They Were Seven Facing Three

So after the long wait, we finally see the Tower of Joy event.  The most interesting element of this scene was how much it deviated from A Game of Thrones (Book I of A Song of Ice and Fire).   This is notable, because neither telling of the event can be said to be reliable.  The original is a dream of Ned's, where some things happen "as it was in life," and others are shadowy events from a dimming memory.  The final filmed version is a vision of Bran's, which may be a viewing of the past, a new branching of time where Bran could potentially interact, or some kind of simulacrum that is not completely faithful to the original events.  My notion of the event has been this fan made video from the audio-book which faithfully portrays the description in Ned's dream:

Which is real?  This is one more occurrence which reveals the postmodern zeitgeist that A Song of Ice and Fire originates from, and which is perhaps becoming foregrounded as we finish the filmed series.

S06E03: