Yeah, the more I am watching the show - particularly this season - the more I want to stop and read the books first...I'm finding season two very rushed and ...well, kind of dull in parts. And I think that is them having to simplify so many stories into an easy to follow series. And even characters I like are beginning to grate on me. That, and I've been spoiled for major turning points in the show, and seeing how they've deviated from the books makes them even more annoying (and deviating from the characters motivations in the books).
I mean, really - what they have just done with the Robb/whatever-her-name-is character is just irritating. I was complaining to a friend about how dull it was and they explained how it is different from the books, and that just makes even less sense, particularly Robb breaking his promises *willingly* rather than doing something stupid because you are grieving. Agh.
From what I've read about Stannis, I think I probably would like him more in the books - but I think you've made me into more of a Greyjoy fan than I initially was too :D Agh, all these characters I want to dislike because I'm cheering for another side, yet they are too interesting not to like!
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Date: 2012-05-30 08:51 am (UTC)I mean, really - what they have just done with the Robb/whatever-her-name-is character is just irritating. I was complaining to a friend about how dull it was and they explained how it is different from the books, and that just makes even less sense, particularly Robb breaking his promises *willingly* rather than doing something stupid because you are grieving. Agh.
From what I've read about Stannis, I think I probably would like him more in the books - but I think you've made me into more of a Greyjoy fan than I initially was too :D Agh, all these characters I want to dislike because I'm cheering for another side, yet they are too interesting not to like!