Jason_Ag98 said:
You have to hand it to the Lannister army - they held their lines in the face of a Dothraki horde and a giant fire-breathing dragon that was burning their comrades alive.
Actually the thing that amazes me about the Lannister army is it has an incredible ability to continue to regenerate. I mean the Lannisters have been involved in conflict after conflict including some significant defeats as well as battles they won but lost a lot of troops and yet they just roll into Highgarden and take it even though they have an excellent defensive position and the Reach has only had a few battles to this point.
You also have Jon in the North with what is left of the North plus the entire Vale minus a few that may have died in the rout at Winterfell and both armies are "far less" than 10k? Oh, and that counts the Wildlings?
The show gives you a lot of satisfying moments but damn they are messy writers by comparison and leave a lot of crap that doesn't add up in their wake. Also, there is no freaking way GRRM would allow Jaime, Bronn, Dickon, and I assume Randyl (who seems to have disappeared in spite of being a great general?) survive the main battle.
BTW, I can't imagine Jaime is dead since it happened right in front of Dany and Tyrion was also watching with riders next to him. They likely save Bronn as well but only because he is popular in the show. It does sometimes feel like GoT directed by Michael Bay and the fingerprints of Martin are getting more and more faint. I still love the show but I really think of it as a different story than the books at this point.