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Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider
Assuming GRRM would go along with any of it . . . He can't even be bothered to write/finish his creation.
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Well, honestly EVERYTHING released by GRRM indicates that this was his ending... and I think that might be the problem with "re-doing" Season 8. Will the audience even care if we get the same outcome? I think changes like this could make the ending hit better (though I have zero clue how they'll make the Bran reveal not look like ****ing comedy). GRRM has maintained a great relationship with HBO (even singing a new deal... he's never finishing the books, is he?)
Tbh. If Jon was crowned in the second dragonpit and negotiated the peace in Westeros before then giving up his crown and choosing to go North, that would give him the agency he literally
never had in S8. Just stuff like this could make the ending better - but would it be worth HBO dropping 100m if the fans are still mad? Idk. You could even throw a lazy explanation that the spirals the WW use mean they are "always in Westeros" and that the baby we saw in S4 will be the new NK. Jon could choose to go looking for that WW palace we saw in S4 for the rest of his life with Tormund, fulfilling Alliser's prophecy for Jon in S6.
Idk. It just feels like there's a way to make S8 so much better even if it has largely the same outcomes. Maybe I'm wrong.