When you're watching the show, you can kick back with friends and have a drink. Or five drinks, if you're channeling Tyrion Lannister. Book fans can curl up in a chair with their book, sure, but
COUSINS, IDENTICAL COUSINS. The most obvious hint that Jon Snow and Young Griff were combined is the reveal of Jon’s true name on the TV show: Prince Aegon Targaryen. For years, the identity of Jon Snow was the topic of much debate amongst fans of the books but a prevailing theory believed his birth name was Jaehaerys.
The ages of the characters in the show more closely resemble analogous ages of kids in modern day society of similar levels of maturity / responsibility, whereas the books are more true to the "period." (To be sure, the characters are all exceptional individuals, upon whom much greater challenges/responsibilities are thrust than most, at any age.)
Game Of Thrones: 10 Things From The Books About Sansa That The Show Changed. By Lukas Shayo. Published Oct 30, 2022. While Sansa is the beloved Queen of the North and protector of an entire kingdom, there are many things that the show left out about her character. With Rhaenyra in the midst of a fight to become the first Queen of Westeros in
True To The Books: His Hate For The Starks. Jaime absolutely despises the Starks because of Ned Stark's judgment towards him after his murder of Aerys, and this is true of both the book and show. The book delves a little further into why, and just how he feels whenever Ned Stark looks at him, but the hatred itself is pretty accurate.
It also doesn't help people who read the books here and see the show has given people the complete wrong idea about certain characters, in the books Stannis is probably the least fanatical out of anyone in his army, save maybe Davos, yet a book reader comes here and a lot of the things they'll see is everyone calling Stannis a fanatic who
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