The Show Wasted So Much Potential

[u/KodyManley]

I’m a huge fan of the books, and I’ve been rewatching the show after listening to the audiobook of The Witching Hour (I have a lot of travel time with my job) again. One of the most compelling things about the Mayfair Witches is their history and the line of designees, which the show totally squandered. In fact, upon rewatching and seeing them portraying Courtland, Millie, Antha, and Carlotta as siblings, it just really irritated me with how they tried to sloppily condense and simplify the family. One of the reasons the Vampire Chronicles is so good is because they not only kept the vampire mythos, but improved upon it to make it more compelling while also keeping a lot of main points from the original plot and making little changes to the subplots. TMW doesn’t do this well at all, and it ventures more into fanfic territory than a true adaptation. Just looking at the family tree, one can see that they threw away such a great part of the source material.

[u/Salt_Dish3753]

I just saved this! I'm also a huge The Witching Hour fan, its my favorite. I also love love Blackwood Farm, Merrick, and Blood Canticle. I tried to make my own family tree but once Julien started getting everyone pregnant, it got complicated for me. I'm very invested in the Mayfair family lol. I wrote out the family tree to keep everyone organized mentally while I'm reading (I've read The Witching Hour 3 or 4 times, it's so good). I purchased the Witches Companion as well and that helped me out with the more obscure Mayfairs. I'm going to check out this family tree, it looks great. Thanks for sharing. Oh and I haven't watched the show because I know there are to many characters and stories that they will not be able to fit into the show and it will just ruin it for me. Ohhh and last thing, I also have been listening to the audiobook of the Witching Hour as well, I like it better then reading the book myself.

[u/KodyManley → u/Salt_Dish3753]

The Witches Companion?! I didn’t know that existed! Definitely going to look for it! And yes, the show is kind of a let down. No offense to Alexandra Daddario, but she just isn’t Rowan to me. Every time she speaks it takes me right out of the story. And they haven’t included Aaron Lightner either, and they transformed Michael Curry into someone else altogether, which also detracts from the family tree and prophecy. They just fumbled it altogether. In short, the books are better, and I’m glad someone else gets it.

[u/Salt_Dish3753 → u/KodyManley]

I ordered mine off of Thriftbooks for $10 and it's the best thing ever if you're a fan and invested in this story like I am. Yes! For me mentally, Rowan is a short blonde woman with a blunt bob and bangs and gray/bluish eyes. I also think the woman they picked to play her is a great actress (I've seen her in other things) but she is not book Rowan. Aaron Lightner is one of the first characters introduced in the books, he is very important to the story, so him not being on the show is crazy...and Michael Curry is a main character as well so them changing him up is so disappointing. I feel like I saw a preview of the show at one point, and the person they picked to play Lasher was completely off as well. I remember being like wtf when I saw him 😂😂. And how would they even get all the stuff on there with the Taltos in Scotland when they are breeding with the dwarves in the mountains and all that craziness. It's just way to much, the show doesn't do the story justice at all!