10 Biggest (And Best) Differences In Game Of Thrones Season 4 From The Books
5. The Reveal Of Whos Been Pulling The Strings All This Time
Remember that fellow Jon Arryn who got offed way back in season one? Course you dont, the man never spoke a single line; which tends to happen when youre dead before a story even starts. Joffrey, on the other hand, we know all too well. The common denominator between them? They both croaked after having a little something dropped in their wine, and the books leave the identity of both their murderers an agonizing mystery for nearly the entirety of A Feast for Crows. The shows writers thankfully let us in on the secret pretty early on (at least for Joffrey) probably because they realized a couple things. First, TV nuts and Game of Thrones fans in particular have the patience of a hopped up six-year-old when it comes to plot details. Second, killing off a character as hated as Joffrey cant go unrewarded for that long. Fans deserved to shower the Tyrell matriarch/murderess with their praises, and that they did. Lastly, it doesnt make a whole lot of sense for Olenna to hide that information from Margaery; after all, weve established that Olenna is not too stoked about her granddaughters groom-to-be and that the Lannisters need the Tyrells in order to consolidate their rule, so offing Joffrey was fair game for the wizened Queen of Thorns. Littlefingers motives in killing Jon Arryn though are much more murky. Obviously his manipulation of Lyssa into killing her husband and thus instigating a massive war that spans the Seven Kingdoms would allow him to climb the ladder that is chaos, but his endgame is just as unclear in the show as it is in the books. But you cant lay out all your cards out on the table, can you?
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