and put out the best work they can.

[@duncanlutz3698]

blame Disney. No seriously. Disney keeps fucking with copyright law to make sure it's characters have never entered public domain.

[@ceinwenchandler4716]

I want to have it in my will that, once I'm gone, everything I've ever written goes right to public domain or at least creative commons. Maybe this won't matter, but if I reach any level of success, people are going to write fanfiction anyway. Once I'm gone, there should be no way to officially continue my stories.

[@MajorSmurf]

@@ceinwenchandler4716 Yeah that's how I feel to. If I ever manage to write something really good and that's adored. I want to allow the best writers to use the framework I build to add to my work. Not to just use my name to gain fame or money. Of course I understand authors and creators who want to provide for their family with everything they need to survive after they're gone but surely once you reach that level of success you have more than enough in assets for them to sell of other then your prized work rights. Yet I don't think my future ancestors (That you'll never meet) or some random company should get a free ride by selling off or using my hard work. I put the effort into that you don't get to use me for your own success. You got to put the hard work in.

[@asarishepard8171]

Pull their socks up, im gonna use that!

[@JohnTCampbell1986]

Oh man I can't wait to see his reaction when Moiraine is writing to Siuan saying she's been stilled in the latest ep . I think I'll hear him recording the video from my back garden.

[@ceinwenchandler4716]

I really hope they DON'T cancel Season 3. I wanna see you review it.

[@moresnacksplease526]

I love the reviews, but they need to cancel this and sell the IP ASAP so someone else can make it while I'm still alive. I waited 25 years for this dogshit of a series.

[@ceinwenchandler4716]

@@moresnacksplease526 Totally valid opinion/desire.

[@Tonwen]

I gotta say this TV show did one thing right, it introduced me to the books, by poxy of you and others reviewing it. Thanks Disparu.😎

[@deemcclanahan]

Congrats. And we know you will enjoy a REAL story by reading them. I'm going back through them myself. Just reiterates to me that THIS is NOT Wheel of Time. It may be another turn or a different world, but not the one from the book. At All.

[@moresnacksplease526]

​@@deemcclanahan Same. Doing audible this time, and so far refusing to purchase the Rosamund Pike version.

[@johnhughes2124]

Likewise mate, halfway through book 7 after two weeks

[@winxclubflora8446]

@@johnhughes2124same i got introduced to thd legendary books after this trash tv show. I am currently starting the 3rd book and i am still crying over ingtar and geoframs death...never thought i would be on a white cloaks side but robert jordan is a genius man

[@spacedoyster7686]

One of the things that annoyed me about Moron asking about Rand in this episode is how straightforward she was. If this was Moraine, she wouldn't have asked after Rand so directly, because she's smart. She could have fished for the information she wanted by asking different questions, like "You haven't had any issues with your new employees, I trust?" or "A shame about the inn burning down. I hope no one was hurt."

[@peteyclub]

Love your stuff, Disparu. But, you keep referring to Logain as Taim, who hasn't been introduced in the books or series by this point. Small point, but when people are going to argue about whether Moiraine had sisters in the book, we need to get as much right as possible.

[@ericleegardner6261]

"Hotdog down the Hadron Collider" !!! LOL, I spontaneously laughed so loudly that my next-door neighbors wondered if there was an incoming thunderstorm! Good grief dude. LoL 😂😂😂

[@avanz2885]

The mopping scene was so lazy 😄 Lan pissing against a tree when Liandrian had already compared Warders to dogs, Alanna's warders sute act like the proverbial faithful hounds Moraine acting like she's this great puppet master This show is badly written fanfic 🙄

[@brandon5080]

Book Spoiler: The traits that all the heroes of the Wheel of Time have is loyalty and courage. Egwene is no exception. Her use of the One Power is limited to lighting candles/campfires and making small glowing balls of life. The closest thing she has to fighting knowledge is that she knows how to use a sling. She has a dream power that she used once by the time. That's it. Despite this, Egwene never hesitates to help her friends. Especially Rand.

[@daelusca]

Egwene is a "hero" in WoT? What series did you read? While Jordan never directly called her evil, he was very clear in his writing, from Book 1, Chapter 4, that she was a narcissist, entirely devoted to her own gain; she cared about noone save herself. He implicitly declared who she was when the boys needed to be torn from their village that they wanted to stay and defend after Winter's Night and would only leave once they were convinced the trollocs would continue attacking their village unless they left. Egwene, one of the 2 main healers in the village, instead of staying to help Nynaeve save the lives of those injured in the attack, wanted to go on an "adventure".....her words. Every decision she makes in the book and to advance her cause, Jordan could not have been clearer.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

@@daelusca Looks like you only read Book 1, Chapter 4. You should read before and after that one chapter. Your description of the character falls apart completely if more information from the rest of the series in introduced. Ambition and wanting to better oneself is not the same thing as being selfish and narcissistic.

[@daelusca]

lol....I doubt there are more than a handful of fans that have read this entire series more than I have. Egwene is the definition of a narcissist throughout all 14 books. She admits it to herself when she is alone in Telaranriod, because she wouldn't allow Nynaeve or Elayne enough time with the ring to practice because she wanted to be the only Dreamer in over a thousand years. Time and again Jordan clearly shows who she is. She villifies Elaida for having Aes Sedai swear oaths directly to her (instead of the Tower) and yet she does the exact same thing at the exact same time (Myrelle and the one helping with Lan's bond were the first 2 she subjigated). Care to show an example where that description "falls apart"? I'll be holding my breath in anticipation. You should try reading what the author writes and not the fan-fiction you are feeding yourself instead.

[@shpankey]

Disparu, you are the best. Thank you for these! :)

[@TNM001]

listen...you can't tell me a man wrote that scene were she raves on about her ex boyfriend and he plays along as a romantic gettogether...ffs c'mon. only in a womens head does such a scene exist lol. also...the contrast between One Piece, a highly condensed show, vs. this drivel, which should be as highly condensed, but is 90% filler...is just astounding.

[@Rar830]

The only reason One Piece is a faithful adaptation is because every decision went through Oda before it could be implemented and he provided a lot of guidance to them. The fact there managing to condense 100s of chapters and make it actually work is quite impressive as well.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@Rar830 Do we already know how many chapters season 1 will cover? I have heard good things about the show though.

[@nullpexception]

Yeah, but this version of Rand was written as a ball-less cuck from the jump. Just more crap to double-down on how they murdered his character.

[@Raximus3000]

@@Rar830 95 chapters and 46 episodes(from which several contain filler) It is hardly a new thing even for One piece there is a movie/special called episode of Nami which is basicaly the last 2 episodes of the LA series in 1 hour and 45 minutes... Better question, why is it sooo hard for western directors to keep their egos in check and do their damn job in addapting the work of someone else rather than hijacking it and add their own crap?

[@Raximus3000]

@@kaltaron1284 95 chapters and 46 episodes(from which several contain filler)

[@alexis162103]

Could Alannah say "If anyone says anything about the salt, I'll set you on fire" if it wasn't true? Would she really have to set someone on fire if they said something?

[@papabull8993]

I believe it would cause a paradox between two Oaths. 1. Not to lie and 2. They can only kill in self defense. So I don't think she could say it because she knows she cannot follow through on the promise. Or she is of the Black Ajia and her vows have already been severed, so she can lie and kill.

[@SkepTank0404]

pretty sure shes black aja so it doesnt matter

[@kaltaron1284]

@@papabull8993 Well, you could set someone on fire and not kill him. Can be just a little smolder. Aes Sedai are supposed to be very good at picking at technicalities and exact wordings.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@SkepTank0404 But being able to make the statement and then not following through with it, would reveal that. So it would be a pretty stupid thing to do.

[@Jamesmatise]

Aes Sedai could exagerate to some extent without breaking the three oaths, there was a line in the books that said that you didn't need to take every threat literally but that a mouse could starve on the difference. They wouldn't say something that idiotic, though.

[@lordravenblade]

If I remember right, it was possible to Shield someone, and invert the shield weave so it was invisible, and the person so Shielded would appear to be unable to touch the Power, which is how both Stilled and ungifted appear to channelers. So in this case it would explain people thinking Moiraine is Stilled but I'm sure it would be an accidental coincidence since they obviously don't care about obscure things in the books.

[@aaronc4899]

This happened to Liandrin in the books (and Falion, I guess). After Liandrin was permanently shielded, she was subsequently captured by the Seanchan. The Seanchan knew that she was a channeler, but they did not understand the effect that was keeping her from channeling. IIRC, Morgase (a weak and untrained channeler) encountered the enslaved Liandrin without knowing she was Aes Sedai, and had the distinct impression that Liandrin could channel. So, no, in the books, a woman being shielded did not prevent other women from detecting her channeling ability.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

If Moron was just shielded the shield should have worn off by now... or she should have been able to break it by now, since it would be tied off... like Logain did In S2E6, we get the answer... unless, of course, Moron is lying again... or being stupid again.

[@WineAndDissent]

Omg I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed the floor mopping scene was so STUPID! 😂VINDICATION!

[@lievhenrickssonliveatthelo9422]

Thanks Disparu for be better than Rampulstilkyn himself, he was able to turn straw into gold but You Sir is the one able to turn Shit into Comedic Gold intentionally or not at the will of the audience's ears. CHEERS 🍻

[@WilAdams]

I understand the rage felt here regarding the swapping out of the story by the unsuccessful writer/show runner Rafe Judkins. Having read the books I will say they are utterly WOKE so the need for all of this re-doing by Rafe is not needed, UNLESS, what he is actually doing is USING the well known and bestselling series by Jordan to draw in an audience and then SUBJECT them all to HIS writing/storytelling talent. The evidence shows us all that he has no talent.

[@mgntstr]

the books where utterly WOKE? I.. this aught to be good. Tells us how.

[@ceinwenchandler4716]

@@mgntstr Remember Ebou Dar? If I had to guess, this is about all the matriarchal systems and domineering female characters. (I hated everything about Ebou Dar and found it to be a really unpleasant distillation of what most of the female characters are like. That's why I mentioned it first.)

[@WilAdams]

@@mgntstr well, for one thing ALL the rulers in the lands, with only an exception or two, are female. In real life men would have taken over at least a couple of those women-run nations since none of queens are noted for their military experience, and the invaders in the West of the continent prove that the queens are not military leaders since they fell to the invaders almost instantly. Next, the story line (all of them) involving the One Power project the idea that while doing things like LINKING with men enhances the power they can wield women REFUSE to even consider it. Rand was the one who used this link to CLEANSE the male side of the One Power, and STILL the women were not painted by the author as individuals who are instantly replaced when this news spread from one nation to the next. I can go on, for example, with the Invaders Why were their enslaved power uses only women? Are we supposed to believe that their nation also feared men with the power? Are we supposed to believe that throughout their nations of conquest they did not encounter/enslave a single male channeler? No. That is unrealistic AND the author did not want anyone during this age to use the One Power (except for the rogue males and Rand.). WOKE.

[@mgntstr]

Uh-hu Ebou Dar. Yes, an unbalanced cesspit of misandry promiscuity moral depravity and crime so high they are on the brink of collapse because of the inept matriarchs there. Highlighting the importance of male and female gender roles. @@ceinwenchandler4716

[@boobah5643]

Woke? Maybe as far as the time they began publishing, but today you can't have a universe that distinguishes between men and women; _saidin_ and _saidar_ are the power that drives Creation and are split between male and female. It's questionable to acknowledge that _societies_ distinguish between men and women, and that's a constant topic in the books. Jordan never makes the claim that one is greater than the other, but they are distinct and often separate.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

The script must have said "with a bounce in her step" and she's obviously never done that naturally before.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

"throwing a hot dog down the hadron collider" - Disparu, 2023🤣 Or was that a hardon collider?😁

[@VandaSel]

It's hilarious how you point out all the bs.... 😂 Thank you.

[@aulvinduergard9952]

Disparu seems to be really reaching when trying to make fun of things in this show. He claims to know the books, but conveniently forgets there actually were things like he's making fun of in the books. Take the colored Aes Sedi symbols, for example: The Ajahs used Aes Sedi symbols of their color to differentiate themselves from each other with their shawls, but we're not even 4 mins in and he's making fun of the very thing on the Accepted clothes.

[@jjgourde]

Aes Sedai means servant. And Moiriane is in service and see her self as such in the books not as a god.

[@kaltaron1284]

To be fair, a servant can manipulate his master. If it's a good and faithful one to his master's good but other examples exist.

[@boobah5643]

Her 'service' is to the world, rather than any one person. Her first goal is to ensure the Dark One isn't freed, and her second is to prevent another Breaking of the World. Her initial method is attempting to make him a puppet, and when that fails by offering advice to help him accomplish _his_ goals.

[@waylander9265]

I swear to god I’m am so sick of listening to Liandrin and Alanna. Why are they here? Has anyone who has actually read the books ever asked for more of these boring inconsequential characters. They’ve cut Galad, Gawyn, Juilin, Gaul, Elaida and Hurin (Morgase and Byrne from season 1 too) from the season and they’ve had more screen time than Thom, Tam, Fain and worst of all Mat “flaming”Cauthon, the most popular character of the series and an actual main character. This show needs to stop side tracking the plot to explore the emotions of characters who have no bearing on the story. Oh no Liandrin has an old decrepit son, how does that affect her story or character? It doesn’t, you could cut the whole thing and nothing would change. Alanna likes to have threesomes with her warders, we got it the first time, what bearing does it have on Aes Sedai politics? There is so much time being wasted, yet this show is discarding over a thousand pages of world class fiction

[@mgntstr]

They seem so sure that sex and men acting feminine is what makes any story a good story, apparently.

[@retroarcadefan]

Amazon might want to retitle this The Waste of Time to give the perfect synopsis of what viewers will experience.

[@benhunt4690]

They sure killed the book version of Moraine, didn't they. This Moraine is a nightmare that I'd actively run from.

[@bjaurelio]

Tons of shade thrown at the show's Egwene in this review, but it's still not enough.

[@benhunt4690]

Who's ready for Rand to die mysteriously and Egwene be revealed as the REAL dragon, after which she and Moraine go on to destroy the dark one forever with superb ease.

[@mariusreinecker1556]

Y'know, there was a time when I couldn't understand for the life of me why someone would bother to watch or read reviews of something. I know what I like and really didn't care what someone else thought as long as I felt entertained. I was fully aware I liked some things that were objectively good, and some that really were absolutely terrible. Why would I want to get some random stranger's take on something I already watched and either liked, or didn't? Also, wouldn't help me to decide to see something or not, because tastes vary and as I said I like some stuff others hate. I would never have thought that I would get to the point I'm at now, where the reviews are the actual entertainment and I can't be bothered to watch their subject matter anymore because I know I would just get either bored, annoyed or both. It's crazy. Your rantviews simply are the best, keep it up!

[@toblakai5543]

Thats a sad state of todays wirters quality when review of "entertaiment" is more entertaining that watching thing itself.

[@IstariAzul777]

Why is Amazon putting people like rafe or those RoP guys in positions they aren’t qualified for in any way. You’d think they’d have recruited from LotR or battlestar or basically any SUCCESSFUL epic sci fun or fantasy production Rafe briefly wrote for agents of shield but how is he qualified to be a showrunner?! It’s so depressing watching Amazon spend literal Billions to produce such mediocrity

[@gethralkin8545]

A mace in the face will make you race with haste to the nearest plastic surgeon place.

[@shaunwhitehead1485]

5:36 This green would be fun to…. Serve 🤫 better than most of the others

[@jasonbowen3842]

Thank the one source another disparu review. An actual channeler

[@timcotton1782]

FYI: Remember, in the book people fall into three categories where the Power is concerned: Those with an innate spark who are going to channel no matter what; those with the capacity who can be taught, but exhibit no obvious tendency; and those who cannot channel at all. So when Anvaere (a real book character from the prequel, no matter how many times you claim she is fabricated) says; "Light knows I tried.", it is not out of canon. Of course the plot/scene is, and you are right to blast it, but watch out you get details correct while claiming they don't get details correct. Like claiming Elayne wasn't involve with the girls going to Falme. She absolutely was. You are correct that Min is missing from this, because she's doing Ishamael's/Liandrin's bidding in getting Mat to join Rand.

[@somegenerichandle]

Oh... it seems Rafe Judkins studied anthropology and biology at Brown University. You'd think they'd either hire someone with experience or someone with a degree. His experience is being a contestant on Survivor.

[@Blayzn18]

Let's get Rafe to re-write it, he's got no talent, so that should work! Epic quote!

[@Gorillamar]

Disparu confirming he listens to Tech9 with the “pour me another drink” line?

[@timcotton1782]

What Rafe, and everyone connected with RPVP (Rosamund Pike's Vanity Project), will never understand is the bedrock lesson of the book, the very reason why the yin-yang symbol is employed. Only when men and women work together do things work well. Lews Therin knew how to seal up the Dark One, but the women refused to take part. So he did it with men alone, and it worked, but with disastrous consequences. Now, matriarchy is prominent (though not universal), women rule in truth via the White Tower where 99% of magical power is concentrated, and the world remains chaotic. That's all on a macro scale. On the small scale, Aes Sedai have Warders because men are better fighters, better guards, and provide psychological balance; also because the Aes Sedai are "constrained" by the Three Oaths, having a bonded partner who can lie and fight on the moment is useful. This show attempts to tell us all the reasons why Aes Sedai have Warders, and they are all WRONG and stupid. "We remind them that they are not gods" No, that's idiotic. Every moment of the Tower training is reminder that a women who can use Saidar doesn't become a god; you don't have delusions of divinity while mucking out stables, hoeing cabbage, scrubbing pots, and mopping floors. So nothing about having a Warder involves reminding them of the first lessons of a novice; it is about having someone who can watch while you're focused on channeling, someone who can speak unconstrained, and oh, someone who doesn't automatically frighten people because of the power they can wield. Moiraine always sends Lan to speak with innkeepers, ship captains, merchants and the like to avoid being recognized, and avoid the intimidation which comes with having to face an Aes Sedai.

[@xMPGx]

Yeah, this is not just a "translation" problem. The writers on this show are absolutely horrible and have no idea how characters work, and they are just wasting the Actors (some are pretty good), but more importantly , like Netflix did to The Witcher, they are ruining a Writer's life-long work and success . I am certainly convinced the Writer's don't "study/read/talk about" the books their show is based on... 1. If they did actually read and discuss the books, the show would have some idea who their Core Characters are ( this show is 1.5 seasons in and it still doesn't know who it wants to lead) . The man playing Rand is actually pretty decent at it ... LET HIM FREAKING ACT , give him at least 1 episode . Instead, we get Nyneave / Egwene ( who i both like, but they have become 1 dimensional in this show) scenes, or we are forced to watch Moraine walk around looking kinda sad... wtf is happening in this show? WHY IS THERE NO URGENCY to FIND THE F*CKING HORN ? And what has happened with Mat and the Dagger? The first Season they butchered the last 2-3 episodes / Blight/ Green Man/ Eye of the World from book 1 (the best part of the book) ... It only makes sense, that probably my favorite scene out of the first... 4 or maybe 5 books ( the search for horn(and dagger, remember that? Mat is literally dying a slow death because Fain took that dagger too) / sneaking into Falme / the battle at Toman Head) at the end of Book 2 will get ruined too. God... there is so much material they are just blatantly ignoring ... this show deserves people/writers/ARTIST who actually care about their craft ... They are too scared to allow the Male characters to show their strengths (Warders HARDLY EVER TALK ) (ESPECIIALY LAN !!!! LAN HATES TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE WTFFFFF) , but we should of had 3-4 fighting scenes so far. we have had what.. 1 ? 2 maybe if you count Nynaeve escaping from the seanchan ( don't get me started on Liandrin ... ) Lord of The Rings, Wheel of Time, Witcher... it's almost like the art of Story-Telling is being ruined on purpose . Why? Who knows?

[@conradmills4977]

I appreciate how little eye contact characters make while having intimate conversations, very realistic and relatable.

[@rayman17420]

I honestly think the books were too complicated for the writers to figure out and adapt so they had their angsty, feminist teenage daughters read them and write up a synopsis and this series is the result

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

"angsty, feminist teenage daughters"... What do you think the show-runner is?😁

[@asarishepard8171]

They didn't even read them, they just skipped all that nuance and read the more plot point sections to get the plot gist. I refuse to accept anyone on this team has read an entire book let alone one in this series.

[@HB-zt1ed]

thats not true. They have several hardcore book readers as advisers who know the lore way more than you ever will. The world of wheel of time is just kind of "woke". And you cant adapt 15 massive books and 1000+ characters in 8 seasons. Thats impossible. So you have to rewrite a lot. And yes, season 1 was not very good, the finale was horrible. But season 2 is really good now. So stop the unnecessary hate...

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

@@HB-zt1ed And not one single thing that you said explains the reason that they've turned MIN into a Darkfriend. There is NO excuse for that. Nor does any of that excuse having Perrin fridge his wife... the "triangle" crap between Rand, Perrin and Egwene... turning Moiraine into Moron... Lan into whiny simp, Mat into thief who is able to feed evil to Mashadar... And season 2 is continuing the pattern laid down in season 1.

[@dbeaton1111]

What a boring world this is. There are no beautiful women, and instead of "timeless," most Aes Sedai seem to be post-menopausal frumps. Rafe is clearly making a statement, but what?

[@TheDetectiveEngineer]

Welcome to 'The Wheel of Time' based on the book series of the same name while being so far from it as possible. Come readers and non readers alike. Non readers watch and be uninterested while the readers hate the show. We made the show with mininum research into source material that even wiki pages are more interesting. Lo and behold the perfect example of modern writing. You're welcome

[@timcotton1782]

FYI: Anvaere Damodred is a Robert Jordan character. Mentioned exactly once in New Spring, when Moiraine is afraid the White Tower is planning to put her on the Sun Throne in Cairhien, as her Uncle, King Laman has been executed by the Aiel. She ponders her two older sisters as potential heirs, Anvaere and Innloine. The Accepted dress is described as having the 7 color bands at the hem, not the cuffs. Erm, the dude in the insane asylum is not Taim, it's Logain. I know you knew that, but you said Taim...

[@trukeesey8715]

Danny DeVito is only 5" taller than Dinklage. Why is he never mentioned in discussions about wee actors and actresses? Listen to Prem Rawat!

[@TurinStark5]

Amazon then wonders why their shows are failing and why they can't catch up to the other streaming platforms..

[@chrispalmer3330]

Your sarcasm gets me every time. I love it. Thanks.

[@totomen666]

Selene is most evil name after Lilith, it's seems so, every nerd and geek writer making SELENE of epitome dark witch, like every scary hag is somehow a Baba Yaga even if it's male /lmao

[@LimSky420]

Mazrim Taim never trained Rand it was Asmodean, one of the forsaken who did... after Lanfear shielded him so he could only channel a small amount. The story doesn't say who killed Asmodean lol I believe it was implied that Semirhage did.

[@kaineleggett3401]

Should have got Uwe Boll involved.

[@CourtneyIsGoblin]

I laugh way too hard whenever you use the "no one cares" clip. The timing is always so perfect.

[@sethkaicer319]

Disparu and I thought that rigamortis was a venereal disease.

[@lordravenblade]

The Forsaken don't call themselves the Forsaken!

[@boobah5643]

Everything else is wrong; why would they get the Chosen right?

[@lordravenblade]

@@boobah5643 Just another thing I wanted to complain about that I didn't hear Disparu mention.

[@grantmiller6570]

Dude, I kind of get a vague feeling, in the back of my mind, just a faint tingling of my Spidey sense, that this series is slightly pissing you off just a little bit.

[@UncensoredScion]

I mean I know they couldn't get ACTUAL Wolves but they could've done something with scale, just google up Husky next to Wolf and see how bigger they are the first picture is of one shitting himself knowing he's about to die!

[@BenjaminPorter-c6x]

They could include some magical rings. Rename it the power of rings.

[@rangerstedfast]

These videos just get better and better, had me howling several times

[@magister343]

Note that while the power is used to create the bond, it is possible for someone unable to channel to have a bond to a warder and to shield the bond. Rand became a warder to Min, as well as Elayne and Aviendha.

[@jakobbraun5180]

They could take every character and name them after the characters of any random novel and it wouldn‘t be less accurate than this show 😂

[@thatstarscourgebrother680]

"why'd you bring me up here just to tell me how you couldn't keep your legs closed!" 😂🤣

[@3spectre26]

"If I got hired for Wheel of Time, I'd be miserable as well." ---Disparu >>> LOL!!

[@TerryB01]

This series is so painful to get trough.

[@papabull8993]

Just let Disparu do the suffering. I only watch his review, saves me the pain.

[@2103Chatto]

Isn't it Logain in the asylum?

[@Sleeptastic]

He's trolling

[@MarrisaPlays]

this was the episode i completly gave up trying to watch the show. The way Moiraine has acted before this was so wrong but just the way she enteracted with her sister tipped the scales. Moiraine was calm cool and collected. She didnt show emotions or even really any stress, you never knew what she was thinking or going to do. But this one she is rude, insufferable and scattered. She acts with the chaotic energy of a drug addict who cant find the next hit.

[@account01289]

Your reviews are far more entertaining than this series ever was! ❤ (Or will be)

[@sepulture777]

Hopefully they are still in the arches and this is just an illusion or "The ancients said there were many worlds. Perhaps this ter'angreal takes you to them". A new hope

[@Zephyr503]

6:06 "The fastest anyone's become Accepted since Cadsuane" Well that's a lie. Cadsuane was a novice for six years. Plenty do it in 5. Moiraine, Siuan, Elaida did it in 3. Nynaeve did it in months. 8:00 If Moiraine changed it was because she found out that the Black Ajah were real and murdered all the most powerful sisters. And that was only a few months at most before meeting Lan.

[@bookcloaks]

Lan reads the poem (which is written in the old tongue) that mentions the “Daughter of the Night.” Maksim knows this means Lanfear, but Lan must not know that. But the problem is that the way you spell “Daughter of the Night” in the old tongue is: “Lanfear.”

[@bloodrunsclear]

Imagine writing in your script ‘She kills a child…but nobody cares because he’s a man and she isn’t.’

[@Stellarcrete]

Thank you. Thank you. I can't believe you got all the errors in 35min flat. "I did help............YOU." HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@jijicristi329]

The Nynaeve scene was horrible, I'm surprised you didn't pick up on how they would mainly talk only when the camera wasn't on the talker, how they re-used one scene of Egweyne looking down back to back, and the dialogue making no sense at all. Oh and the interaction between Logain Taim (I think they're gonna mix the 2 into 1 character) and Moiraine: Spoilers: in E6 Rand comes back to him and tells him "You're gonna train me because you need a purpose." damn this show is a mess, nothing adds up (and I can't wait for Disparu's reaction to the magic in E6 XD)

[@999theeagle]

Hopper flew in the wolfdream didnt he?

[@mgntstr]

yep... yep, he soared like an eagle.

[@TheJammerman]

It’s just fucking wild how NOT the WoT books this show is.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

I honestly can't imagine how a deep fan of the books could stand to watch 1/2 of an episode of this have wrong it is. At least with "Rings of Rings" we all KNEW they had to make it up because they had the rights to about a dozen pages for 7 seasons.

[@johndunn1625]

A mix of depression, rage, and utter confusion/disbelief at what Rafe did. That's how I felt

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@johndunn1625 Well I certainly feel sorry for you. Something you'll never hear from them sadly. I'm planning on picking up the books because if nothing else Disparu has me interested in the REAL story.

[@lillithsummers8817]

Sorry to be the accctshuly guy, but acccctshuly , the women did go back to the room with the rings again (it’s where they tested for becoming Aes Sedai) and I think they did (for once) a good job showing how brutal the testing was. They didn’t give the test to *everyone* because more than a few refused the test and were put out of the tower and some never came out of the rings again. It IS a pretty big deal.

[@morrielarsen]

I'm simultaneously hate watching the show and re-reading the series, it takes some of the sting out of the show. I feel bad for the actors on the show, some of them are really good but the writing is awful. I find my self repeatedly saying, "this is so stupid." They're aiming for game of thrones and hitting zena warrior princess...with less attractive people.

[@hibiscus779]

We need a show where Egwene is summoned by the night sisters into the Ahsoka universe and she becomes Sabine Wren's BFF. I want to see the reaction video

[@nicholascowling7052]

NGL I understand why people gave Judkins and the writers death threats. Don't condone it... but I can understand it.

[@wheelofwokesellouts3900]

remember lanfear look like shes clean and how she looks ina place where everybody is poor and dirty. nobody bat an eye at that in cairhien

[@Raximus3000]

Let me remind you the director is a dumb child who said he would turn characters gay to annoy his critics.

[@moresnacksplease526]

She's also 15-20 years too old, but I guess Rand is 5-10 years too old, so why should anything matter anymore?

[@catbert2412]

When you saw the rainbow on her sleeve you came up with it being the colors of the group. When i saw it i just assumed the producers realized they went too long without referencing the lgbt so added a rainbow to help with that

[@PatrickBowser2]

We need a Disparu Lady Gravemaster and Knights Watch commiseration stream talking about season 2.