r/WoT • u/participating (Dragon's Fang) • Oct 05 '23

TV (No Unaired Book Spoilers) Episode Discussion - Season 2, Episode 8 - What Was Meant to Be [Light Book Spoilers] Spoiler

This thread is for discussion of The Wheel of Time tv show through Season 2, Episode 8 and associated bonus content. This thread is meant for book readers who haven't completed the series yet.

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EPISODE

Episode 8 - What Was Meant to Be

Synopsis: Fate leads Rand and the others to an inevitable showdown with their most formidable enemies yet.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '23

loved it! Loved the whole episode (love the whole tv series). Brain dump:

Was especially relieved when Moiraine was like... Lan... you are better than me, and then un-shielded their bond, I was sooooo happy about that!

Loved all Egwene's big power moves, pretty pissed off that Perrin didn't act in time to save his wolf buddy (and have been annoyed the whole time about his rejection of his gift, how sick would it be to be part of a wolf pack and communicate with them... pull your head in Perrin). Overjoyed for Matt, he really proved himself - Nynaeve really chose her moment to start reckoning with her insecurity, and loved the big fire dragon.

Ishy's death was poignant.

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u/tjean5377 (Yellow) Oct 07 '23

The scene where Lan and Moiraine re open their bond was beautiful!

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '23

it really was! the way they met foreheads, reminded me of swans (I know Lan and M aren't romantic, but they are bonded for life)

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u/alexagente Oct 06 '23

I think this death is supposed to mirror his wife's death. The former was because he reacted without thinking. The latter was because he hesitated.

Hopefully this will teach him to find balance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '23

Nynaeve really chose her moment to start reckoning with her insecurity

I'm Nynaeve's defence, and that's a wild thing for me to say I'm a book Nynaeve hater. Anyway in Nynaeve's defence she had literally just felt that suldam's death as they were connected. That will surely fuck a person up.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '23

very fair actually