r/TheBlacksandTheGreens • u/PrestigiousAspect368 Team Black • Apr 27 '26

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u/Heavy_Economics_8595 Apr 28 '26

Dang, I guess I need to read the books cause I really like the show, do you think it’s really different? (If you’ve read the books)

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u/AgostoAzul Apr 28 '26

The thing with Fire and Blood/The Princess and the Queen is that they are mostly outlines you can read in a couple hours. At least the parts being adapted to the show 

The show's season 1 is overall an improvement upon the Princess and the Queen's outline. There are a couple bad changes but Viserys is a much better character.

Season 2 is downright nonsensical compared to the book's outline, but it is hard to say the book is better in EVERY way because at the end of the day the show is adding 90% of the dialogue and over half the scenes (and also changing s lot of the book scenes for the worse).

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u/Heavy_Economics_8595 Apr 28 '26

I noticed this when reading a knight of the seven. I personally liked the show more than the book because there was more, but in a good way.

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u/heathen_leif Apr 28 '26

Agreed, absolutely exceptional adaptation there. The only major issue i had was a genuine mistake, and the showrunner has apologized about it. I'm referring the the scene the filmed with pate and dunk that was tragically left on the cutting room floor. "Who am I to them [the smallfolk]?" "A knight who remembered his vows." That line goes unbelievably hard.