“Nobody ever got it right”: HBO Got 1 Thing Wrong About the Iron Throne That Originally Sent George R. R. Martin on a Wild Goose Chase

In George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, those who have survived the harsh lands of Westeros see the Iron Throne as the ultimate symbol of power. Yet, for the creator of the Game of Thrones, the Iron Throne has been a constant source of frustration.  [caption id="attachment_266828" align="aligncenter" width="919"] George R.R. Martin (Image by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)[/caption] It is because in HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones, the studio designed the Iron Throne differently than the creator's described in his books. This changed how it looked from his original idea.