I'm lowkey sure that since the mad king play was a hbo production they had to do things that wouldn't disturb what was told in that show & have some continuity since the public could be people who only saw the series. like removing joncon bc he is not in got +
(with that they saved time by removing the battle of the bells too) and all those allusions to the mad queen. I'm really neutral about the play bc I have not seen it and even like that I have many things I dislike about it for what we have been told +
I know that he is barely a character but I feel very maternal towards him. it may be bc nobody really cares about him not even grrm outside of the narrative and it makes me genuinely sad like omg and this is 100% bc he is nedcat last baby.