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I still think the problem with WOT was they are to close to the story. So you could not get rid of the dragon reborn plot or such. I have had comments here about the foundation plot and the empire plot and the empire being what is good. I see that now and its kinda funny because you could just rip out the whole foundation plot to some degree and just call it empire as its own ip (which again to me is closer to dune than foundation) and it would be a nice generic sci fi series.
They wanted so badly to incorporate key parts of the books that they were willing to change things around to get to them you mean?
Just a single example that bugged me: I will be the first to admit that Robert's gender sensitivity wasn't something to be shouted from the rooftops, although for the 90s when he started he is far from the worst.
However, he did have the plot point of a male chaneller in a female body with Halima. The show making Nynaeve a potential Dragon reborn candidate opens the door to the idea of peoples access to the One Power being based on their gender identity not their gender presentation.
It turns an unthinkable plot point in the latter part of the story into something Aes Sedai have obviously assumed can happen from the outset, and would surely be something they are alert to.
Almost like they didn't understand the source material.