/lit/ - Literature

>>9861089
You realize the books are totally different, right? The series cuts out a lot of stuff, and changes the rest to the point of being wholly unrecognizable. And people who say that season 1 was faithful to the books are delusional faggots, don't listen to them. The show butchered the material since day one, and we're not talking minor nitpicking either.

Minor examples from episode 1
In the show, Cersei talks to Jaime about how brave and reckless he is from diving off a cliff. In the books, Cersei recounts and incident where Jaime refused to stick his hand through the bars of a cage to pet a lion because he's a coward, whereas she was brave enough to do it. The show tries to whitewash her into a mistreated woman, whereas the book portrays her as the crazy bitch that she is.
And again, in the show, Catelyn is made into loving wife that begs Ned to stay home but is contradicted by the evil patriarchal lord that cares more about his duty than his family. In the books, Ned desperately wants to stay, and it's Catelyn that insists he should go because it would better the family's position.

Just forget everything you know and read the books. These are small differences. It only increases as you go from one book to another, and once you're past the third it diverges completely.