hey there sunshine! :) firstly, feel free to come and vent any time you need! that’s what friends are for, right? second, i will never, ever attack and/or judge you for your opinion. as long as we’re not outright hurting anyone, we’re all entitled to opinions! and third, i 100% agree. while the films do a great job of showcasing the basic plotlines, there is a lot of underlying character development that we miss. if everything from the books had been filmed, the movies would be like ten hours long! (which i’d totally watch btw). but i agree. there are certain things about characters that were left out of the films and i think people would understand the series a bit better if they read the books. if they only choose to watch the films, then okay! that’s cool too. but there are, of course, certain elements one can only gather from text, and that goes for all film adaptions of novels. the books are so much more dense and we get a lot more from them. so don’t you worry about coming here to rant, i am 100% here for it!