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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
The book reader sub has been a cesspit since Season 4. They also won't tell you this, but that same subreddit hated Feast and Dance when they were first released.
The thing is, Storm of Swords set such a standard in both the books and the show and I'm not sure it's ever going to be met again through either medium.
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If people’s standard is to see the twists and turns and subterfuge of SoS throughout the entire series, I think that’s misplaced.
Martin took several years of book events and two entire books to set up SoS. The whole story can’t run at that payoff level perpetually. That’s not how story arcs work (outside soap operas).
Crows, Dragons are meant to set up what we’re seeing on screen now. Which is a much more straightforward representation of payoff, because the stakes and players are different.
Everyone has chosen a side. During the War of the 5 Kings, the stakes were different (win power vs win to save all of humanity) and the players were different and more varied.