[Mandalore93]

Hopefully they try to stick to the books as much as possible.

Reading through a Clash of Kings again and now onto A Storm of Swords....it still just completely bothers me how Stannis is described as this fearsome commander on both land and sea and then he gets fucking rolled at King's landing. He's portrayed as this patient, strategic commander in comparison to his rash, audacious brother but he immediately storms KL as soon as he gets there? Not only that but apparently he disregards the only threat his army could have (attack from the west by Tywin force marching) and gets rolled? Not only that, but in my opinion he is portrayed as a man who picks the right guy for the job. Then he picks some shitty lordling as his admiral who leaves his two most experienced sea commanders in the second line (Davos) and in the rear (the pirate - can't remember his name. Salidor Xan or something like that? Not sure about spelling since I use audio books)

Also, I still hate Cat. But it's not as blinding as it once was. I think my gf might be tempering my heart. She's still a rash dumb, dumb bitch though. Maybe it's just because it's the second read through that I can't muster that rage anymore :*(

I guess just the sheer irrationality of some characters still drives me up the wall. Like when Renly dies. "omg she must have did it, even though she had to go through sheer steel to do it." Although I can certainly make an allowance for the heat of the moment right after. But in the long run it just makes no sense.