JesusDeBike t1_iycrsvr wrote
The book was already delayed before the last season of GOT. And HBO didn't start making the story on their own, they knew how Martin intended to end the series and reproduced it, Martin would've probably taken another path to get there but the destination is the same.
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SAT0725 OP t1_iycs1kl wrote
> they knew how Martin intended to end the series
Do you have a source on that? I feel like I remember interviews with Martin where he explicitly said he wouldn't have ended it that way...
JesusDeBike t1_iycsivc wrote
He said that after the backlash of the last season, but before it he confirmed that he gave them the broad strokes of how he intended to end the series https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/game-of-thrones-show-creators-know-end-of-books
TheNextBattalion t1_iycsc13 wrote
...after he saw people's reaction to how it turned out
Was it more the journey than the result that he was repudiating? Hard to say
OrangeinDorne t1_iycuyv6 wrote
The thing is Dany’s heel turn didn’t have to be as bad as it was in the show. It was rushed and unearned from a character development stand point with how the show handled it.
Given how much George fleshes things out in his books it could still end with Dany torching kings landing but it could be done in a way that didn’t suck. It’s not a bad idea in a vacuum.
ffxivthrowaway03 t1_iycwqds wrote
Yeah, it could've had more steamy underage rape-turned-enjoyment scenes, like the books!
Uh... wait... erm...
In all seriousness, there was a lot of weird cruft the series cut out from the books for the better. They streamlined certain plot points, cut some of the redundant character bloat, and steered clear of some of the more questionable content Martin shoehorned in there (presumably for "gritty" shock value) that didn't really serve much of a purpose anyway.
TheNextBattalion t1_iyd8u6f wrote
It wasn't just rushed at the end, it was tamed early on. In the books the heel turn is a slow burn that's telegraphed from the beginning, because we can read her thought processes. In the show she's righteous badass until she isn't.
Altofaltception t1_iycvfl3 wrote
That's right. I could see it eventually getting to that point but maybe over 3 more seasons or so.
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