Interesting, up till this point it has felt like they were the main story. Makes me reevalute where I thought this show was going.
SPOILERS if you haven't seen the episode [video=youtube;78juOpTM3tE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78juOpTM3tE[/video]
SPOILERS BELOW Yeah I think the TV only people were hurt a lot more by the Red Wedding for just that reason. Everyone who read the books assumed Robb was not going to be too big because GRRM never made him one of the "perspective characters". The Red Wedding was sort of shocking but I always expected Robb to die before his brothers. I think TV people were completely blind sided. Also maybe the lack of detail made them forget the Ned Stark incident whereas readers had a better grasp that with a GRRM book no one is safe any anyone can go at any time.
Is it so hard to read the damn books? Anyone who stubbornly sticks to the show is missing out, and I have zero sympathy if they are mocked for being shocked by plot twists. Read the fucking books.
Blindsided is a understatement. I read that people have been emailing complaints to HBO about it, lol. I'm glad I didn't read the books now though because it made that episode that much better. It's a pretty brilliant move to put so much time into character development for the purpose of creating such genuine hate for the Lansiters from the audience. I feel like last night the Lanisters bought the Lakers, resigned Dwight and picked up Lebron in free agency!
This is good for a laugh. http://m.today.com/entertainment/game-thrones-star-fans-left-tears-after-red-wedding-6C10168068 "Honestly I think they took it too far. His wife isn't pregnant or at the red wedding in the book. I read the books and I wasn't prepared for the brutality of it. It was the most brutal thing I ever saw on a TV show," wrote Michael Poretti. Some were so upset by the turn of events on "Game of Thrones" they took to HBO's website to complain: "I have never seen anything as vile, disheartening, hurtful, and revelous in the bloodshed of heroes as this episode," wrote David on HBO.com. "Yeah, winter is coming HBO ... to your ratings." "So - when you eliminate just about every character that I care about, then continue to kill anyone with any sense of moral compass with such vengeance so as to punish them for even thinking that principles mattered, allow the wretched and evil to win over and over again and gain more power, and basically remove any and all hope of anything good ever happening (because how can I enjoy a show when every character I liked is now dead,) why is it exactly that I should continue watching?" wrote Tony.
This has made me really interested in the reactions that people will have in the next episode. Especially all the people citing "Evil has won". Nothing as shocking as the Red Wedding but there is a lot that will be a real "treat" to see peoples reactions about in next weeks episode.
Hollywood has created this "good guys must win" feeling in every movie, so that when good guys start dropping like flies, people literally start freaking the fuck out. I remember reading that part of the books and it totally blew me away. Gotta love how GRRM will just kill people, regardless of how central they are to the story.
SPOILER BELOW - Why are people bitching about the red wedding? At least they didn't sew Grey Wind's head onto Robb's body in the show. I'm sure people who didn't read the books would find it much worse if they did that.
Best part about the books - its hard to decipher between good buys and bad guys at times. They all do things for reasons, but I'm sure more people pity Jaime now than they did before - or Greyjoy who is dealing with mr. super psycho torturer, Snow.
