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originally posted by: Jennyfrenzy
a reply to: zazzafrazz
As a super fan of A Song and Ice and Fire, I would be devastated if Game of Thrones concluded before the books. There's still one book to be released after Winds, A Dream of Spring. He's got a lot of work ahead of him. I'm confident he can do it!
originally posted by: Gazrok
He's not the only cut, or character that has been downplayed, but TV is a completely different medium than books, and has different demands.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
So, Heart of the Winter? Did the Bookwalkers just get spoiled by that reveal? My wife asked me, 'What happened with the baby?' and I had no clue at all, I felt like an Unsullied.
Part of me likes it because it's new and fresh and the other part doesn't because it may be in TWOW and I got it 2 years early.
What was up with the whole Bran story line change?
originally posted by: vor78
And BTW, yes, that's a massive spoiler at the end, even for book readers, for a variety of reasons, including one BIG one that I'm not sure many people are going to pick up on.
originally posted by: Gazrok
I too am left wondering just what was going on with the White Walker and the baby...but it makes sense if you think back to the very first episode of the show, where we saw humans with those blue eyes. I don't recall any of that in the books, but eh...always nice to be surprised.
According to legend, the Night's King lived during the Age of Heroes, not long after the Wall was complete. He was a fearless warrior, who was named the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Later he fell in love with a woman "with skin as white as the moon and eyes like blue stars", he chased her and loved her though "her skin was cold as ice", and when he gave his seed to her he gave his soul as well.[1] (Her description matches that of the Others.) He brought her back to the Nightfort and after the unholy union, he declared himself king and her his queen, and ruled the Nightfort as his own castle for thirteen years. During the dark years of his reign, horrific atrocities were committed, of which tales are still told in the North. It was not until his own brother, the King in the North, and Joramun, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, joined forces that the Night's King was brought down and the Night's Watch freed. After his fall, when it was discovered that he had been sacrificing to the Others (possibly in similar way to Craster), all records of him were destroyed and his very name was forbidden.[1] It is likely this led the lords of the North to forbid the Night's Watch to construct walls at their keeps, ensuring the keeps would always be accessible from the south.
does A+J=T?
originally posted by: Jennyfrenzy
I'm a firm believer in A+J=T This would mean he's no kinslayer.