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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
Nobody really knows what's going to happen, even if they have read the books. There are some plot differences between the books and the series which aren't necessarily huge, but they are definitely significant and seem to be getting moreso as the series continues.
If I am not mistaken, there are two books in the series that each exclude half the characters, because it was originally one book covering the same timeline but it was just two damn long and the only way to divide it was to put half the storylines in each.
Imagine a season without Tyrion. Crazy right? If Bran is left out it could only be to let the other characters story lines progress. I think his finding that tree was a pretty significant, end-game event and if they go any further with him it's going to reveal too much of the endgame.
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Cha-ching, we have a winner. Word for word dead nuts on the money.
I began re-reading the books last month and am about 2/3 of the way through book three now. I'm learning tons of stuff that I missed the first time I read them, largely due to having tore through them on the first read (because they were so damn good). It's true that no one knows exactly what's going to happen, or at any rate HOW certain things will happen. Martin is as we've seen many times very drawn to major plot twists and he isn't afraid to kill off even who we think are the most central of characters.
In other words
the author is a monster, and just now kings are dying like flies. :D