RE: Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion [SPOILERS WITHIN]
April 23, 2016 at 11:17 pm
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2016 at 11:22 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(April 23, 2016 at 10:38 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(April 23, 2016 at 9:56 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Canon can't mean anything else but GRRM's books in this context, no matter what the differences between the show and the books, unless I'm missing something here. What exactly do you guys mean by canon?
Whether you like or not, the show has taken an authority because there are people who haven't and won't read the books. I agree that the books, in my mind, will always be canon. But if some majorly important plot difference takes place between the two mediums (like who is the ruler at the end), then there will be a debate. Whether or not the debate is settled in your head makes no difference. The debate will take place, and I, for one can see good arguments on both sides.
Oh, my bad, I misunderstood something. Yes, I agree, canon is whichever the fans think it to be.
I think that they could be treated as two separate entities in those cases where they differ from one another. I can hardly imagine a fan claiming something is just not right in the books because in the TV show, the "true" canon, that didn't happen. The opposite, on the other hand, can happen very often. Irregardless of this, I think it's just better not to compare them but to enjoy them(or not) for what they are on their own.