George RR Martin has revealed that Robert Baratheon's death is his least favorite scene in all of Game of Thrones, largely because of its historical inaccuracies. Martin wrote the widely popular A Song of Ice and Fire book series that Game of Thrones is based on, and also wrote a handful of scripts for the show back in its early seasons. The book series was notable for its parallels with medieval history. The War of the Roses was the basis for The War of the Five Kings, the Roman Empire (and it's fall) served as an inspiration for ancient Valyria, and even the infamous Red Wedding has historical roots with an event called the Black Dinner.

Despite Game of Thrones' immense popularity, it's final seasons drew a fair amount of flack from both critics and fans. The show surpassed Martin's books by season six (Martin is still working on Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the series), and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss had to go off Martin's notes for his planned continuation of the series. Around the same time, Martin, who wanted to focus his attention on completing the book series, took a reduced role on the show. Martin's lack of involvement, plus the show drifting further and further away from his source material, is largely thought of as a chief reason for the show's steep decline in quality. That being said, Martin still didn't like a key scene from the first season.

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In the book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon (via EW), Martin revealed his least favorite scene of the entire show. King Robert Baratheon's hunt, the one that leads to his death, is actually the scene that Martin regrets the most. Martin, being the history buff that he is, was very distraught over the portrayal of Robert Baratheon's hunting party. A real royal hunting party, according to Martin, would have had around one hundred men, music, dogs, and several other glamorous displays of extreme wealth. In the show, and largely due to budget constraints, the soon-to-be-dead King's hunting party consisted of about four men walking around the woods with spears.

"In the books, Robert goes off hunting, we get word he was gored by a boar, and they bring him back and he dies. So I never did [a hunting scene]. But I knew what a royal hunting party was like. There would have been a hundred guys. There would have been pavilions. There would have been huntsmen. There would have been dogs. There would have been horns blowing — that's how a king goes hunting! He wouldn't have just been walking through the woods with three of his friends holding spears hoping to meet a boar. But at that point, we couldn't afford horses or dogs or pavilions."

Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones

Fans may be surprised by this - as the size of Baratheon's hunting party seems relatively innocuous when compared to some of the other changes that the show made. One would think that something more dramatic - like the removal of Lady Stoneheart - would draw the author's ire. However, this wasn't just an artistic choice; the portrayal of Robert Baratheon's hunting party was largely due to budget constraints. Martin has been outspoken about his frustrations with the limitations of writing for television in the past and even cites those frustrations as being one of the major reasons he switched to writing novels. Perhaps that is why the hunting party issue sticks out for Martin compared to some of the more dramatic examples.

When Martin did have problems with the show, he was relatively outspoken about it.  Martin has been open about how he thought the show could have gone on for more seasons, and how it negatively affected his ability to write A Song of Ice and Fire. Despite the fact that there seems to be much more egregious changes from book to show, it doesn't seem like Martin really has a reason to be dishonest with his criticism. Given his past frustrations with the limitations of writing for television, a hunting party not being portrayed correctly in Game of Thrones makes complete sense as the author's biggest problem with the series.

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Source: EW