Mance demands to know why Jon Snow betrayed his men, so Jon tells a story about how he saw Craster (aka Wildling Incest Grandpa) sacrificing his infant sons to the White Walkers but Lord Mormont didn't even care, and he (Jon Snow!) wants to fight on the side of the living, exclamation point. Jon: After fake-betraying the Night's Watch (but real-killing ranger Qhorin Halfhand to make it believable) Jon gets taken to the Wildling leader Mance Rayder, also formerly of the Night's Watch. Even though I've read the books many, many times, but this episode was the best example yet of the show's adaptation model, which increasingly feels both faithful to the books and totally new. In the books: Yes, Cersei hates Margaery, and yes, Margaery charms Joffrey, but here's the thing about these totally plausible (and awesome) scenes: They would have been impossible to depict in the book, because again, none of the people involved are point-of-view characters in Storm of Swords. That is, until Margaery wraps him back around her finger with a combination of sexual innuendo and the one thing Joffrey loves most in the world: sadism. Joffrey shuts his mom down like whoa, but ultimately confronts Margaery in a way that gets terribly frightening for a instant. Joffrey: Cersei, who is already deeply jealous of Margaery's influence over Joffrey, tries to poison her terrible son against his fiancee by bad-mouthing her for associating with Renly (and street urchins, because screw poor people). Also, rather than traveling together to the Wall, the party split after Ramsay Snow sacked Winterfell, with the wildling woman taking young Rickon south and Jojen and Meera heading north beside Bran. Before Theon's invasion, Jojen even warned Bran of the attack by way of a dream: that the ocean (metaphorically, the soldiers from the Iron Islands) came to Winterfell and drowned the castle. In the books: Bran met the Reeds much earlier they arrived at Winterfell after the death of Ned Stark and pledged the loyalty of their family to Robb. Spoilers for this episode follow, obviously.Ī brief review of "Dark Wings, Dark Words" and how it differed from the novels:īran: On the road north to the Wall, Bran meets Jojen Reed – a young boy who also shares his prophetic dreams – and Jojen's combat-savvy sister Meera. Martin’s world of Westeros - and how it differs from the books - in a series of letters between Wired writers (and Game of Thrones fanatics) Erik Henriksen and Laura Hudson. The third season of Game of Thrones is finally here, and we’re back to chronicle the TV adaptation of George R.
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