Spoiler:Also I like Jon Snow in the books. Hate him in the show. I suspect every one of the coolest things he's done in the books will not make the show. In the show he's just a brooding idealist ignoramus. In the books he's just, um, a real person. Similar with Stannis. Perhaps the only main character the show does better than the books is Jaime. I think the show has done a better job of making Jaime half hero half villain