Game of Thrones

[BulldogBear]

As engie and I have been saying, you can no longer take anything that happens in the show as an indication of what will happen in the books. They've diverged in completely different directions. It's explicitly clear that the direwolves are avatars of the Stark children in the books. They do seem to be nothing more than pets in the show. Also of note: Euron wins the crown with the Dragon Horn in the books. He won it with nothing more than a speech Sunday night. Theon is nowhere near the kingsmoot in the books. No Victarion at all in the show. Stannis is still alive in the books. Roose is the f'n boss in the books and is always a step ahead of Ramsey. I could go on and on with the differences.

They're going to get to roughly the same endgame, but you just can't compare the books and the show anymore. They're completely different now.

Screw GRRM for letting this happen. I'm still not watching but hard not to see a thought or two here and there. IDK, if there's no announcement of TWOW by the time the DVD comes out I might watch it. Still pissed right now.

Because the show is such an aberration right now, most of my book theories are still intact. Since you mention Theon at the kingsmoot, I still think in the books Theon is going to kill Euron like a boss and rule the Ironborn when all is said and done, probably bringing them to the "right" side of the final battle, which I believe is going to be pretty simple actually. I believe the endgame is going to be those that wish to destroy mankind vs. those who wishes to save it (what I'm calling the "right" side) and not everyone will realize they're really on the wrong side, at least not till it's too late (I think a good example will be Dany and her Dragons, who will melt the wall and let the Others thru).

And right on cue, here's a link where the producers say the show and the books are significantly different.

It's been so long since I gave it much thought so off the cuff I don't remember how it fits in, but since we mention Euron, I believe that Daario is more than what he seems and is either Euron or Benjen incognito. The timeline of East/West is sometimes funny and hard to be sure there aren't large gaps. In a book, when characters don't really know what other characters may look like you can get away with this sort of thing. I don't believe there would have been any reason for Jorah or Barriston to recognize Euron, and depending on Jorah, maybe not Benjen either.