I finished the books in Spring of last year and I started reading them partly because someone recommended them to me after I finished Song of Ice and Fire books and I also knew that Amazon was doing a show and at that point I was already jaded about book adaptations.

I was talking to a friend over the holidays and him and his wife told me they watched a few episodes and couldn't take it anymore. I didn't even know in the show it has Moraine and Siuane in some sort of relationship. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I see morons online who defend it since it is mentioned they were pillow friends in the books but in the books they both end up marrying men (which I'm sure they won't include in the show).

Honestly it really makes me sad that Wheel of Time has had such success (at least according to Amazon) and the usual suspects are praising it like crazy. It was a major red flag for me when the showrunner said in his first interview that there will be lots of lgbt representation and that the show is about Moraine (she isn't even in half the books). In all 14 books pillow friends isn't something they really do a deep dive into at all but I guess that doesn't matter.

I got into a debate in the comment section of one of the youtubers I like who was disappointed in WOT and a guy was saying how it follows the spirit of the book and it was great. To his credit he at least respected where I was coming from when I said I am a book purist and from everything I have heard the showrunner has made too many changes I don't care about.

I just don't get it, the books had women in power and people of different races once they leave Two Rivers. I've seen some people online compare book readers who don't like the show to people who didn't like that Tom Bombadil wasn't in the Lord of the Rings. Too bad there wasn't someone like Christopher Tolkein to defend Wheel of Time.