I don't have as much faith that two white trust fund failsons had that intention all along,
Oh certainly not. I don't give them any credit for that. That's all GRRM. I actually think a lot of the problems in the final season are the result of the fact that he already mostly knows how all the character arcs are going to conclude but he still hasn't quite figured out how to get them there yet. The show runners, even under the best of circumstances, may not have been up to the task of filling in the gaps but it didn't help that they basically tried to speed run all of it.
Whether selective laziness (he certainly had no issues doing side projects and making loathsome dung eaters in belden bing) or some deliberate cliffhanger marketing strategy, last I checked he still hasn't put out "winds of winter" and I'm glad the once-impossible-to-ignore pop cultural juggernaut is slowing down and gradually coming apart.
Yeah, I know. I'm not convinced he'll ever finish it either. I think he basically knows the broad strokes of where he wants things to wind up though and he had discussions with the show runners about it. Like the specifics are subject to change but I 100% also think it was always his intent for Jon to basically abdicate and go north of the wall because depending on your perspective it's kind of the happiest ending he actually could have gotten.
Oh certainly not. I don't give them any credit for that. That's all GRRM. I actually think a lot of the problems in the final season are the result of the fact that he already mostly knows how all the character arcs are going to conclude but he still hasn't quite figured out how to get them there yet. The show runners, even under the best of circumstances, may not have been up to the task of filling in the gaps but it didn't help that they basically tried to speed run all of it.
Whether selective laziness (he certainly had no issues doing side projects and making loathsome dung eaters in belden bing) or some deliberate cliffhanger marketing strategy, last I checked he still hasn't put out "winds of winter" and I'm glad the once-impossible-to-ignore pop cultural juggernaut is slowing down and gradually coming apart.
Yeah, I know. I'm not convinced he'll ever finish it either. I think he basically knows the broad strokes of where he wants things to wind up though and he had discussions with the show runners about it. Like the specifics are subject to change but I 100% also think it was always his intent for Jon to basically abdicate and go north of the wall because depending on your perspective it's kind of the happiest ending he actually could have gotten.