A song of Ice and fire discussion (spoilers incl A Dance with Dragons)

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It's probably because someone pointed out that A Storm of Swords had a sword on the cover already.

On the tv version... I found Lloyd's Viserys a much more sympathetic and multi-dimensional character than the one in the books. Viserys in the book was always just plain crazy and vicious and I never really understood his character's motives. Theon's been given a lot more screen time which I suppose is actually a good choice as I found his actions in a Clash of Kings to have been difficult to grasp at first, since he was hardly mentioned in GoT.

It seems to me that these choices are a way of GRRM attempting to retrace his steps back to the beginning and change things that he now would have included after several more years worth of experience? I wouldn't really say that he's "fixing his mistakes" but rather is re-interpreting his original premise in a different medium. Of course, I can't forget that many other writers worked on the script as well, so this is not only George's work but includes others' interpretations as well.