A Song of Ice and Fire (Released Spoilers)
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Well the thread says released spoilers...
Maybe we need a 4th thread to discuss this.
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Dandai
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I didn't mean to stir the hornet's nest. I was mostly fishing for how you guys felt about certain subplots that seem important in the books (Jeyne Westerling comes to mind) being completely rewritten or not addressed in the show. Does omission confirm that they're unimportant to the overarching plot, or is it merely a reality of telling the story in a different medium where you have to worry about screen time and budgets?
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I think I'm in the minority of book readers who can differentiate between extremely minor tying up of loose ends that is briefly mentioned in the books (ie jeyne westerling is a perfect example, but so is virtually everything else having to deal with north/riverlands etc including lady stone heart) and actual plot advancement.
Yeah that shit got cut from the show cus its irrelevant. It hits you right in the feels when it's a character you were interested in (greyjoy brothers for me) but yes, they are ultimately irrelevant.
People get these grandiose ideas in their head that ned starks bones matter or robbs will matters or great jon umber is going to be pivotal once he escapes the twins and rally's with blackfish or old too fat to sit a horse manderly is going to kill all the freys or whatever. its a bit of wishful thinking mixed with revenge fantasy and fanfic.
Arya bran dany jon tyrion. they matter. Everything and everyone else is backdrop. I have difficulty understanding how someone sees jeyne westerling as "important" in the books. which is why i love to rag on ppl in the tv thread who nerd rage at shit like that when it gets cut or changes entirely.
Yeah that shit got cut from the show cus its irrelevant. It hits you right in the feels when it's a character you were interested in (greyjoy brothers for me) but yes, they are ultimately irrelevant.
People get these grandiose ideas in their head that ned starks bones matter or robbs will matters or great jon umber is going to be pivotal once he escapes the twins and rally's with blackfish or old too fat to sit a horse manderly is going to kill all the freys or whatever. its a bit of wishful thinking mixed with revenge fantasy and fanfic.
Arya bran dany jon tyrion. they matter. Everything and everyone else is backdrop. I have difficulty understanding how someone sees jeyne westerling as "important" in the books. which is why i love to rag on ppl in the tv thread who nerd rage at shit like that when it gets cut or changes entirely.
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