i feel where u coming from because a few weeks ago i said i wish they would have combined doran and oberyn too, but that was just my love for the character talking. it really wouldnt work because if oberyn doesnt die, there is no need for tyrion to escape. if oberyn doesnt die, there is no reason to believe that oberyn and tyrion dont just walk out of kings landing together and head down to dorne peacefully since tywin or cersei really have no legal way of killing either of them without setting off a war, especially since tyrion would be under oberyn's protection.
also, you cant just suddenly decide that doran dies from some random illness. if they WERE going to merge the characters, they would have had to start from the beginning and not even mention doran. then if u have oberyn as the prince of dorne, that changes the dynamics of the sand snakes and arianne wanting to wage war, while the prince of dorne preaches patience because he has a secret pact with the targaryens. if oberyn is in doran's place, and he knows about the pact, why behave so impatiently at kings landing? why not just wait it out? its just too many strings to tie up if u leave oberyn alive at this point. im sure they COULD have thought of ways to do it, but too many other things would have changed. im not one of those book readers that feels everything HAS to be exactly the same, but too much change isnt good with this story since its all connected.
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Gonna be a lot of band wagon jumping.
