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dorothydeath

GoT: books vs show rant

Sep 19, 2013 20:27

I know I'm late to rant about this (and I'm sure many people did a much better job of it than I can) but I've been thinking about this a lot and I need to get it out.

WARNING: Spoilers for GoT s1-3 and ASoIaF books 1-4.

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fandom: asoiaf, fandom: game of thrones, wtf, discussion, littlefinger, catelyn stark, sansa/sandor, sansa stark, sandor clegane

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brontefanatic September 19 2013, 19:46:12 UTC

Anna - I honestly don't remember a lot of these things, so please forgive any mistakes/lapses. It's been three years since I read the first 4 books, and I read Book 5 when it first came out ( ... )

Continued! brontefanatic September 19 2013, 19:47:35 UTC

Sorry - my original response was too long for one comment ( ... )

Re: Continued! dorothydeath September 21 2013, 19:28:19 UTC

Thank you so much for commenting, bb, and for your thought-provoking insight! *HUGS*

We no longer have the advantage of the individual POV's, and that's a major adjustment that the showrunners have to find their way around.
Yes, you're right of course. I was making things too simple and black and white. Sometimes something that works in a book will never work on TV and vice versa.

My memory of book!Cat and Jon is different than yours. I found her to be extremely harsh toward Jon in the books, and completely unapologetic about it. She never changes in her feelings. Show!Cat does.
I remember book!Cat as more cold than harsh. And harsh and cold still doesn't make it evil. Praying for a person's death is sort of an evil intent... BTW in the book there is a passage where Cat thinks she was unfair to Jon but admits that she couldn't help the way she felt because Jon was a constant reminder of Ned's betrayal. But, yes, I'm glad show!Cat changes her feelings I'm just upset the show writers had to take her hatred to extreme.

Has Shae told ( ... )

Re: Continued! brontefanatic September 21 2013, 21:49:19 UTC

It's interesting how people who love this series can have such different views of the characters. D Although I certainly agree with a lot of your observations ( ... )

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vorquellyn September 22 2013, 20:53:00 UTC

Interesting. I haven't caught up on GoT or read much past the first few chapters of the first book so I don't have a lot of comparison. Mind if I come back to this after I've seen some more eps?

dorothydeath September 23 2013, 11:58:03 UTC

Sure, feel welcome anytime! :D I'll be very glad to hear your opinion! :D
*HUGS*