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[Buckwheat]

On replacing Jeyne Poole with Ros ... that would so not work. She is way too old and she does look like nothing like any of the Starks. Maybe sending Jeyne Westerling would do with a lot of suspension of disbelief, but would still be weird.

[Werthead]

Oddly, on the commentary for the first episode the producers say that the girl sitting next to Sansa is Jeyne Poole. But there was a slight bit of humour in how they said it, so I don't think we need to take that as a binding promise

[Christina Ceriddwynn]

ugh Ros didn't add to the show except to give wanking material to the HBO dudes....................

someone please tell me she is slaughtered in season 2

[The Bastard of Bolton]

Which is overkill on HBO's part considering the books are sexual enough without adding arbitrary sexposition characters.
I did like Littlefingers speech and I suppose without Ros it wouldn't have happened.  I don't mind the character so much as I mind the concept of making space for her at the expense of fan favorites that would have enriched the show.

Haven't looked for the original thread talking of Ros replacing Jeyne but I heartily disagree with the notion.
The North remembers enough to know that Ned Stark's youngest girl wasn't an adult woman kissed with fire and sultry.
Might be a certain someone ends up naming a hound after Ros in a future season.

[atia-]

The Bastard of Bolton, on 05 March 2012 - 08:01 PM, said:

Might be a certain someone ends up naming a hound after Ros in a future season.

Yes, please!

[Josh]

Christina Ceriddwynn, on 05 March 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

ugh Ros didn't add to the show except to give wanking material to the HBO dudes....................

someone please tell me she is slaughtered in season 2

Completely agree.  Ugh, so pointless.

[irishtemper]

Here let's add Ros, some random whore to the show and just neglect to put in one of the main characters uncle into the show who plays a large part.  Where is the Blackfish?

[Arrogant Bastard]

irishtemper, on 06 March 2012 - 08:06 PM, said:

Here let's add Ros, some random whore to the show and just neglect to put in one of the main characters uncle into the show who plays a large part.  Where is the Blackfish?

I didn't like Ros either, but this reasoning is a bit silly. Even if they only kept Ros for that first scene with Tyrion and cut her out of the rest of the show, they still wouldn't have added the Blackfish. Ros being a bigger part on the show didn't cause the writers to cut out characters like the Blackfish, who hardly plays a large part. What does he do in the series that requires the show to include him? Yes, most of the scenes with Ros were bad and I wish she wasn't in season 2, but come on, the tv show has included every major character and tons of great minor characters--Dolorous Edd, Podrick, Greatjon. It just seems unfair to complain about the lack of some pretty minor characters when if anyone else was adapting Game of Thrones, so much more would have been cut.

[Agromono]

Spoilers, I guess...

Spoiler

I've been thinking... what if the writers decide to change Jeyne!Arya into Ros!Sansa? They could write it so that Tyrion's marriage to Sansa is annulled after his trial/disappearance, and Sansa is a 'gift' from the Lannisters to the Boltons for their loyalty to the crown. Ros is also a redhead and knows something of Winterfell seeing as she's from the North and has slept around with the nobles there (Jon and Theon, neither of whom are there any more). Seeing as Ros!Sansa would be nobility as well AND Ramsay's bride on top of that, no one would dare to call her a whore... it could work.

[Arrogant Bastard]

A similar theory has been suggested on either this thread or a different one.

Spoiler

I don't think it would work at all. Ros is much older than Sansa and couldn't reasonably pass for her, even with the red hair. If for some reason the Northern lords wanted to dispute Sansa/Arya's claim to Winterfell, it would be easy because Ros is obviously not one of them. Then they could probably drum up support. Tywin wouldn't want that to potentially happen, so he'd choose someone around the right age so that it would be much harder to dispute.

[Justice for Elia]

Yes; she's in the "Power and Grace" trailer.

Also, gratuitous nudity FTW!

[The Swaggering Bravo]

Ros wasted valuable time building up characters in my opinion. Why not have Theon speak to Robb about his past rather than while he's shagging her? Or why not have Littlefinger talk to Ned or Catelyn about his past instead of while he's watching Ros go all lesbian over another prostitute? Littlefinger owning a brothel wasn't nearly as emphasized in the book as it was in the show, either. Instead we barely see Robb and it feels more shallow. Ros should never have been a part of the show.

[The Swaggering Bravo]

Arrogant Bastard, on 07 March 2012 - 01:37 PM, said:

I didn't like Ros either, but this reasoning is a bit silly. Even if they only kept Ros for that first scene with Tyrion and cut her out of the rest of the show, they still wouldn't have added the Blackfish. Ros being a bigger part on the show didn't cause the writers to cut out characters like the Blackfish, who hardly plays a large part. What does he do in the series that requires the show to include him? Yes, most of the scenes with Ros were bad and I wish she wasn't in season 2, but come on, the tv show has included every major character and tons of great minor characters--Dolorous Edd, Podrick, Greatjon. It just seems unfair to complain about the lack of some pretty minor characters when if anyone else was adapting Game of Thrones, so much more would have been cut.

The Blackfish scouted for Robb and was an all around cool guy, and he held Riverrun after the Red Wedding happened. He was very important to Catelyn, too and was a very trusted advisor.

[Arrogant Bastard]

The Swaggering Bravo, on 10 March 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

The Blackfish scouted for Robb and was an all around cool guy, and he held Riverrun after the Red Wedding happened. He was very important to Catelyn, too and was a very trusted advisor.

Yeah, but like I said, none of that is essential for the show. There's no need to show him scouting, that's just a waste of screentime, and they already have advisors for Robb in the Greatjon and likely Roose Bolton this coming season, so adding the Blackfish just clutters it up. He's really only important to Catelyn when she thinks about him, which of course the tv show can't convey; they actually don't interact all that much in the series.

And speaking of Ros, if you watch the new trailer, looks like she has a scene with Joffrey this season. Not really looking forward to that.

[The Swaggering Bravo]

Arrogant Bastard, on 11 March 2012 - 02:20 AM, said:

Yeah, but like I said, none of that is essential for the show. There's no need to show him scouting, that's just a waste of screentime, and they already have advisors for Robb in the Greatjon and likely Roose Bolton this coming season, so adding the Blackfish just clutters it up. He's really only important to Catelyn when she thinks about him, which of course the tv show can't convey; they actually don't interact all that much in the series.

And speaking of Ros, if you watch the new trailer, looks like she has a scene with Joffrey this season. Not really looking forward to that.

She'll probably replace Alayaya.

[TheEvilKing]

You people's hatred of Ros is so irrational, it makes me like her more just because she pisses you lot off so much.

At least they're giving her a plot this season instead of just sexposition scenes.

I hope she ends up marrying Jon Snow.

[Dennai]

TheEvilKing, on 11 March 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

I hope she ends up marrying Jon Snow.

If only.

[Element_Engine]

TheEvilKing, on 11 March 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

You people's hatred of Ros is so irrational, it makes me like her more just because she pisses you lot off so much.

At least they're giving her a plot this season instead of just sexposition scenes.

I hope she ends up marrying Jon Snow.

Ahahaha

[Kilgore Trout]

The only scene with Ros that really annoyed me was the one with Pycelle in Ep. 10.  Seriously, what the hell was the point of that scene!?  With so much happening, why would you waste five minutes on a stupid scene like that where the audience doesn't anything they didn't already know (So Ros is a whore and Pycelle is a forgetful old turd?  Well zip-a-dee-doo-da!)

As for her character going forward, I think its pretty clear that she's going to be taking Alayaya place based on the tiny snippets of her in the trailers.  After that, she's most likely to replace the character Kyra.

[Kilgore Trout]

I think people are getting a little ahead of themselves with the Arya/Jeyne thing.  That's still a loooong way off in the show.  They've already said they're breaking up ASOS into two seasons.  While that plot is introduce breifly in ASOS nothing happens with it until ADWD, that's at least 5 seasons away from now.  A lot can happen before then.

It is possible the show will go a different way with that storyline.  That's not necessarily bad, though, most people on this site are sure to hate it, as they hate most other changes.