WOT on Prime- Episode 1-3- Spoil Away!

[Thalia]

Glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t see Laila as a DF. I agree that people are looking for a “reason” to negate the blame in some way. It still annoys the hell out of me though, haha. I don’t know how you can watch the way she is with him, and the way she charges at the trolloc like her world is ending when he falls, and decide that she’s turned on him a moment later. Surely if nothing else, it’s clear that Perrin himself would have realised in the same moment he struck her that she was trying to kill him, if that was the case. He sees her with the hammer raised before she drops it and falls. 

*bristles*

Anyway, as you’ve both said, showing the long-term effects and doing them justice is definitely the caveat. I also hope they do it well. The point about it being the realisation of his worst fear, and where do you go from there, is a good one. I guess by the time he comes to care for Faile, the fear of it happening again would be excruciating for him (he knows his capabilities now, but more importantly so do the viewers: that will be the stake, will he do it again?). And then you ultimately have the Wheel and suffering motif again. Can he stop history repeating? Does he deserve to allow himself the chance?

How he resolves/reconciles/forgives himself? That’s the million dollar question.

Love it or hate it (or like us waiting to see what the show does) I think Faile is precisely why they used Laila and not Luhan.