In defense of the Netflix adaptation

You read the books. You watched the series. We all have heard about all the points the show deviates from the source material and how it's a bad thing. Can we now focus on only those changes to the plotlines and character motivations that actually **improved** the original story?

I will start:

>!Revealing the identity of the Emperor this early in the story was a great move - we would never got to that amaizing plot twist if we followed the chronology of the books - the series won't last that many seasons...!<