User blog comment:The Dragon Demands/Slapping Joffrey compilation (set to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These")/@comment-210608-20120607071237/@comment-210608-20120607114147

I agree that he is far more likable in the series. I think they stayed true to the core of his character; his primary drive being centered on the legacy oh his house. However, the inclusion of the detail about Jaime made him seem a stern but effective parent and his strange mentor relationship with Arya also softened him.

Interesting that they kept more of a negative view of him when Cersei spoke about his feelings about the gods. I think softening him also helps to explain Arya's hesitation in ordering his death.

Notably he remained contemptuous of his bannermen - the added character Reginald Lannister, and the newly illiterate Ser Amory Lorch.