The Wheel of Time

[Det. Bullock]

Originally Posted by LeftHandedGuitarist

SPOILERS UP TO EPISODE 7:

[Show spoiler]
I'm mostly enjoying this show now, even though I think it's struggling to hit home a bit. I've not read the books and there is a large plot point the show is presenting that is confusing me; that being, the identity of the dragon reborn.

From what I feel like the show has told me, the dragon reborn will be capable of channelling. However, so far we have seen:

- Nynaeve channelling (in the fight with Logain)
- Egwene channelling (when escaping from the Whitecloaks)
- Perrin channelling (when escaping from the Whitecloaks)
- Rand channelling

so I'm a bit confused as to how this episode ended with the "revelation" of who the dragon reborn was. Am I missing something important here? Honestly, I have felt like the show has done a very poor job of explaining this universe so far.

Perrin wasn't channeling.
I don't know if it's mentioned in the animated shorts or just a bit in passing in one episode but the Dragon's rebirth had to happen under precise circumstances which happen to be

[Show spoiler]Rand's

.