I have my own theory about that.
Because when you think about it from a financial point of view, GRRM could not want the show to spoiler the ending of the books.
Like, why the hell would a writer want to have his story spoiled by a TV show, when he still has to write two (right?) books to end it himself.
I guess that somewhere after Jon died and was resurrected the next season, GRRM told D&D that they can simply fuck off and not spoiler his book's ending. He guided them roughly to where he wanted to go but ultimately kept his actual ending to himself.
That's why I suspect to see two different endings in GoT and ASOIAF. Not majorly different, but ASOIAF is probably going to switch the two fights between NK and Cersei, or at least merge them to one epic ending.
I mean, we literally shat on the Prince that was Promised in GOT.
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Well what I do like is that I really do not know what's going to happen from now on. That suspense is quite what keeps me invested in GOT.
I wasn't able to predict any of the things really that transpired so far in S8. Be it good or bad.
Most people noticed that back in season 5 or 6, when they ran out of books, it was pretty clear. It didn't suddenly become bad this season, it's just more pronounced now because they are rushing it. But episodes like the one Arya runs around the city with her belly open, jumps into a dirty canal and then kill the waif or the suicide mission where we learn the NK is a professional javelin thrower, where he kills one of the dragons are just as bad to what we have now.
What made GoT so good in the first place was good writing. Other stuff is obviously important, but without a good writing it's just another hollywood whatever crap.
I mean I watched and she clearly didn't. It was to the outside of his left pec and the shard was inserted dead center in the one showing him being made. The Russos keep mouthing off about Endgame and it makes no sense as well so I'm hand waving away their nonsense because it doesn't fit. You can't just say I'm the director etc and this puzzle piece that is clearly a corner piece fits in the middle.
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Watch it again. People were saying it was the gut, but it was nowhere even remotely near where he they put the shard, which was 100% right at the sternum. She didn't stab him anywhere near the sternum.
Pretty bad if you ask me.
I get the show is Game of Thrones and the center piece is who claims the Iron Throne but the White Walkers and the Night King were there as echoing reminders that while everyone is focused on the Iron Throne the true threat was the Night King. To fail at Winterfell the way he did with as much hype as he had is just poor writing.
I get it the living had their ace in Bran and they knew what would happen but the Night King has been 1 step ahead of Bran at every single turn except for this one instance, the most important moment in the series. He has countered Bran at everything he has done but now all of a sudden when the story is reaching its climax the Night King became the most predictable character.
For the Night King to not even make it to the Riverlands is a huge failure.
The Night King and Viserion got demolished by Rhaegal but Euron and his arrows kill him. Never mind the ancient mystical being riding an undead dragon and their failure to beat Rhaegal and Jon... arrows did with aimbot like accuracy.
If the leaks are true the show-runners definitely dropped the ball on this series and didn't do it justice in the end. Production can only carry a show so far and when writing is lacking the way it has the quality is seriously hit hard.
Ever since the deviated from the books the writing has clearly suffered. It began to bother myself last season like truly bother me with the mission north of the Wall and Gendry running that far, that fast, and a raven getting to Dragonstone that quickly along with Dany saving them. It made no sense unless someone wants to say "Bran was watching the entire fight and he sent a letter to Dragonstone the very moment Jon and the rest were trapped"
Before that when the Unsullied went to Casterly Rock and ended up being in a Iron Fleet blockade... the very next time we see them everyone is back at the Dragonpit with no mention of what happened at Casterly Rock.
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The Night King didn't get outplayed by Bran though. His army was effortlessly crushing the opposition and the Night King himself was so close to killing his nemesis. Even when Arya jumped to kill him, the Night King immediately reacted. That's when the Night King was fucked, but not by any of the characters, but by plot armor, that allowed Arya's neck to somehow not freeze instantly from the touch of a guy literally made of ice.
I agree with everything else. Though a popular leak says that the Night King's story is far from over, No?
The Void. A force of infinite hunger. Its whispers have broken the will of dragons... and lured even the titans' own children into madness. Sages and scholars fear the Void. But we understand a truth they do not. That the Void is a power to be harnessed... to be bent by a will strong enough to command it. The Void has shaped us... changed us. But you will become its master. Wield the shadows as a weapon to save our world... and defend the Alliance!
Based on the last episode you can always just declare that you have half of it left. We might as well assume wildfire is an infinite resource, because there is no way the show creators are keeping track of how much wildfire she has. Euron summoned 1000 ships in a single episode, and Cersei just created hundreds of railguns (We don't know how long that took though, but she was pregnant before they built the first one, and she still isn't showing, so not very long.)
They claim he isn't done, but I think he is. I think they made it like that in the interview because of people not liking how it turned out and to give this false sense of anticipation. Or they could go with the trope of whoever kills him becomes him.
Also, the Night King didn't have the same equipment as Euron and Dany was reckless there. She was riding high on that win added with the fact that previously she had decimated Cersei's army. It wasn't so much Euron as much as the tools he was given and Dany's ego.
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It depends on what's been happening in the background. Tyrion seemed to make a power play for it during the battle. Did they pick back up for her after? When rule changes hands a lot can change and it happened twice since. I'm not saying I don't expect it because I really do. It's just you have to doubt yourself a little for the sake of the story sometimes and think about what else might happen in the meantime that we don't see.
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It wasn't a leak. There was an interview and the guy skirted the question. So it wasn't a yes or no or leak. It was a tease.
trailer for next ep is up
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Arya should be put on trial. She committed genocide on the White Walker race and exterminated them down to the last child. White Walker lives matter.
The Void. A force of infinite hunger. Its whispers have broken the will of dragons... and lured even the titans' own children into madness. Sages and scholars fear the Void. But we understand a truth they do not. That the Void is a power to be harnessed... to be bent by a will strong enough to command it. The Void has shaped us... changed us. But you will become its master. Wield the shadows as a weapon to save our world... and defend the Alliance!
He did get outplayed. Bran called out exactly what he would do and he did it. Bran gave the weapon that killed the Night King to Arya. During their stare down Bran broke eye contact with the Night King, looked at his chest and back at him...coincidentally the Night King was stabbed in the chest where Bran was looking by Arya who was given the weapon to kill the Night King by Bran.
And the Night King story isn't over because of the prequel. He will be a centerpiece of that since it takes place in the Age of Heros and the real Long Night. Unless GRRM has a lot of writing influence on that prequel I see it suffering the same way Game of Thrones is now due to writing.