Game Of Thrones: 8 Changes To The Books That Were Completely Justified

2. Keeping Bronn Around

Not so much one instance of change as a series, Bronn is made infinitely better in the show than the books thanks to just how great Jerome Flynn is and how much the showrunners must've loved having him around.

The path of the character starts off the same, with him bonding with Tyrion over their shared sense of humour and volunteering as champion for the Imp during his first trial by combat, and distinguishing himself later during the Battle of the Blackwater. When it comes to Tyrion's next trial, though, Bronn refuses - as he does in the show - and that's where things really differ.

Cersei gives him a chance to marry into House Stokeworth, meaning Bronn does actually get his castle and, despite occasional mentions of him, largely disappears from the plot. The show finds a way of keeping him around, sending him on an ill-fated mission to Dorne with Jaime. Not that that particular bit of invention was justified, but it at least kept Bronn around and means he's stuck through as a reasonably big part of the show, leading up to his spectacular sequence in The Spoils of War.

Sure, we suffered through the "bad pu**y" line, but we got to see Bronn take on a dragon too and become a more fleshed-out character in the process, with innumerable C-bombs along the way, and that's totally worth it.