Goose06 said:
So I recently finished the books. Anyone care to discuss a few of the plot differences and how we think those might play out if GRRM ever finishes?
1. Victarion: fair to assume some similar fate as Quinton? Maybe not death by dragon but I assume his fleet gets wiped out before reaching Dany or he shows up and she's gone and he heads back to Westeros? Seems the last book ended and he knew she was rumored to be in the Dothraki sea and he wasn't prepared to give up...
2. Aegon - again, I'm guessing he gets wiped out before ever meeting Dany. Otherwise he would have had a role on the show. In this case Tyrion was with Aegon and Tyrion is likely about to reach Dany. I wonder how that might play out?
3. People seem to have not liked the addition of Quinton, Aegon and Victarion plots in the books (or maybe better said they liked the simpler plots presented by HBO). I actually really enjoyed those plots, particularly quintons since you got to see it through to the end. While His plot was a big waste of time from the standpoint that he didn't marry Dany or bring her forces together with his Dornish army, he released the dragons and she now knows Dorne is an army she can easily get to come to her side when she returns to Westeros.
What are some other plot differences you are curious how they play out?
Not really sure I understand the question as these characters were not introduced in to the HBO series and, for better or worse, HBO is finishing this. I suppose it's possible GRRM could get TWOW in to print at some point in the next decade but I doubt it and he certainly won't write ADOS.
As for the three characters and the their roles in the books, IMO:
Victarion's arc I really enjoyed. I think he was to ultimately serve as the vehicle to help lift the siege of Mareen and then use his ships to get her army across the sea. Figured he would simply die screaming trying to tame the dragons, Dany get the ships, and a few Ironborn join her. HBO replaced this arc by simply having Asha/Yara and Theon steal a bunch of ships and go find Dany.
Quenton was one of the biggest wastes of pages GRRM wrote in. Completely pointless. I honestly think he added that boondoggle thinking he had something there, couldn't make it important, and didn't want to rewrite any chapters, so he just unceremoniously ended the arc.
Aegon seems to be the second biggest waste of time and energy next to Quenton. This was building to be a major arc in the books yet HBO completely bypassed it. I think at best, had TWOW been published, the arc is probably a bucket of nothing and only confuses the situation in Westeros by adding a fourth army in play.
Aegon
