8 Things Everyone’s Getting Wrong About Game Of Thrones

2. “These Aren’t The Characters We Know And Love

Jon’s story is about how, in this world of so much wrongdoing, doing the right thing always carries the most severe consequences. His refusal to love Dany is one of the catalysts for her burning thousands of innocent people.

Tyrion’s story is about finding out that a lifetime of drinking, whoring and quipping didn’t actually make him as smart as he thinks he is. For two full seasons now he’s poorly advised his Queen and now doesn’t know where to turn.

Jaime opens the show with his famous “the things I do for love” line and, after multiple seasons trying to break free of it, ends up doing some terrible things for love.

Arya is a girl who repeatedly rejects the easy life of simply being a Lady in a nice castle and, when offered a nice easy life of being a Lady in a nice castle, rejects it.

Sansa is, for years, the greatest victim of how the political game is played but, all the while, learns the lessons of her mistakes. Lo and behold she now plays it, uncompromisingly and on her own terms.

As for Cersei… well, yeah, alright, I’ve got nothing there, but if you're suddenly confused by what's happeening to the rest you really, really haven't been paying attention.