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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
D&D have earned their share of criticism (please God, let the decision-making this season be to set up GRRM's fantastic conclusion), but I feel a lion's share of the blame falls on GRRM's shoulders.
I think it's pretty evident that D&D are racing toward a pre-set conclusion established by Martin, but weren't given a clear road-map on how to get there. Welp, when you have an author who proclaimed as late as Season ****ing 3 that he had zero worries that the show would catch him, these are the types of propulsive, narrative leaps that D&D are going to take after devoting over a decade of their lives to this project.
I am very hopeful that this recent hack of HBO causes some juicy drama fueled e-mails from HBO execs to be released about GRRM's pacing. GRRM didn't owe it to anyone to finish the books, but Beyond the Wall is the obvious casualty of Martin's inability to meet a ****ing deadline.
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Agreed, but honestly, you can't really expect much more from D&D or HBO IMO. They've got contracts with actors who have publicly stated they are done with the show. They've got GRRM who keeps moving the goalposts on how to end the story, and likely has some contractual control still over it. They're probably trying to fit 4 or 5 more seasons into 1 (albeit stretched over two years).
I too would love to see some of those communications between HBO and GRRM.