Why are the characters so much older in the TV series?
For the TV show all of the characters have been aged up, Arya is 12 not 8, Robb is 18 not 14, etc. There are many reasons for this, ranging from – finding suitable young actors able to believably pull off the emotional range necessary for the roles, to – sensitivity to modern cultural opinions regarding what young people are doing. For example in our culture having an 11 year old girl marrying a man in their late 30’s and expected to become pregnant and bear children as soon as possible would be extremely shocking, but this is the kind of thing that happens in ASOIAF, although this is based on historical evidence anyway, but it would still be shocking to the majority of viewers. Is it any less shocking for a 15 or 16 year old in the same situation, I don’t know, but the change probably helps a little. So when the show airs you will notice this difference and quite possibly many other differences too. Just for the record this animated timeline map will remain fixed on the dates, ages an
