Quote:You could argue Barristan Selmy got the short end of the proverbial stick here also. As I recall, he WAS the baddest man on the block; his notable fight scene was omitted and while he went out swinging, he went out to a bunch of relatively (compared to him) unskilled insurgents. Now, I don't know how he dies in the novels as I've never actually sat down to read them, I just know via my friends (all of whom have read) that Barristan was a no joke. As a related aside, I'm not even sure if Jaime has gotten his just due in terms of how skilled he is supposed to be on this show.

to piggyback those thoughts,  Selmy is supposed to be leading the defense of Mereen in one of the released chapters of WoW alive and well getting ready to fight the Iron fleet.


they did Jaime pretty well early in the show but especially well when the hand got cut off.  In the books he learns to fight with the mute kings guard guy from the first couple seasons that had to leave the show due to cancer.  Hence why Bronn is completely off the rails on his story line.


Selmy is no joke he is just old at this point, his best scene is throwing his sword down at the kings feet.

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