8 reasons why Throne of Glass should be a TV series

As we all know, Fourth Wing is getting an on-screen adaptation. We're all excited as can be, but there's just one question I need to ask: why hasn't Throne of Glass been adapted into a series yet?

Throne of Glass is Sarah J. Maas's 8-book high fantasy series centered around the heroine Celaena Sardothien and follows her journey from a young assassin to the ultimate badass she becomes. This series is made of seven volumes and a prequel collection of stories that better help understand some events that are mentioned throughout the series but are never fully explained. This is also SJM's first series ever, which she started writing at the age of 16, and is also her best series yet, in my humble opinion. Sorry, ACOTAR lovers.

While I'm in no way trying to take the excitement away from The Empyrean series getting an adaptation, I do wonder why ToG has never taken the leap from page to screen. There are a multitude of reasons why this series, which has been around since 2012, would make an exciting and refreshing TV series.

Throne of Glass should be a TV series because...

1) It could easily run for at least 8 seasons

As I've previously mentioned, this series is made up of 8 finished books, and these books are not short ones. They're full of different locations, introduce different cultures and a magic system, and there's plenty of content to stretch out for at least 8 seasons if seasons were to be split up by books. There's the possibility for even more seasons if books were to be split into two or three seasons each.

The point is, there's plenty of content to adapt and for a long time if there's an audience for it.

2) There are plenty of characters to get to know and love/hate

The character list of any SJM book is as lengthy as a CVS receipt, and Throne of Glass is no exception. From side characters that win you over in incredible scenes to major characters you just cannot get over, no matter how many books you read following it, there are plenty of folks for viewers to meet and adore, or meet and despise. Think Game of Thrones level of character introductions. At least there aren't 500 characters named Jon or Rhaegar in this series. Thank you, SJM.

3) There are solid romance subplots

If you're like me and, though you read romantasy, romance being the main plot point usually turns you off from a book, rejoice! Sure, romance does play a big part in the subplots of this series, but it never takes away from the main one. It only adds to it, making the readers feel more invested in the characters involved and the situation they find themselves in throughout the series. And, with the actual sex scenes (which are relatively tame compared to those in her ACOTAR series) not kicking in until books 5-7, the war, tumult, and other events unfolding in the book keep the reader engaged and the plot moving forward with no hiccups.

4) It has the perfect amount of spice

As I briefly touched on above, there's a significantly smaller amount of spice in this series compared to her ACOTAR and Crescent City series, but it's still there. It's the perfect amount, honestly. With scenes kicking in Empire of Storms, there are five thick books with plenty of story, character enrichment, and slow burn to keep the reader going, and it'd all translate well on-screen. The spice level is not even close to the levels of Game of Thrones or comparable shows, but it's there enough times to keep it refreshing and exciting.

5) There are plenty of ̶m̶o̶m̶m̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶ badass female characters 

So. Many. Female characters. So many incredible women written in such lovely ways. Celaena, Lysandra, Manon, Asterine, Yrene, Elide... The list goes on and on. The series is told from a third-person POV, which follows different characters in different parts of the books, and being able to see the story unfold from multiple POVs is pretty cool. Readers get to see every single detail of this journey, and these details would make Throne of Glass a hell of a show, as well as give us all amazing female characters to love for the rest of our days.

6) Of the male characters that even Aragorn, son of Arathorn, would approve of

Rowan, Aedion, Dorian, Chaol, Lorcan. These are some of the fine gentlemen we meet along the way as Celaena does her thing, and they're everything we bookish gals dream of: broody, obsessive, polite when they want to be, and absolutely to die for. They're also incredible characters with their own, very distinct arcs that are very nicely written. There truly are men and males to adore in the series.

7) There are many spin-off possibilities

The Assassin's Blade is the prequel to the Throne of Glass series' main books. It's a collection of stories about Celaena's days as a teenage assassin and takes the reader through tales that are mentioned in passing in the main series. The Assassin and the Pirate Lord, The Assassin and the Healer, The Assassin and the Desert, The Assassin and the Underworld, and The Assassin and the Empire are incredible additions to Throne of Glass that would make fine limited or regular spin-offs.

8) There's enough emotional damage to last a lifetime

And I'm not just talking about in the sense of you becoming broken at the end of everything and becoming so empty that no other book series does it for you for a while. I mean, it wasn't just me, right? P.S.: The book that got me through my post-ToG slump was Smoke and Scar by Gretchen Powell Fox. Thanks, Gretchen! But I mean the way SJM takes the reader through everything Celaena goes through, the way viewers would get a front-seat to emotional damage worthy of being compared to Game of Thrones levels of despair and anguish.

So, with romantasy expanding and becoming more visible, it'd be incredible to see a Throne of Glass adaptation see the light of day. But, no. All we get from Hollywood nowadays are live-action adaptations we don't want and the same recycled, rebooted stories.

Wouldn't it be nice, though?