Something I was thinking about:
A lot of the backstory is filled in through characters' thoughts. Obviously that doesn't really work on TV. Does someone who has only seen the show know who Rhaegar is, other than Dany's brother? Would you know more than that at this point in the books?
What about Lyanna, Brandon, Rickard, Jon Arryn?
I realize that a lot of the story will need to be left out of the show, but a lot of the power of the story, at least to me, is in what comes before.
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