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Ooo that's a nice chart you got there. Thanks for breaking it down for us. I'd agree. It's hard to notice when first reading. But I noticed this too on a re-read.

Some of my favorite moments are when "Arya's" impending wedding leads Stannis and Jon to discuss who to do about the Karstarks (the only House who've pledged for him). Stannis thinks Arnolf Karstark will keep his pledge. But Theon's chapters tell us everyone at Winterfell knows Arnolf will betray Stannis when he finds Alys, so he can claim Karhold.

As you have described, the tapestry is more tightly knitted together than what D&D did without Jeyne Poole, which increases coherency. It's just another example of the pitfalls of grafting the personality traits, backgrounds and roles of minor characters onto the main characters in a sprawling adaption of a series like this.

Alas. At least we can identify these problems and undo the enmeshment of the book and show plots.

Earlier I had mentioned how ‘Arya’s’ marriage to Ramsay Bolton is the thread that connects all the plots in the North in ADwD and I could not help notice how it’s mentioned or is the driving force for what is happening in four different locations or about 70% of the North plot.

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