Game Of Thrones S2 episode discussion BOOK READERS WITH SPOILERS

[kahless]

I've just had a thought. In the TV only thread someone asked about the ages of the children, and there was a comment about how Maisie Williams looks older this year.

This got me wondering, it was GRRMs original intention for there to be a 5 year leap forward in time between the end of ASoS and (what was then the 4th book) ADwD. The idea was events would have moved on, the war ended and the main child characters grown up a bit.

What if the TV series has decided to re-introduce this leap forward? It would certainly solve the problem of the child actors out-aging their character's.

So I've read the writers have the permission of GRRM to deviate from the books if needed.