This opinion piece from Collider argues that Prime Video's three-season adaptation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, while diverging from the novels in many ways, made one especially effective change in its first season. The author contends that adapting Jordan's sprawling 14-book series inevitably required cuts and alterations, and that although fans often criticised the show's accuracy, several of its departures strengthened the story. The change singled out for praise is the decision to grant the characters Nynaeve and Egwene the status of ta'veren.

In the books, only Rand, Mat and Perrin are ta'veren — beings able to shape major events and bound to their fate within the world's cyclical belief system, where the "Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills". By adding Nynaeve (Zoë Robins) and Egwene (Madeleine Madden) to that list, the show gives Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) five possible candidates for the Dragon Reborn rather than three, heightening the central mystery and helping to conceal Rand's abilities since both women are powerful channellers. The article frames this as more than a plot device, arguing it grants two important female characters the early prominence and respect they deserve.