anghraine: an illustration of moiraine damodred, a dark-haired woman in fancy fantasy clothes with a blue drop over her forehead (moiraine)
In this age of remakes and adaptations (though pretty much all ages are ages of remakes and adaptations tbh), I sometimes imagine adaptations of my childhood/adolescent faves. Off the top of my head and in no particular order:
  • Jane Yolen’s Wizard’s Hall (super formative, could make a pretty cool, sometimes creepy, film)
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond (just … great, probably fits a mini-series better)
  • Sweet Valley Twins (maybe this already exists? it would be terrible, but I inhaled them as a kid)
  • Agatha Christie in general (definitely exists, though the quality is variable … I really disliked the version I saw of Cards on the Table)
  • She-Ra (exists, is great)
  • The Belgariad and the Elenium (I would prefer the latter, with Liberties taken to deal with some of the Eddingsisms, but the former might be more cinematic. I once had an AU where as a fairly minor background detail, the Elenium was made in place of GOT, but with the same cast, like Lena Headey as Sephrenia, etc …)
  • LOTR, esp Gondor (of course there are the movies, but a) their treatment of Gondor is terrible on a lot of fronts, and b) I think LOTR is better suited to TV anyway, and in my dreams, really high-quality animation)
  • Wheel of Time (in the works, I’m lowkey terrified)
  • Daughter of the Empire (no idea how this would be done)
  • Incarnations of Immortality (I don’t really want money going to Piers Anthony, so no, even though it’s conceptually one of my fave takes on Death)
  • Pern (??? I would mostly watch this for Lessa. Probably super expensive to make as a series, which it would have to be)
  • Valdemar (I DON’T EVEN KNOW)
  • Tamora Pierce (I love Emelan best, but Tortall would be cool, too!)
  • So You Want to Be a Wizard (it seems like it would be very cinematic in some ways and not at all in others, so I’m not sure, but if someone could make it work, awesome)
anghraine: vader extending his lightsaber; text: and now for the airing of grievances! (moiraine (damodred))
In response to this post, cosmonauthill at Tumblr said:

Daniel Henney with a sword as Lan will have my eyeballs GLUED to the screen and the Two Rivers gang look great but… Moiraine had better be just so great or I’ll be heartbroken I think

I replied:

Yes! They’re making it sound like she’s the star and that is GREAT but also TERRIFYING

moggett said:

Is it true that Rosamund Pike is playing her?

Wikipedia says so! I like Rosamund Pike and I don’t know how to feel, lol

anghraine: an illustration of moiraine damodred, a dark-haired woman in fancy fantasy clothes with a blue drop over her forehead (moiraine)
I have faaaar more LOTR than WOT feelings in general, but wrt Prime’s dabbling in fantasy epics my strongest feeling is … what if they are UNJUST to MOIRAINE

(I've loved her since high school—she's the source of half of my username! I just ... aghhhhh.)
anghraine: a picture of a woman with a white streak in her red hair casting a spell (lohse (full))
I haven't read much recently, but going off ... idk, vibes, the Hugo finalist list looks pretty cool, actually. A lot of people I generally respect and only a couple I deeply do not

And WOT made it!
anghraine: a picture of a woman with a white streak in her red hair casting a spell (lohse (full))
My brain is still shrieking over the WOT trailer

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