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Originally Posted by blankall
What is GRR Martin's role in the series? Is he approving all the gap filling?
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I've read on Reddit that he's spoken fairly highly of some of the character changes made; specifically he likes Helaena's changes.
I checked his blog:
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/...ese-and-grief/
The HotD team have done the same thing here with Helaena. In the book, she is a plump, pleasant, and happy young woman, cheerful and kindly, adored by the smallfolk. A dragonrider since the age of twelve, Helaena’s greatest joy in life is to take to the skies on the back of her dragon Dreamfyre. None of the strangeness she displays in the show was in evidence in the book, nor is her gift for prophecy. Those were born in the writers’ room… but once I met the show’s version of Helaena, I could hardly take issue. Phia Saban’s Helaena is a richer and more fascinating character than the one I created in FIRE & BLOOD, and in “Rhaenyra the Cruel” you can scarcely take your eyes off her.
Still, I wish they had Helaena flying around King's Landing on Dreamfyre more often...