History Main / AdaptationalDumbass

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': In the lore, Galadriel was suspicious of Annatar, who was Sauron in disguise, pretty much the second she met him. Here, she developed feelings for Halbrand, an identity forged by Sauron, and only found out who he was after finding evidence that he was lying about his identity. What's worse is that even after after finding this out, she decides to keep it a secret out of shame, even though Sauron knows that the Elves were going to forge the Rings of Power.

** Hand in hand with other deviations, Jon Snow makes more mistakes or just doesn't get to be as clever as in the novels, particularly in his leadership which--unlike TheStrategist of the novels--mostly amounts to being a FrontlineGeneral in numerous battles and skirmishes, many of which are [[FailureHero likely or even unequivocal defeats]] until TheCavalry bails him out. He also often neglects important administration or delegates it to his entourage, whereas in the books he's something of a BadassBureaucrat PenPushingPresident who competently institutes major logistical reforms, has greenhouses built, and frequently negotiates treaties, alliances and loans in a cunning manner. Some fans chalk this divergence all up to not spending enough time being mentored by Qhorin Halfhand in Season 2. However, Book Jon possessed a useful working knowledge of Westerosi history and culture from the start due to his noble education at Winterfell and was noted by [[TheSmartGuy Tyrion Lannister himself]] as a good reader of people and situations, traits not really demonstrated in the show.

** Hand in hand with other deviations, Jon Snow makes more mistakes or just doesn't get to be as clever as in the novels, particularly in his leadership which--unlike TheStrategist of the novels--mostly amounts to being a FrontlineGeneral in numerous battles and skirmishes, many of which are [[FailureHero likely or even unequivocal defeats]] until TheCavalry bails him out. He also often neglects important administration or delegates it to his entourage, whereas in the books he's something of a BadassBureaucrat PenPushingPresident who competently institutes major logistical reforms, has greenhouses built, and frequently negotiates treaties, alliances and loans in a cunning manner. Some fans chalk this divergence all up to not spending enough time being mentored by Qhorin Halfhand in Season 2. However, Book Jon possessed a useful working knowledge of Westerosi history and culture from the start due to his noble education at Winterfell and was noted as a good reader of people and situations, traits not really demonstrated in the show.

** Hand in hand with other deviations, Jon Snow makes more mistakes or just doesn't get to be as clever as in the novels, particularly in his leadership which--unlike TheStrategist of the novels--mostly amounts to being a FrontlineGeneral in numerous battles and skirmishes, many of which are [[FailureHero likely or even unequivocal defeats]] until TheCavalry bails him out. He also often neglects important administration or delegates it to his entourage, whereas in the books he's something of a BadassBureaucrat PenPushingPresident who competently institutes major logistical reforms, has greenhouses built, and frequently negotiates treaties, alliances and loans in a cunning manner. Some fans chalk this divergence all up to not spending enough time being mentored by Qhorin Halfhand in Season 2, however Book Jon possessed a useful working knowledge of Westerosi history and culture from the start due to his noble education at Winterfell and was noted as a good reader of people and situations, traits not really demonstrated in the show.

** Hand in hand with other deviations, Jon Snow makes more mistakes or just doesn't get to be as clever as in the novels, particularly in his leadership which--unlike TheStrategist of the novels--mostly amounts to being a FrontlineGeneral in numerous battles and skirmishes, many of which are [[FailureHero likely or even unequivocal defeats]] until TheCavalry bails him out. He also often neglects or delegates important administration, whereas in the books he's something of a BadassBureaucrat PenPushingPresident who competently institutes major logistical reforms, has greenhouses built, and frequently negotiates treaties, alliances, and loans. Some fans chalk this divergence all up to not spending enough time being mentored by Qhorin Halfhand in Season 2, however Book Jon possessed a useful working knowledge of Westerosi history and culture from the start due to his noble education at Winterfell and was noted as a good reader of people and situations, traits not really demonstrated in the show.

** The show portrays the Sand Snakes as DumbMuscle whose main pursuits are bickering and trying to kill people, and even when they try to get involved in diplomacy they're just insulted and told to "let the grown women speak." In the books, they're still stubborn and hotheaded but only Obara could even be ''accused'' of not also being cunning and politically aware, and Prince Doran Martell even tasks Nymeria and Tyene with infiltrating the Small Council and the Faith Militant for him. Tyene Sand, although still a MasterPoisoner in the show, displays none of the cunning she does in the books, where she suggests invoking Dorne's gender-neutral inheritance laws to crown Myrcella Baratheon (who is engaged to Doran's son Trystane) as a rival to Myrcella's brother Tommen, the Lannister-supported PuppetKing of the Seven Kingdoms, in an attempt to lure the Lannisters into an unwise attack on their almost-impregnable ThirstyDesert kingdom. Instead she comes across as merely a petulant PsychopathicWomanchild who still calls her mother, "Mama."

** The show portrays the Sand Snakes as DumbMuscle whose main pursuits are bickering and trying to kill people, and even when they try to get involved in diplomacy they're just insulted and told to "let the grown women speak." In the books, they're still stubborn and hotheaded but only Obara could even be ''accused'' of not also being cunning and politically aware, and Prince Doran Martell even tasks Nymeria and Tyene with infiltrating the Small Council and the Faith Militant for him. Tyene Sand, although still a MasterPoisoner in the show, displays none of the cunning she does in the books, where she suggests invoking Dorne's gender-neutral inheritance laws to crown Myrcella Baratheon (who is engaged to Doran's son Trystane) as a rival to Myrcella's brother Tommen, the Lannister-supported PuppetKing of the Seven Kingdoms, in an attempt to lure the Lannisters into an unwise attack on their ThirstyDesert kingdom, which has never been taken by force. Instead she comes across as merely a petulant PsychopathicWomanchild who still calls her mother, "Mama."