Someone mentioned it before and even being a book reader I hadn't considered the dynamic of everyone south of the wall not understanding that the shit is about to hit the fan. Watching the series really gives you a better glimpse at this kind of stuff then reading books because there's so much more minute detail it's easy to get caught up in it.

Wrapping my head around what'll happen when winter REALLY hits and everyone's all dead ass tired and all resources depleted from beating the shit out of each other for years and then BAM! OH BTW NIGHTS WATCH TOTALLY TRIED TO WARN YOU BUT THERES SOME FUCKIN ZOMBIES HEADED YOUR WAY DAWG!