User blog comment:Etindel/That did NOT just happen!/@comment-78.145.143.158-20130604225646

Hi Etindel,

I remember when I read that scene for the first time. I couldn't believe what was happening, but I couldn't stop either. It's so powerful, I remember sitting stunned before I started the next chapter, just in disbelief. There are a couple of small differences in the books, but it was really powerful to see it on the screen, especially with the little differences.

I read an interview with George R.R. Martin about the Red Wedding, and he explained his motivation for it as "GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: I knew it almost from the beginning. Not the first day, but very soon. I’ve said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense. I killed Ned in the first book and it shocked a lot of people. I killed Ned because everybody thinks he’s the hero and that, sure, he’s going to get into trouble, but then he’ll somehow get out of it. The next predictable thing is to think his eldest son is going to rise up and avenge his father. And everybody is going to expect that. So immediately [killing Robb] became the next thing I had to do."

​Hope this helps, enjoy the books! :)