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However, based on Haas’s comment, the climactic events that played out for Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season did not align with said roadmap. With penultimate novel The Winds of Winter still in the works-and its completion in a perennial state of alleged immediacy-the details of Martin’s roadmap will likely remain a mystery for a very long time, seeing as the author will still need to tackle the seventh and final novel, A Dream of Spring a prospect that, unfortunately, becomes increasingly inauspicious with each passing year. “He started saying, ‘You’re not following my template.’ The first 5 seasons stuck to George’s roadmap. “George loves Dan and Dave, but after Season 5 he did start to worry about the path they were because George knows where the story goes,” said Martin’s representative, Paul Haas. While Martin has regretfully admitted the unfortunate effect of his extended inability to finish sixth book The Winds of Winter, comments made on his behalf published in James Andrew Miller’s quote-teeming new book, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers (via Winter is Coming and Insider), reveal that he actually shares the concern of fans about the show’s inconsistent storytelling past the events of his books. Weiss to work off a general outline provided by Martin for the final few frames. It’s a phenomenon that resulted in Game of Thrones essentially surpassing the storyline of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels by 2016’s Season 6, requiring showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Of course, Martin is now defined-at meme levels-by the most prominent case of interminable writer’s block in modern literary history. Martin remained mum about the way the finale imagined the climax to his still-unfinished source material novels, it seems that his silence is finally starting to break. It’s understandable, seeing as one of the most popular television shows in the world purposefully wrapped with a shortened final season that left a significant portion of the audience unsatisfied and exasperated.

While HBO’s Game of Thrones television franchise has fastened its focus toward upcoming prequel series House of the Dragon, the temptation to relitigate controversies of its past remains prevalent.

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