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Originally Posted by TheNewGirl

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It is Lancel. Cersei's cousin. She will not ever have sex with someone who isn't a blood relative unless she has to (Like Robert).

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Didn't she also screw all the Kettleblacks?

Originally Posted by TheNewGirl

Yeah there was a big alteration in Dany's story. Not really in what happened but why it happened (and through the whole thing there's been more of those in Dany's story line then anyone else's).

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In the book she totally goes into the fire cause she's grieving and fully expects to die. Other wise she would have had to go to the mountain and live with the other widows of the horse lords for the rest of her days. She decided burning, as long as she burned the bitch who killed her husband with her was preferable.

I also think the scene with Sansa and Joeffery actually was taken from the second book.

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I was disappointed that they cut out the scene where she gave her bride gifts to the blood riders and promised Jorah a sword of Valyrian steel asking them for their allegiance. I found the final scene rather anticlimatic in comparison to the book. Wasn't she also bald after surviving the fire?

The scene with Sansa and Joffrey was from the second book and I believe the heads were supposed to be covered in tar?

Also, Varys and Littlefinger don't need all of these "could of happened" scenes.

Originally Posted by Lomac

I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed that they haven't shown any of the battles in the show so far. A lot of the characters have been cut out too, though I can understand that. I'm vaguely surprised they introduced Lancel as I thought the Cersai/Lancel bit didn't start until the second book. I'm also glad they let The Hound keep his understated "kindness." Maester Pycelle's vigorous/decrepit acting seems to be new, though. However, they managed to make the ending of the season much more epic than the book (it ends on the "King of the North" scene).

As for Sansa, it's not that she's dumb; in fact, in the books she has quite a bit of internal turmoil between killing Joffrey/running away, and being the "perfect princess" she was raised up to be. She's the exact opposite of Arya, basically.

What I'd love to see in the second season is have them make everything a bit bigger (as Skinny had mentioned earlier in the thread). The book is written in such a large scale a la Lord of the Rings and seeing the characters interact in only small rooms with only a few people standing around makes it feel almost claustrophobic.

All that said, I'm looking forward seeing Jaqen and Halfhand introduced, as well as seeing Tyrion as the Hand of the King.

I just thought of something... did they introduce Meera and Jojen in this season?

Valar Morghulis.

It seems as if they really did mix up some of the second book stuff just to make things seem more interesting.

I really hope they get more $$$ from this first season to up the budget on the next season. I think money was the main thing holding them back from showing more battles.
Blackwater could be amazing if they manage to pull it off.

Can't wait for Jaqen H'ghar. As soon as I saw him next next to Biter and Rorge, I thought COOL!

No Meera and Jojen yet.