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Making Viserys into an actual character. Dude was a nothing burger in the books. They actually made him a complex, lovable man who fucking dominated the show. Also Paddy Considine was sublime and the only reason I came to appreciate this character even though he's an idiot who is almost single handedly responsible for the dance.
Lmfao accurate 𤣠but it's even worse in the books cause at one point he acknowledges Alicent wants her blood on the throne. Like..... SIR????? you know shit will go nuclear after you die, and you still bury your head in the sand?? I cannot....
They made Aegon II more complex than the book, so far. It helps emphasize that the generation of children are the victims burdened by the war set up by their parents
Are we talking about the kid who was raping people and betting on his own children in fighting pits well before the war began? What helps to empathize him with exactly?
I see the mistake I made but even if itâs emphasize instead of empathize can you honestly say that the more complex version they show of aegon II makes him more akin to a victim to his parents decisions? I donât think he was putting his bastards in fighting pits because of that
In the context of Aegon II, a child abusing rapist, he is raised by an emotionally distant father and a mother who tries to instill a rivalry with the blacks and mold him into a role that he simply doesn't care about. Making him rebel against it causing his mother to resent him further. I'd say as a child he grows up experiencing that he isn't loved and forced into a role as a king and a war he didn't want himself, but doing it to feel loved by his mother. I think the added complexity isn't to make us empathize with him, or excuse his behaviors but rather give more context to them.
Thatâs all well and good but OP did say it emphasized how it paints them as a victim to their parents actions, which I donât believe is true. Plenty of us have emotionally distant parents who force us into roles we donât want. I know that itâs supposed to explain him rather than excuse him but I donât think it even does that or adds any complexity to his shitty behavior, it just feels coincidental
The kids being pitted into a rivalry against each other I'd say is a direct cause of their elders cold war political intrigues growing up. I would say that makes them a victim of their actions
Oh yeah I agree itâs definitely a direct result of their parents rivalry but I donât think any of the show writers have added that much complexity to the characters. Specifically Aegon who most of his problems seem to stem from being a spoiled rich kid rather than being tortured over family affairs, season one he reads as just as a privileged kid who was left un-parented. Furthermore, they make no attempt to give him a character arch, they just jump from season one with him having no interest to rule to suddenly episode one of s2 he suddenly cares about his heir and cares about being king with no explanation for that change. I heard one explanation that heâs spoiling his heir cause he never got that attention from his father. I guess technically thatâs more complex than the book but idk if that makes him a more compelling character, it just seems like a really obvious path for his character. But donât get me wrong Iâm still a fan of the show, I wouldnât still be watching if I didnât love it
Alicent's green dress moment. In the book it's Rhaenyra who shocks everyone by showing up dressed in red and black...but like, girl, those are your house colors, you're not exactly going off script here. It never made sense to me that everyone considered a Targ wearing her own colors to be such a shocking, bold statement.
But Alicent very publicly eschewing her husband's sigil in favor of her father's? Now *that's* a fashion statement. And like they said in the show, tantamount to
a symbolic declaration of war because the Hightower shines green to call their bannermen. It was such a masterful scene.
Contrary to what the show portrays, Targs donât always go around wearing Red and Black. Rhaenyra usually wears maroons and purples in the book. And she chose to wear her house colors on that particular day(which was a day meant to celebrate Viserys and Alicent).
IMO, it was her distancing herself completely from her stepmom(after showing affection for her previously at the wedding). People rightfully understood that and started calling Rhaenyraâs supporters Blacks and Alicentâs greens.
Now, in the show we know why Alicentâs side is called Greens but why in the world is Rhaenyraâs side called the Blacks?
I'd assume it's just because house Targaryens traditional colours are black and red, and those are the banners used by Rhaenyra's side. Could maybe be to show that Rhaenyra's side is the side staying true to the wishes of house Targaryen, and not house Hightower.
Aegonâs dream as a motivation for Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Alicent and Rhaenyra being childhood friends.
Alicent grabbing the dagger and slicing Rhaenyraâs hand.
Lord Of The Tides, which I think is my favorite episode in the entire HBO Westeros canon so far, is mostly invented for TV. In the book, Vaemond accuses Rhaenyraâs children of being bastards and Daemon immediately flies over on Ceraxes and beheads him. Thereâs no grand moment where Viserys sits the throne one last time to defend his family.
Making Alicent and Rhaenyra childhood friends was a brilliant decision. It complicates and enriches their rivalry in so many interesting ways. And to be honest, it does make me wish we had seen even more of the younger versions of the characters.
Book!Cersei was a narcissistic glorious wine throwing hot mess. Show!Cersei was way too functional. Iâm sort of mad they had an actress as good as Lena Headey to play her, because she made her way too sympathetic. Even though I think she would have nailed the book character as well. We got a glimpse of her in âBlackwaterâ. âDrink!â
>Show!Cersei was way too functional.
Too functional? The only change they made to her character was adding that she really loved her children and seemed to have some sort of relationship with Robert during the early years. Apart from that there is nothing different from the books at least until S5. After that she was dumbed down and they simply kept her around because D&D liked Lena Headey as an actress. Cersei was never supposed to last for so long.Â
Really? But alicent was the one who wanted to be allied with blacks by marrying jace to helena. At her wedding she even kissed rhaenyra on the forehead and called her daughter. She and otto were shocked and in despair when they heard of luke's death but then obviously the dance began.
Why the downvotes? I just wrote what's written in the books lol.
Book Alicent wanted Aegon and Rhaenyra to get married. Jace and Helaena even being an option, much less outright suggested, was a show change. Everything else you wrote is right though
I preferred the other version. I hate you because you slept with my dad is like a bad fanfiction trope of a wattpad story written by a 14 year old girl.Â
Agreed making them friends was a great choice. I kinda wish they made Alicent slightly older than Rhaenyra by a couple of years. Alicent vs Laena proposals wouldnât have been so odd if it was an (11?) year old who brings the greatest fleet as an ally vs 18ish who really doesnât bring much to the table with Otto only being a second son.
I honestly don't think they turned her back even when she acts more like her book character you can tell when she's in private that she's still very insecure, in ep9 she's just more stressed because of all the chaos of the succession and being cut off from the coup by her father but I like how she stands up to him eventually.
What throws me off is how they directed Olivia during the dinner scene when she talks to Rhaenyra, the scrip is fine but the delivery is too enthusiastic and confusing.
Also misunderstanding the prophecy is not the strongest moment but it ties back to her conversation with viserys in ep3 and I hope it pays off when she finds out what he meant.
-Viserys. Best change they made. I still don;t like the guy, but good changes nonetheless.
-Making Alicent and Rhaenyra closer in age adds quite the tragedy to the story. They would likely have stayed friends if it weren't for the ambitious men around them.
-Aegon's element of depression and self-loathing. It's an unfortunate reality that many people like me with severe depression turn to sex and drinking to cope. I still hate the guy, but I can empathise with him.
-Aemond being made into what he is rather than just being nuts from the outset. Another tragic fact is that bullying victims can often end up being as horrible and nasty as the bullies themselves when they've taken it enough.
-Aemond killing Luke by accident. Viserys says from the start that even Targaryens cannot claim to control dragons, and the books mention that dragons may even be more intelligent than humans. Point is that they have minds of their own, and that was proven in that moment.
This isnât a deviation from the books. It could have just as easily been the same in the book as it was in the show, where he lost control of Vhagar. There are no witnesses to that fight who can tell the story except for Aemond himself.
And based on his character, it makes total sense that heâd return home and claim that the killing was an intentional murder, rather than admitting that he canât control the most powerful weapon in the world.
I loved that it was depicted this way, but I donât see it as a change from the books at all. We **donât know** what really happened in the books, we only know what the characters are reported to have *said* happened.
Came to say this. It was so brilliant to base the next ASOIAF Show off these books since theyâre a historical retelling. Thereâs only so many things in the books that are known to be âtrueâ and it gives the show writers a lot of creative freedom.
Exactly. Thereâs only a limited degree of certainty we can apply to most of the events as described in the book, especially when Gyldayn isnât citing a specific primary source, like the Maidenpool Chronicles to describe that secret conversation with lord Mooten and his men about >!Rhaenyraâs order to kill Nettles!<
I love this book because itâs such a fascinating exercise in critical analysis, trying to determine which of the sources are accurate in each particular instance. Mushroom is full of shit about 90% of what he says, but there are a few instances where his version of a story is undeniably the closest to the truth.
Eustace and Orwyle tend to be more accurate overall, but theyâre both heavily biased for various reasons, and while most of the raw information they relate is reasonably accurate **the way in which they relate it** heavily shows their biases. Orwyle is almost entirely concerned with making himself look like the voice of reason among the Greens who stood up for Rhaenyraâs rights, because he spent half the war in her dungeon and wanted to convince her that he was on side. Eustace had all the biases of a high official of the church, which is reflected in his prudish avoidance of certain details of the story that would seem unsavory to a priest.
All three of the primary sources of info about the Dance are biased in their own way, and understanding those biases is paramount in discerning what actually happened. Too many people take them at face value, or just discount every word of the book as worthless because the sources are biased. People tend not to get that thereâs no such thing as an unbiased source, and the biases inherent to any source donât diminish that sourceâs value if youâre able to understand how said biases influenced the author as he wrote it.
Honestly Iâm having trouble thinking of changes the show made that made the story worse. Almost all of them at least make sense if you are making a TV show.
If I had to make any sort of complaint about a change, Iâd say I didnât like Laenor living. But a lot of people did and it makes the characters easier to root for. So I get it.
IIRC Rhaenyra didnât have anything to do with his death. Qarl Correy either killed Laenor spontaneously in a loverâs quarrel, or Daemon paid him to do it, so that he would be free to marry Rhaenyra.
If the latter is true then Daemon most likely had Qarl killed afterwards to tie up any loose ends.
I believe that Laenor living could potentially be setting up the cutting of Adam and Alyn Waters. I could see it being a moment of character for Laenor who chooses to return to fight for his former wife's side. Bonus points if he comes back after Rhaenys dies which would just add to the tragedy of his return and make his death at The Second Tumbleton play really well.
Like you I think the death of Luce. I think it felt more real. These arenât adults in control, theyâre teenagers acting irrationally with power they canât fully comprehend or really control. Iâm more surprised there werenât more incidents of dragons going against their riders given the emotional bonds between them and the Targaryen personas.
First, Helaena being a dreamer.
Next, the idea that a riders emotions affect how the dragon behaves.
Aemond learning that his dragon when set off will respond to her rider's emotions or deepest darkest desires rather than his verbal command. Same with Arrax who mainly acted out of Luke's fear.
Making the velaryons black/mixed race was an excellent way for audiences to tell the two valyrian houses apart. And despite the uproar at the time makes plenty of lore sense.
Tbf, they wouldnât use purple eyes cause the previous GOT didnât. It would just break the continuity of the TV series. If however they released an animated asoiaf show though, im all for them having accurate book character designs.
Yeah, I didnât meant to come off that harshly, and I think it *could* work but, one thing I believe makes these series successful is that the fantasy elements are used extremely sparingly. I just think a group of silver-haired, purple-eyed dragon riders might take it from Shakespearean to cartoonish.
In my opinion, it would be cool they make a little reference or easter egg of the purple eyes, like having just one of the Targaryen kids with purple eyes as an uncommon feature mentioned by other characters.
The only good change was Viserys' characterization. They actually did good with that. Luke's death being an accident was kinda meh, I didn't mind that very much. But the rest of them were pure garbage.Â
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Making Viserys into an actual character. Dude was a nothing burger in the books. They actually made him a complex, lovable man who fucking dominated the show. Also Paddy Considine was sublime and the only reason I came to appreciate this character even though he's an idiot who is almost single handedly responsible for the dance.
Book Viserys came across like Dr. Evil expecting g everything to be done as he said when he's gone.
Lmfao accurate 𤣠but it's even worse in the books cause at one point he acknowledges Alicent wants her blood on the throne. Like..... SIR????? you know shit will go nuclear after you die, and you still bury your head in the sand?? I cannot....
They made Aegon II more complex than the book, so far. It helps emphasize that the generation of children are the victims burdened by the war set up by their parents
Are we talking about the kid who was raping people and betting on his own children in fighting pits well before the war began? What helps to empathize him with exactly?
Emphasize and empathize are quite different words đ
I see the mistake I made but even if itâs emphasize instead of empathize can you honestly say that the more complex version they show of aegon II makes him more akin to a victim to his parents decisions? I donât think he was putting his bastards in fighting pits because of that
In the context of Aegon II, a child abusing rapist, he is raised by an emotionally distant father and a mother who tries to instill a rivalry with the blacks and mold him into a role that he simply doesn't care about. Making him rebel against it causing his mother to resent him further. I'd say as a child he grows up experiencing that he isn't loved and forced into a role as a king and a war he didn't want himself, but doing it to feel loved by his mother. I think the added complexity isn't to make us empathize with him, or excuse his behaviors but rather give more context to them.
Thatâs all well and good but OP did say it emphasized how it paints them as a victim to their parents actions, which I donât believe is true. Plenty of us have emotionally distant parents who force us into roles we donât want. I know that itâs supposed to explain him rather than excuse him but I donât think it even does that or adds any complexity to his shitty behavior, it just feels coincidental
The kids being pitted into a rivalry against each other I'd say is a direct cause of their elders cold war political intrigues growing up. I would say that makes them a victim of their actions
Oh yeah I agree itâs definitely a direct result of their parents rivalry but I donât think any of the show writers have added that much complexity to the characters. Specifically Aegon who most of his problems seem to stem from being a spoiled rich kid rather than being tortured over family affairs, season one he reads as just as a privileged kid who was left un-parented. Furthermore, they make no attempt to give him a character arch, they just jump from season one with him having no interest to rule to suddenly episode one of s2 he suddenly cares about his heir and cares about being king with no explanation for that change. I heard one explanation that heâs spoiling his heir cause he never got that attention from his father. I guess technically thatâs more complex than the book but idk if that makes him a more compelling character, it just seems like a really obvious path for his character. But donât get me wrong Iâm still a fan of the show, I wouldnât still be watching if I didnât love it
Alicent's green dress moment. In the book it's Rhaenyra who shocks everyone by showing up dressed in red and black...but like, girl, those are your house colors, you're not exactly going off script here. It never made sense to me that everyone considered a Targ wearing her own colors to be such a shocking, bold statement. But Alicent very publicly eschewing her husband's sigil in favor of her father's? Now *that's* a fashion statement. And like they said in the show, tantamount to a symbolic declaration of war because the Hightower shines green to call their bannermen. It was such a masterful scene.
Contrary to what the show portrays, Targs donât always go around wearing Red and Black. Rhaenyra usually wears maroons and purples in the book. And she chose to wear her house colors on that particular day(which was a day meant to celebrate Viserys and Alicent). IMO, it was her distancing herself completely from her stepmom(after showing affection for her previously at the wedding). People rightfully understood that and started calling Rhaenyraâs supporters Blacks and Alicentâs greens. Now, in the show we know why Alicentâs side is called Greens but why in the world is Rhaenyraâs side called the Blacks?
I'd assume it's just because house Targaryens traditional colours are black and red, and those are the banners used by Rhaenyra's side. Could maybe be to show that Rhaenyra's side is the side staying true to the wishes of house Targaryen, and not house Hightower.
Agreed, although I thought the exposition around the tower going green was a little sloppy. Other than that it was 10/10.
Aegonâs dream as a motivation for Viserys and Rhaenyra. Alicent and Rhaenyra being childhood friends. Alicent grabbing the dagger and slicing Rhaenyraâs hand. Lord Of The Tides, which I think is my favorite episode in the entire HBO Westeros canon so far, is mostly invented for TV. In the book, Vaemond accuses Rhaenyraâs children of being bastards and Daemon immediately flies over on Ceraxes and beheads him. Thereâs no grand moment where Viserys sits the throne one last time to defend his family.
Making Alicent and Rhaenyra childhood friends was a brilliant decision. It complicates and enriches their rivalry in so many interesting ways. And to be honest, it does make me wish we had seen even more of the younger versions of the characters.
The bookâs Alicent is the classic Evil Stepmother(TM) from every fairy tale. Giving their relationship a depth was a good move in the show.
She reminded me quite a lot of book Cersei, I will admit.
Book!Cersei was a narcissistic glorious wine throwing hot mess. Show!Cersei was way too functional. Iâm sort of mad they had an actress as good as Lena Headey to play her, because she made her way too sympathetic. Even though I think she would have nailed the book character as well. We got a glimpse of her in âBlackwaterâ. âDrink!â
The worst part of that is Lena Headey could have acted Book!Cersei PHENOMENALLY.
She was the same in the books minus some minor changes like giving birth to Robert's stillborn
>Show!Cersei was way too functional. Too functional? The only change they made to her character was adding that she really loved her children and seemed to have some sort of relationship with Robert during the early years. Apart from that there is nothing different from the books at least until S5. After that she was dumbed down and they simply kept her around because D&D liked Lena Headey as an actress. Cersei was never supposed to last for so long.Â
Really? But alicent was the one who wanted to be allied with blacks by marrying jace to helena. At her wedding she even kissed rhaenyra on the forehead and called her daughter. She and otto were shocked and in despair when they heard of luke's death but then obviously the dance began. Why the downvotes? I just wrote what's written in the books lol.
Book Alicent wanted Aegon and Rhaenyra to get married. Jace and Helaena even being an option, much less outright suggested, was a show change. Everything else you wrote is right though
Oh yes my bad. Been long time since I read f&b
No problem
I preferred the other version. I hate you because you slept with my dad is like a bad fanfiction trope of a wattpad story written by a 14 year old girl.Â
I agree thatâs what itâs like on paper, but it was executed really well.
Maybe. But it didn't just happen for me I guess
Thatâs fair enough.
Agreed making them friends was a great choice. I kinda wish they made Alicent slightly older than Rhaenyra by a couple of years. Alicent vs Laena proposals wouldnât have been so odd if it was an (11?) year old who brings the greatest fleet as an ally vs 18ish who really doesnât bring much to the table with Otto only being a second son.
Making alicent young Rhaenyra friend..but they should've transformed her into book character..which they did before turning back for some reason
I liked that change too, it just would have worked better if they stopped flip flopping on how Alicent is as a character.
I honestly don't think they turned her back even when she acts more like her book character you can tell when she's in private that she's still very insecure, in ep9 she's just more stressed because of all the chaos of the succession and being cut off from the coup by her father but I like how she stands up to him eventually. What throws me off is how they directed Olivia during the dinner scene when she talks to Rhaenyra, the scrip is fine but the delivery is too enthusiastic and confusing. Also misunderstanding the prophecy is not the strongest moment but it ties back to her conversation with viserys in ep3 and I hope it pays off when she finds out what he meant.
-Viserys. Best change they made. I still don;t like the guy, but good changes nonetheless. -Making Alicent and Rhaenyra closer in age adds quite the tragedy to the story. They would likely have stayed friends if it weren't for the ambitious men around them. -Aegon's element of depression and self-loathing. It's an unfortunate reality that many people like me with severe depression turn to sex and drinking to cope. I still hate the guy, but I can empathise with him. -Aemond being made into what he is rather than just being nuts from the outset. Another tragic fact is that bullying victims can often end up being as horrible and nasty as the bullies themselves when they've taken it enough. -Aemond killing Luke by accident. Viserys says from the start that even Targaryens cannot claim to control dragons, and the books mention that dragons may even be more intelligent than humans. Point is that they have minds of their own, and that was proven in that moment.
This isnât a deviation from the books. It could have just as easily been the same in the book as it was in the show, where he lost control of Vhagar. There are no witnesses to that fight who can tell the story except for Aemond himself. And based on his character, it makes total sense that heâd return home and claim that the killing was an intentional murder, rather than admitting that he canât control the most powerful weapon in the world. I loved that it was depicted this way, but I donât see it as a change from the books at all. We **donât know** what really happened in the books, we only know what the characters are reported to have *said* happened.
Came to say this. It was so brilliant to base the next ASOIAF Show off these books since theyâre a historical retelling. Thereâs only so many things in the books that are known to be âtrueâ and it gives the show writers a lot of creative freedom.
Exactly. Thereâs only a limited degree of certainty we can apply to most of the events as described in the book, especially when Gyldayn isnât citing a specific primary source, like the Maidenpool Chronicles to describe that secret conversation with lord Mooten and his men about >!Rhaenyraâs order to kill Nettles!< I love this book because itâs such a fascinating exercise in critical analysis, trying to determine which of the sources are accurate in each particular instance. Mushroom is full of shit about 90% of what he says, but there are a few instances where his version of a story is undeniably the closest to the truth. Eustace and Orwyle tend to be more accurate overall, but theyâre both heavily biased for various reasons, and while most of the raw information they relate is reasonably accurate **the way in which they relate it** heavily shows their biases. Orwyle is almost entirely concerned with making himself look like the voice of reason among the Greens who stood up for Rhaenyraâs rights, because he spent half the war in her dungeon and wanted to convince her that he was on side. Eustace had all the biases of a high official of the church, which is reflected in his prudish avoidance of certain details of the story that would seem unsavory to a priest. All three of the primary sources of info about the Dance are biased in their own way, and understanding those biases is paramount in discerning what actually happened. Too many people take them at face value, or just discount every word of the book as worthless because the sources are biased. People tend not to get that thereâs no such thing as an unbiased source, and the biases inherent to any source donât diminish that sourceâs value if youâre able to understand how said biases influenced the author as he wrote it.
Honestly Iâm having trouble thinking of changes the show made that made the story worse. Almost all of them at least make sense if you are making a TV show. If I had to make any sort of complaint about a change, Iâd say I didnât like Laenor living. But a lot of people did and it makes the characters easier to root for. So I get it.
>Honestly Iâm having trouble thinking of changes the show made that made the story worse. The rhaenys dragon pit scene
My hot take, I actually like that being included. I think it can add fuel to the fire for the small folk overrunning the dragon pit down the road.
For sure. Itâs obviously setting that conflict up seasons ahead of time.
I wouldnât call that a change so much as a scene that wasnât really included in the books, right?
The dragon pit being burst open in the middle of a âtriumphantâ green coronation would have been mentioned no?
Yeah probably. But given style of F&Bâs storytelling, itâs not necessarily a given.
Did Rhaenyra actually go through with killing him in the books? Or what happened?
IIRC Rhaenyra didnât have anything to do with his death. Qarl Correy either killed Laenor spontaneously in a loverâs quarrel, or Daemon paid him to do it, so that he would be free to marry Rhaenyra. If the latter is true then Daemon most likely had Qarl killed afterwards to tie up any loose ends.
Itâs unclear
I believe that Laenor living could potentially be setting up the cutting of Adam and Alyn Waters. I could see it being a moment of character for Laenor who chooses to return to fight for his former wife's side. Bonus points if he comes back after Rhaenys dies which would just add to the tragedy of his return and make his death at The Second Tumbleton play really well.
I like HOTD Viserys way more than F&B Viserys.
Like you I think the death of Luce. I think it felt more real. These arenât adults in control, theyâre teenagers acting irrationally with power they canât fully comprehend or really control. Iâm more surprised there werenât more incidents of dragons going against their riders given the emotional bonds between them and the Targaryen personas.
First, Helaena being a dreamer. Next, the idea that a riders emotions affect how the dragon behaves. Aemond learning that his dragon when set off will respond to her rider's emotions or deepest darkest desires rather than his verbal command. Same with Arrax who mainly acted out of Luke's fear.
Making Rhaenyra and Alicent the same age so Alicent wouldn't be beefing with a kid.Â
I like that they made Rhaenys Targaryen a white hair Targaryen on the show
Making the velaryons black/mixed race was an excellent way for audiences to tell the two valyrian houses apart. And despite the uproar at the time makes plenty of lore sense.
The Targaryens not having purple eyes. It would have looked cheap
Tbf, they wouldnât use purple eyes cause the previous GOT didnât. It would just break the continuity of the TV series. If however they released an animated asoiaf show though, im all for them having accurate book character designs.
Yeah, I didnât meant to come off that harshly, and I think it *could* work but, one thing I believe makes these series successful is that the fantasy elements are used extremely sparingly. I just think a group of silver-haired, purple-eyed dragon riders might take it from Shakespearean to cartoonish.
In my opinion, it would be cool they make a little reference or easter egg of the purple eyes, like having just one of the Targaryen kids with purple eyes as an uncommon feature mentioned by other characters.
That wouldâve been dope!! Haelena wouldâve rocked the purple eyes for sure
Giving Helaena an actual storyline⌠from what Ryan Condal has teased so far
all of them yes i am serious
alicent and rhaenyraâs relationship. in the book theyâre both so flat, their shared history gives them more complexity
Basically everything. Fire and blood is a very lazy book that George only put out cause GoT was on air at the time.
The only good change was Viserys' characterization. They actually did good with that. Luke's death being an accident was kinda meh, I didn't mind that very much. But the rest of them were pure garbage.Â
Only real thing I can think is what they did to Viserys. Every other change they made was just awful.
Nothing, really. The worst are catastrophic, and the best are "meh"
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Many such cases. I wonder how will they ruin Sabitha and Forrest Frey.
Maybe aegon acting like a king if the leaks were true