One thing Prime Video‘s adaptation of The Wheel of Time is going to do is to make the simmering queer subtext of Robert Jordan’s massive fantasy series literal text on screen. Case in point: The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 1 “To Race the Shadow” lets one fiesty Far Dareis Mai and the Daughter Heir of Andor actually kiss…and more.
**Spoilers for The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 1 “To Race the Shadow,” now streaming on Prime Video**
About two thirds of the way into The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 1 “To Race the Shadow,” Elayne Trakand (Ceara Coveney) and Aviendha (Ayoola Smart) share a quiet drink on a Tar Valon roof that soon evolves into an all out hookup. The sexy moment is understandably sending shockwaves through the fandom. In later Robert Jordan Wheel of Time books, the two characters become incredibly close, sharing a bed,
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