One could say that's nothing, they continued even Jack Ryan etc. after their abysmal ratings, but it's very good to see that the viewership, which was minimal even after a huge marketing campaign (second season has undetectable marketing, Amazon knows it's a lost cause), is getting lower uninterruptedly with every episode.
Don't worry Mr Jordan, people care about your books, but they do not care about the 'adaptation'.
'it would be just another “diverse fantasy”'
I was banned from every WOT forum (and many televison forums) for 'hate speech' when I presented a list about the skin colours of the characters based on almost a hundred quotes from the books plus posting Robert Jordan's list about Audrey Hepburn as Egwene etc.
But one of the 'actresses' can say 'when I went to the audition, I saw white people everywhere'. But she's not racist, not at all. I'm the racist quoting Robert Jordan's own words and thoughts.
I stopped going to the subreddit once the show cast was announced and I saw praise for it. I don’t get it because they do meet people of different races/cultures on their journey.
I hope the crappy show makes some people but the books at least
"once the show cast was announced"
That announcement killed my interest in the show forever. They don't care about even being faithful to such a basic thing as skin colour then I don't care about the show, because they will change everything.
The books spends a lot of time letting you know how isolated Two Rivers is. Makes zero sense for it to look like New York City
From Chapter One: 'Gray eyes and the reddish tinge to his hair came from his mother' (Rand's pov - no different skin colour!)
'Rand did look a great deal like the Aielmen, with his height and gray blue eyes and reddish hair' (Eg's pov (TSR) - no different skin colour!)
(Also from TSR: 'the children showed it on their too-pale faces')
No black skin, no tilted eyes etc.
" "That's just foolishness, Matrim Cauthon," Egwene cut in angrily. "Nynaeve says ..." She broke off, her cheeks turning pink." [PINK!!!] "and the look she gave Thom Merrilin was not as friendly as it had been. "It is not right to make ... It isn't ..." Her face went redder, and she fell silent."
'[Egwene's] face went as white as snow'
'Egwene stared back at him, a faint blush rising in her cheeks.'
'For some reason, Elisa's [Egwene's sister] face turned bright red. Very bright red.'
'Perrin blushed very red'
'Perrin still did not look up, but his cheeks turned red'
'They smiled at him [Perrin], and he cleared his throat hoarsely. He was afraid to look around; his face was as red as a beet'
"You wool-headed witlings!" the Wisdom snapped. She bristled from head to foot; her eyes glittered, and bright spots of red burned on her cheeks.
And I will not list them all, but Jordan described the main cast as white people: white, snow white, pink, sligthly red, red, bright red, very bright red, very red, flushed heavily, scarlet, crimson, two sunsets, purple, green, pale, beyond pale, tanned (face and hands), white knuckles, bright spots of color, almost dark (from anger), plus "shoulder was going to be black and blue shortly", "The purple splotches faded to brown, and the brown and yellow paled, some disappearing altogether."
I wish you hadn’t said that. I didn’t think I could despise Amazon for butchering the source material any more. That shows that either nobody read the books or they ignored everything
They put in a black one with red hair. See there problem solved.