While it was pretty weird to go an entire season without Bran, it actually made sense, considering the young character’s storyline was a lot further along in the books than a lot of the other characters on Game of Thrones. When last we saw Bran, he had just reached the Weirwood tree beyond the Wall when his traveling party was attacked by a group of wights and Jojen was killed. Bran then met a member of the Children of the Forest and the Three-Eyed Raven, who presumably have been busy training him behind-the-scenes during this last season. Avoiding jumping too far ahead is exactly the reason that Bran was cut from Season 5, though. Benioff stated nearly a year ago that cutting Bran was all in the effort to keep everyone’s stories from the books on roughly the same timeline.

　　虽然布兰缺席第五季整季让人觉得很奇怪，但考虑到与其他权利的游戏的角色剧情线相比，布兰在原著中的故事发展在后面才有所出现，所以这样的安排是合理的。上一次我们看到布兰还要追溯到第四季末尾，他刚到达绝境的“心树“，此时他和伙伴们受到骷髅人的攻击，玖健也在战斗中牺牲了。过后布兰终于见到了森林之子和三眼乌鸦，极大的可能是三眼乌鸦在第五季的幕后忙于训练布兰，所以才没有布兰的戏份。但让布兰的剧情在这停下来，真正的原因是让其他的剧情线追赶上来。早在去年，贝尼奥夫就表示停掉布兰在第五季的故事，是为了原著中其他人物的故事发展能够大致的赶上来。

　　事实上，我们虽然在原著的基础上进行了必要的变动和改编，但我们一直都努力让各个剧情线能与原著保持一致，尽可能的使他们在时间上保持平行。

　　Anyone with any sort of knowledge regarding George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series probably knows that Game of Thrones has caught up and sometimes moved ahead of the books at this point. Season 6 will feature a ton of story arcs that won’t be spoiled on the blogosphere before the episode airs, and getting more surprises on the small screen is something that all GOT fans should rejoice in a little bit.

　　关于这点，读过原著的都知道《权利的游戏》已经赶上，有时候甚至超过了原著的剧情发展。在第六季正式播出前，博客上也不会泄露关于这一季众多的故事轴线。再者，权力粉们也会有些许的激动，看到更多的惊喜出现在电视屏幕上。

　　It’ll still be quite a while before new episodes of Game of Thrones air. In the meantime, here’s what we know about Season 6 so far. In addition, here's what else HBO has coming up this summer.

　　离第六季的播出还有很长时间，以上就是目前我所知道的关于第六季的最新情况了。另外，HBO电视台在夏季档也有其他的消息会出现。

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