10 Biggest (And Best) Differences In Game Of Thrones Season 4 From The Books
9. Doing Away With The Whole Reek Masquerade
No one likes Reek. Seven hells, even Reek doesnt like Reek. But trust me, the Reek you know on screen is much, much better and easier to follow than the Reek(s) of the books. You see, Reek isnt just one person in the books; in fact three people have adopted the moniker at various points. The first man to bear the title was a servant of House Bolton whose true name is unknown, but whose stench was appalling to such a degree that he was forced to sleep with the pigs; not even the horses could stand his stench. This man Reek, the first of his name, was made Ramsay Snows personal servant as a joke, but the two quickly became inseparable in their cruelty. Reek would aid his master in their hunts he conducted with captured peasant girls, and supposedly engaged in necrophilia after his master had them killed. We know that Ramsay is an absolute nutter, so it should come as no surprise that in the books he kidnaps a Lady Donella Hornwood, forces a marriage, and summarily kills her via starvation with Reek's help. Naturally this draws the ire of Ser Rodrik (remember that guy who Theon beheaded rather clumsily in season two?), who comes looking for Ramsay, at which point he changes clothes with Reek and thus manages to escape. Ramsay, now going as Reek, comes upon Theon at Winterfell and offers the idea of burning the millers sons and passing them off as the missing Stark boys, after which he runs off to get help against the Stark bannerman that have the place surrounded. Ramsay/Reek returns with Bolton men and betrays the Stark Bannerman, and then summarily betrays Theon and bestows upon him the title in torturous fashion (I dont think Im ever going to make a dick-in-a-box joke ever again). Oh and this story? Its all told in the books second hand through rumor. Plot convolutions aside, I dont think anyone wanted to see necrophilia. Good call on that one, HBO.
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