Originally Posted by
ArgonaZe
As Tehealadin stated. In LOTR the whole Bombadil passage was scrapped because, the story could work fine without him. They didn't destroy the character.
In this scenario, Doran is weak, his guard is weak, Ellaria is a stupid bitch that destroys Dorne "For Oberyn", even tho Oberyn would never want his brother, nephew, and Dorne killed...
They could have skipped it in a sort of way. No useless fights, no useless lines (Bad pussy great writing there dudes), no out of line deaths.
There is a major difference between skipping an arc, and ruining it with shit changes.