ASOIAF / Game of Thrones (SPOILERS INSIDE)

[holahouze]

Originally Posted by Sirken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

im pretty certain that the showrunners either didn't like the character of Stannis, or they didn't like the actor portraying him. either way, they shipped him off early, and never did him justice in the show.

saw an interview with the actor that plays stannis basically talking shit about the show (story here: http://winteriscoming.net/2016/03/16...me-of-thrones/), so im pretty certain they killed him off for reals

I think you're right. And, they knew Stannis was unlikely to make it to Martin's ASOIAF finish line. But, it was an extremely poor use of the Stannis character and storyline. I'm still so upset about it i'm standing beside myself.

I'm glad they are using s6 to use some book 4/5 storylines they skipped, but I'm really coming around to the idea that the show and books will be different stories with similar/same ending now.