The Wheel Of Time Episode 1 Reaction! - "Leavetaking"
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Since you noticed the animal on the sword, I don't think it is a spoiler to say that it is marked with a heron.
Thank you!
@@SleepyWaffles Can you please react to SANTA CLARITA DIET (zombie alert!), a brilliant show with ONLY 30episodes/20min long so you can finish it pretty fast! Drew Barrymore is such an amazing actress & we get the sexy TImothy Olyphant with his awkward smile in the perfect/worst situations... The beginning is a bit slow so please give it a chance, a few episodes and you will be hooked! Also WRECKED (Lost "parody") another brilliant show with also only 30ep/20min long! :)
As a long time bookreader who has re-read the series countless times. I love it so far. It's all very different, but also the same story. It's nice to have it re-told in a new way, rather than just re-visualized against what's in my head.
"Overgrown skyscrapers". Good catch. Because that's exactly what they are.
"What is a Wisdom?" The Wisdom of a village is a woman who heads the Women's Circle (the group of women you saw at the beginning). She's in charge of advising the Mayor as well as things like healing and predicting the weather (referred to as "listening to the wind"). They typically don't marry or have children, hence Egwene's reluctance here.
"Is it in a sick pattern like in Game of Thrones?" Essentially, yes. The bodies are in the shape of a Dragon's Fang, which in the book is scrawled on someone's door if they are suspected of being a Darkfriend (someone who supports the Dark One). It's also the symbol for the male half of the Power. It's a bit of an Easter Egg for book readers.
"What is that, a swan?" It's a heron. Good catch. Also good catch that he has some sort of history there. Tam is a very interesting character, and that's all I'll say for now.
"Moiraine and her possible boyfriend" I know that bath scene is a bit confusing, but they are not romantically involved. Lan is her Warder. That means that he protects her at all costs and they are Bonded together with magic. They each feel what the other feels and that's how they can synchronize so well in battle.
You caught a lot of details here that other new watchers might've missed. I'm really glad you liked it. I'm a long time book reader so some of the changes from the books make me a bit nervous, but it's also incredibly exciting to see all of this on screen for the first time. I'm looking forward to your takes on the other episodes!
Oh yeah. And the Horizon Zero Dawn comparison is pretty spot!
The bird on the sword is a heron. You're on the money that it is significant.
Thanks so much for sharing this! I love the books and the show, and it's so fun to see what someone who hasn't read the books thought of it. I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you!
So glad you really liked it. The next 2 episodes are much better and help you understand the characters and the lore. Once you get to know these characters, they will remain your friends forever. Will be watching your reaction to the rest of the episodes as well.
The rumour is that it costs around 10 million dollars per episode on average.😁 The trollocs are mostly practical. There is a behind the scenes video available in the episode X-ray under bonus content.
Awesome video. I was so genuinely pleased to watch your review with you having no background in the books! It was a lot of fun seeing your initial and unblemished engagement in the story. I subbed and hope that you will keep your shields up for this untainted review of season 1. I hope you don't do research and just react, it is more fun seeing what you get and what you miss. Excellent job man, I hope you love this story as much as I do in the end!
Thank you so much!
Absolutely loving the reactions from non-viewers. Yes the bird on the sword is significant - its a heron (cant say more as dont want to spoil you). Matt is a clear book favorite character for most people by the way! so interesting choice.
It's fun to watch the reactions of ppl new to the story, very glad u liked it. Much better cinematography than I expected. Cast does a great portrayal of their characters. The differences fit well so far. Hope they maintain this level of production. Looks like we are all in for a treat.
Yay! So glad you’re reacting to these!
Me too! It's good so far!
Nice reaction. I liked your reaction video style. I also liked your idea that the crew has to be together for their “Dragon Rebronness” to work.
Thanks!
I am reading the books a 3rd time and in spite of some changes I am pretty happy about this
That's awesome!
I’ve read them several more times than that.
@@carlotruppi3314 Relevance?
Same, I get the changes. My biggest worry is Matt. He’s just so different I hope he still will be the “fun” character.
@@SolitaryLark I think they were agreeing that they are enjoying it despite being a deep deep fan.
As someone who has loved these books for a long time. I loved your reactions.
Thank you!
Tidbit nobody talks about.... This first episode....Lan finishes his recon...alerts Mouraine that, "Trollocs maybe dozens led by a Fade...we need to leave." They don't leave and they do not alert a soul in the town.... How many people died ...that could have used a warning? Lan and Mouraine knew the attack was coming.... Said nothing beforehand...
The One Power has a male and female halves and the male half is corrupted so the man goes insane
According to the show its the men touching it that corrupts it.
@@williamholt8326 no saidin and saidiar are still in it. If you watch the preview to the animated origin episodes, one of the episodes is called Saidin, Saidiar.
@@althor1247 i understand how the one power works, but the actual show doesnt tell you that. First scene after the inaccurate voice over says it is corrupted by men.
@@williamholt8326 it’s almost like red ajah have an inherent bias that makes them frame the world in a certain way. Not exactly reliable sources of information even with oaths.
@@dediguise0018 true enough, and i absolutely agree. But how does someone whos never read the books figure that out?
You're very perceptive. Many of the things you picked up on are on the right track.
I won't spoil anything from you but the way I explained it to my wife (who's never read any of it) is they basically just scaled up everyone's age and story a bit to be more mature.
Rand/Egwene aren't just kids googling eyes at each other, they have a physical relationship.
Perrin isn't just a timid boy afraid to hurt people, he's a grown man, married and now carrying a serious emotional burden.
Mat isn't just a prankster and troublemaker but comes from a real troubled home which I think lends credence to his wily nature.
Nynaeve has a solid reason to hate Aes Sedai instead of just a generic distrust and over protective tenancy for the kids.
I don't think any of it deters from the main plot and most of it lends credence to these characters for a more adult audience, as opposed to the YA crowd the books were more aimed at.
but the Aes Sedai were not classist, they won't turn someone away cause their from a "backwater village" to them your power is what matter not your background.
@@gabnel1000 Remember Jordan is imfamous for unreliable narrators. Nyneave told Moiraine what she believed was true about the old wisdom. Was she told the truth? Were the AS who turned her away telling the truth why? And layers on layers
@@katarinawikholm5873 true, i agree with your points, i'll also point out that most casuals and new fans will not be thinking "Unreliable narrator" they'll take Nyneave's words to heart and conclude the Aes Sidia are classist.
@@katarinawikholm5873 that’s a good point. It’s very possible that she might have had a small ability, but not enough to go beyond first testing, or more likely she was too old to be taken in as an apprentice. That could be interpreted as snootiness easily enough that it was relayed in future stories that she was rejected because they were pompous rich assholes who thought she wasn’t good enough because of her station in life.
@@gabnel1000 yes I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's not that the facts are wrong, it's that the impression of the aes sedai from new fans is going to be wrong. Perhaps they will explain further and clarify but I'm worried they actually made the aes sedai classist for real. I'll wait and see though, it's possibly a misdirect
As soon as I saw you did this I knew I wanted to see your reaction to Perrin's wife's death. It's not something that's in the book, but it does the job of quickly getting you to where his character's at. Can't wait to see more.
Heron marked blades are incredibly important
Most of the changes they made actually make the story better. The 1st ep for me has some structural and pacing issues. 2nd and 3rd ep were a blast. Gets better with each episode.
Certain characters are more focused on in the earlier books so definitely needed to change things to make all the characters feel relevant early on.
Spoilers:
I'm guessing the wife that didn't exist in the books is a dark friend and she was about to kill perrin possibly so the luck of the taveren (forgot the spelling) is what guided him to kill her by accident, saving his own life by coincidence. Other than that, he already has trauma in the books so I don't see the need for her just yet. I kept thinking about Faile😭 she'd be so jealous. Also they didn't know the one power was what wisdoms did and they didn't explain what wisdoms do properly? Either way I can't wait for liandrin to get tortured cus she's an asshole also dreading rand and the box 😔 -that made me so sad
Wheel of time really is on ensemble cast - all of the main characters are important and all of them get books where they really shine and books where they're barely there.
I use these reviews to kind of rewatch the show. Been a book series fan for almost 30 years. The series has been insane and i get teary when i see my favorite scenes
Moiraine and Lan fighting together always makes My Day 😄
I like it a lot, gonna have to check out the show. Seems interesting.
The words at the very end of the episode are basically what the lord's prayer is to AA members.
I love that your favorite character is Mat right off the bat. He was one of my favorites right from the start in the books and in the show, but most book readers don't really like him until book 4.
Also I am impressed with your deduction skills for some of the lore and characters just from the pilot! The episodes that were released so far are all very good but there are several changes to the lore and some of the character backgrounds but as someone who loves the books I'm still really enjoying the show.
"Lost in the sauce" I'm dying hahahaha
"Secret book club" made me chuckle
You picked up on the symbol of the sword. Cool. Interesting to hear your theories. Be sure to expand it in the coming reviews. Give us your theories about what you think will happen. 👍
My take on what’s up with people killing animals and putting them in weird shapes: easy way to show how evil they are. Killing an animal to eat? you’re fine. Killing an animal randomly for no reason? You’re not good, possibly evil. Killing many animals for no reason? Def evil. Killing many animals for no reason and putting them in shapes? The most evil, you’re dealing basically with the devil.
And there you have it! Scale of evil on the basis of animal killing, done. (PS, great reaction!)
One of the best Patreon ads I’ve seen - if I like this reaction format, will definitely sub to see the rest of the season
I really enjoyed watching your reaction vid! Been a fan of the books for 30 years, lost track of how many rereads. It's refreshing to get the perspective of someone new to it!
Thank you!
Im so mad on this so called WoT Fans who review Bomb this. They are plain stupid. I also read the books 3 times, and im super happy about this Show. Also it will get better and better.
HERON!!!!! Heron marked blade is a thing...... made by one-power. Never dulls. Only master swordsmen get them.
No spoilers here, but a general anthropological explanation of things. As Moiraine says in the beginning men tried to lock away darkness itself and because of this the world was broken in cataclysmic ways. So you have this civilization where men and women are powerful. Men do this thing and because of it they can’t use this power (won’t give anymore away, but you get a hint in that 1st scene where the red Aes Sedai are chasing that guy). So the world and civilization collapses and new towns, cities and eventually civilizations rise up again. At the core is the “white tower” which Moiraine references a couple of times. Each little town maintains a distant copy of that civilizational structure, and adapts over centuries to local customs and needs. I assume a remote place like 2 Rivers had both men and women who could “listen to the wind” but, because of what happened with those powerful men, the local men stopped listening and then that group evolved into a women only circle.
Just think of Ancient Rome. When they fell, the main power switched to the Vatican which was basically the Roman theological structure but now geared towards a different religion. All over the fallen empire local structures have evolved over the least 1600 years, but if you go to England, or Sicily or France or any other part of what was once Rome, there are clerical and administrative government positions and traditions that trace their roots back to Roman times.
Just a long comment that the books do an incredible job of world building and hopefully they’ll convert this throughout the series like they did in this 1st episode.
Lan is a sick character to match his sick name! Thanks for the video 😆
He seems pretty cool!
It's a Heron on the blade.
Great pilot episode, and it just gets better from here. Bon voyage!
I'm really enjoying how you're reacting to seeing this all for the first time. I've loved this series for so long and it's great to see so many new fans being created.
I hope book readers don't spoil anything for you.
This show is amazing so glad your reaction to it. Is epic
Glad you loved it !!! I'm a book reader and despite some changes i think it was pretty close to the book!!! Also you're in for a ride ! Welcome to the Wheel of time !
I’m so glad you’re watching this show!😁
If you pause during the episode (or just at the end credits) and click on X-ray and go to the trivia tab, you can get a spoiler free dictionary of some of the specific terms of this world. If you go to the bonus content tab you can get loads of cool stuff including little animated shorts of the stories of this world.
What exactly are you clicking on to see it? I have an Amazon Firestick, and all that appears when I click up during the episode is the language and subtitle settings.
@@KnittyElf you don’t have the X-ray in the corner?
Go to a browser or the phone app and see it there.
@@Arezoo298195 Xray is listed as one of the keywords when I bring up WOT, but the Xray content doesn’t appear on my TV with Firestick or on my iPad with the Amazon Prime Video app! I have no idea why.
@@KnittyElf I had trouble when I tried to view it in the browser. But the app I have on my phone worked. I don’t think the function works well every where. You’re not the first person to have had issues with it.
@@Arezoo298195 Thanks. I’ll try to download the app on my phone.
There are some significant changes from the books, but I can see the necessity of them - especially after seeing your reaction and comments.
Nearly 2800 named characters 4.4 million words 14 books with a prequel and companion books. In the books Moraine knows who she is looking for and takes them all for different reasons. Horizon Zero Dawn is very close to the sort of time line with a post apocalyptic world. Over 10 million per episode for each of the 8 episode. The trollocs are nearly all real costuming and a little touch up cgi. Long time fan and reread them many times. I for one love what this show is doing and it's pretty close to the story.
In the books she has been looking for the Dragon for 20 years. When she arrives she has no clue that anyone in the town is the actual Dragon, she is only following a rumor that a soldier brought a babe home after the battle of the shining walls.
When she hears of the dark rider stalking the boys and then the shadowspawn attack the odds that she has found him goes up quilt a lot, but she can not be certain. Heck she is not even 100% sure until the very end of book one.
@@Raistlinsdragonclaw Hey I'm not going to apologize for my opinion. If you want to say I'm a shill then go ahead but it doesn't change how I feel. I'm just sad that the people who bag it now will regret how they feel in the months and years to come.
You had a similar question I did for the river scene. Like really how many girls have just feel wrong and bashed their skulls open on rocks? What then?
BTW, the overlay of the episode kept disappearing. Not sure if that's intentional but I found it jarring.
That's on purpose. I can't include the full episode for copyright reasons. I can only show short clips
Great reaction and really perceptive comments at the end. It’s amazing as a book fan to finally see this story on screen.
Thank you!
The show was shot in Czechoslovakia
Great reaction man.
Thank you!
Yay! Glad to find another reactor that hasn't read the books. This show is SO GOOD, but readers of the books just can't seem to appreciate the adaptation for what it has to offer. I'm excited to see how you feel about it :)
I loved it!
Most of the shooting was done in the Czech republic
Hi! Great reaction! I've read the books and though they made lots of changes I liked the first 3 ep a lot. I feel like they nailed the characters and the themes even if they changed some details(some small, some large).
Fun fact! The trollocs(at least the ones we see closeup) are stuntmen on stilts, with lots of prosthetics and makeup. They do touch up with CGI but I liked them a lot.
Thank you!
@@Raistlinsdragonclaw Why? Because I like something? You do know that you can like something that is flawed? The books certainly are and I love them. There have been some changes that I don't like, but overall I think it's a much better adaptation than we could hope for.
Anyways.....I'm sure I'm the only one who gets a say in how much I like something.
It was shot in Czech and Croatia
So Frigging happy your doing this.....
This was a great first-time reaction. It's filmed in the Czech Republic, in Prague and the surrounding areas. Looks absolutely fantastic scenery, I agree. It took me about twelve years to read the books the first time, one year the second time, so it's amazing seeing the story brought to life like this and what's also amazing is the attention to character I've noticed from Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom (I'm new to your channel but if you haven't looked at that, I highly recommend). Maybe it's something that's easier delved into in a TV series rather than a movie.
Good on ya for catching and asking that question, "what was she [Layla Aybara] doing?" Go back and watch it again. Right when Perrin instinctively spins and puts his axe in her gut, what exactly was she doing? Hmmmmm.....
I mean it definitely looked like she was about to axe him
I always theorized that Laila was a dark friend.
Heron marked sword
Nice to see you enjoy The episode. You got The issue with Perrin, he was focused on the killing.
You are really good with The names pronunciations. Please help reviewing The show, some people are review bombing The show because of the casting not being entirely white and other because is not The book scene by scene instead an adaptation.
Definitely see the horizon zero dawn vibe in that early shot! Welcome to the journey my bro
Glad to be here!
This looks good!
Great reaction. I like seeing non book readers reaction to this . Hopefully it stays that way for you
5:17
Best! "Bolton and his new son...."
Its a heron
Read a article about the cost it's something like 10mil per episode that's insane but loved it I've read the books and the series is great so far loved the reaction keep it up
Really not a bad take on the the material (not a great one)l. Now there is a huge amount of changes from the book (at least so far), but to compare it to a series I know you love, The Expanse. There are 14 books (15 kind of). And the producers have to know the chance of getting a 14 season run is pretty damn unlikely. So they are hoping for 8 seasons, and at 8 episodes a season. The books range from around 700 - 1200 pages, so they aren't small. Now imagine Leviathan Wakes (570 or so pages) and it getting condensed not into the 15 wonderful episodes we got, but 8. And this season is based on 1 book (that's nearly 800 pages, and parts of the prequel book).
And like GOT they aged up all the teenaged characters. So they are all adults now (makes casting easier and more believable, and makes a general audience freak out less when the characters get into adult situations (typically violence and really hard moral choice to make).
"Keith." 🤣
Nice reaction! Glad you like it.
A Wisdom is village healer, herbalist, midwife, etc.
There are definite changes from the books, but I can already see where they are going with many of them, and understand why they made those changes. A few changes present in episodes 2 & 3 made me scratch my head, though.
I look forward to the future reactions!
Great video
Hey, just an fyi, your uncut Patreon video for 1xe1 doesn't have the picture in picture for the show in the bottom left corner, so we can't see what you're reacting to
For copyright reasons I can't have the episode in the corner the whole time. I include the first 30 seconds or so, so that people can sync up with the show. This is how pretty much every reaction channel handles full length reactions
Appreciate the response, I'll try that out thank you! Thought Vimeo/Patreon got you past it, but makes sense
I wish it did lol. That would make things a lot easier for me
Not gonna lie, i thought this was Chris Stuckman when I click the link. Good reaction though, going to subscribe.
Lol I would be honored to be compared to him. Love his videos. Thank you!
I love that you don't know anything about the show. Subbing for your reactions.
Love your reaction
Thank you!
The toxic feminism in the wheel of time world can actually be justified by the fact that only women can use magic. And as always the group with more power tries to oppress the other and think they r better than everyone else.
Where was the village council and the mayor of the town?
You know, the people who actually is in charge.
@@Merecir I think the women circle and wisdom would debate that. It’s a dual government but generally the women’s circle was always more dominant.
@@SolitaryLark But in the show they dedicate quite a lot of time to women circle business while ignoring the village council and the mayor.
How is that balanced?
@@Merecir Because they have limited time so if they have to drop one then the arguably less important one should be dropped. When we get to other places the politics will likely similarly be accurate but peared down sometimes that will make men more prominent sometimes women we can’t have everything. People like this first episode but thought it dragged on a bit and introduced to much adding the council would only make this worse.
@@Merecir I think it's more that we weren't introduced to the governing of the village at all so that's why the village council is excluded. The women's circle is only here so that we can see Egwene's induction in it/coming of age. The only leadership position that is discussed is the Wisdom since it's relevant. They can only have what's natural to have in the plot since we're not in a character's mind like in the books where they can do some infodump casually(That's the mayor, he's the head of the village council and with the women's circle they lead the village). Since the news of war in Ghealdan wasn't something new stirring the villagers, and the dark rider was skipped altogether there is no reason to have a meeting.
Liandrin seems villainous…. …. ….
she seems like a classy lady
@@cookiedestroyer2801 I’m sure just a model citizen.
@@angemcauslan2551 LoL
Is this from the book series the wheel of time? I loved that book series
Yes
Where can I find this show?
It's on Amazon prime video
This episode was pretty spot on to the main ideas of the books. Though they have made some really significant changes from the books, I’m not against the changes so far, since they might help with some issues non book readers would have with understanding characters and motivations. It felt a bit too fast to me that they left the Two Rivers already, but they have a lot of things to get to :)
Hey great vid mate - you are gonna love this story, you're like thinking about everything you kinda need to :-) And noticing heaps of shit! Enjoy man :-) This is the greatest story ever told, there's a bunch of changes form the books but I loved everything they have done ay, even the stuff at first I was like 'whoa, why?' but after a re-watch, and also tbh watching a bunch of non-reader reactions it's clear why they have changed some things and I think they haven nailed every one of them looking at it now :-) The heart of the story is absolutely there, and these characters - my god, they are going to impact the world. I can't wait :-)
Thanks!
You almost guess everything is correct...and I almost believed that you read the book...
You know more about it than many more people, things like heron mark blade and guess of Dragon etc. Nice observation man...
How do you know about Dark One being imprisoned during each age?...
I've just watched a lot of tv and movies, so when certain things happen it can be easy sometimes to recognize it. As for imprisoning the dark one, they said time is cyclical, so I would assume he keeps escaping or reviving or something. Like Gannon in legend of Zelda. He just keeps coming back lol
@@SleepyWaffles Nice guess....keep observation on point man. Many things will happen that will need your observation. 👍
You're soooooo cute, I loved the reaction, TYSM!
Thank you! That's very kind of you to say
Have you seen the sword of truth series? The made that into a show called the legend of the seeker
lotsa smoking and clapping going on
Great reaction! I'm thinking that his wife had a miscarriage.... Or something to that effect. Also, when he "smoked" his wife, go back and rewatch that part. Her hammer was held in both hands above her head, as she was coming up on him. She's sus
Thank you! Yeah I'm not sure why she had her hammer raised. Maybe trying to finish it off?
I was afraid that I would hate this episode, thankfully it wasn't as bad as I feared. It wasn't great. But it was good! I didn't cringe at the dialogue and the casting choices were on point.
It's nice to see you give it a nice verdict. And Mat is indeed awesome. Spoiler.
He's going to be more so in the future.
...but with a new actor afaik
Would you consider reacting to IMPOSTERS, an amazing show with INBAR LAVI in the main role, full of comedy, drama, thriller, suspense, plot twists and more, you would love it!!! And it only has 20 episodes so you could finish it pretty fast! THANK YOU!!! :)
I have watched numerous reactions of different shows, Can you please stop with the terrible Aussie accent. It's annoying and it doesnt even sound like us. Just stop.
No
@@SleepyWaffles I respect that lol
Can you please react to SANTA CLARITA DIET (zombie alert!), a brilliant show with ONLY 30episodes/20min long so you can finish it pretty fast! Drew Barrymore is such an amazing actress & we get the sexy TImothy Olyphant with his awkward smile in the perfect/worst situations... The beginning is a bit slow so please give it a chance, a few episodes and you will be hooked! Also WRECKED (Lost "parody") another brilliant show with also only 30ep/20min long! :)
It gets worse. Waay worse. 😂
Why do you say that? I really enjoy it so far
@@SleepyWaffles I mean it gets more bloody and tragic. Not like bad, bad. I love the show, but the tragic/drama/politics/ deaths definitely gets worse. Sorry, english is not my first language so I am sorry if I get it wrong sometimes. 😁
No worries!
Easy thing to remember, the Aes Sedai in red dresses (the Red Ajah) are pretty much all evil.
It was a heron on the sword. Those are called Heron Marked Blades.
Excuse me?! That is not true. There are three read sisters in the series I absolutely adore!
Ehhh no the red hate men would be a better thing to say there not evil just assholes.
@@SolitaryLark Pavara?
In comparison to the book, it is extremely rushed and fast, and whilst I generally like fast pacing this was way too much cut, some major scenes are missing, Jordan is literally a master of slow pacing ... I still like it but it would have been better if they took more time with build-up ... and in the book you everything is explained, here in the show they did not bother to explain anything, for example, the meaning of the heron marked sword nor dead ship arranged in a dragon fang symbol, or what the red Aes Sedai was doing to that man in the opening sequence ( she was not killing him just taking his ability to channel) ... episode 2 and 3 have much better pacing ...
This is a faster turning of the wheel!🤣
You are never gonna get 1 season per book (14 seasons is unheard of), and each book is a whopper with page count close to 1000, so a lot of content has to be cut if they are even going to have a chance of telling the story to completion.
As a book fan for nearly 25 years, some of your comments made me glad you could see my facial responses, would have given things away 😅 no worries, no spoilers on what those were.
And I never thought of it, they really don't explain wtf a Wisdom is. We can give you a spoiler free definition if you'd like, plenty of us book fans here just enjoying your new viewer perspective.
They NEED the fix the cgi, the channeling is as bad as a CW show
Eh I thought it looks pretty good for the most part. Way better than any CW show
@@SleepyWaffles i might need a re watch it looked like shamylans ATLA mixed with flash CGI to me lol
Maybe rewatch some of those CW episodes. A lot of them have real rough cgi
Due to the race swapping, the sex swapping and the casting of incredibly ugly people in the leading roles, I could NEVER get into this series. I had read the books, and really liked them. Why? Because it was interesting the way that the SOURCE of the Power they all use was divided into a male side and a female side. The only way one sex could draw power from the other sex's side was through linking with that sex. Sadly, however both sexes were wary of the other because in that position the one in control could destroy the others in the link, so it was an art that had been lost since the Breaking of the World. In this show, it's as though the men don't have ANY access to power, and when you see that they do, the ugly angular faced blonde and her group hunt that man down and 'gentle' or kill him. All the women (who are also the leaders of the kingdoms) fear the coming of the Dragon Reborn because they know that their power to rule over everyone else will end. They don't want that.
Ok who asked you? Lol
If you like thw books, stay away from the show - it's completely different