Jaime is the one that pushes Bran out of the window at the end of season 1 episode 1. Let's say that his involvement wasn't actually revealed in the episode. But hints are given that Jaime and Cersei were involved (Catelyn finding the golden hair up there etc). Show watchers speculate that it was Jaime that did it. That's fun discussion. A book reader comes in and also agrees that Jaime probably did it. Even if this isn't revealed in the books yet, the show watchers are going to be annoyed. What extra knowledge does the book reader have to say this? Is it actually revealed that Jaime did do it, or are there more hints that strongly indicate it later on? Maybe there's two competing theories amongst the show watchers. Maybe some think Jaime did it and some think Theon did it (for whatever reason). The book reader agreeing that Jaime did it pretty much ruins any anticipation show watchers have towards this mystery.
There's several flaws with this:
-I was not weighing in on one side of a debate. I was merely pointing out that a debate existed. The equivalent in your example would be if everybody just assumed Theon did it even though the show provided ample evidence that it was Jaime. People were assuming something that the show itself did not give them the grounds to assume and I pointed it out.
-In your example, the anticipation of the Jaime/Theon argument is ruined because it's reasonable to conclude that the book reader knows Jaime did it, since after all he did. This theory has no comparable confirmation or refutation so there can be no ruined anticipation.
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