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No one even talks about GOT anymore bc the ending was so bad.

> No ending was going to be good

Why do you say that? Plenty amazing shows have great endings. And GOT isn't some uniquely incredible story. Killing MCs is not new to GOT, either, and you give that show too much credit. Lost did it long before GOT. 24. Grey's Anatomy is SUPER famous for it. They killed off like half the original cast in a single helicopter crash.

ASOIAF wasn't original bc it killed MCs. It was original bc it treated fantasy as political first, fantasy second.

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None of those shows were a pop culture phenomenon like got was when it was on.

It only ended a few years ago. The office took over 10 years to have a popularity resurgence.

Lost was for its first season or two. It just got steadily worse instead of suddenly worse like Game of Thrones.

Perhaps George R. R. Martin will finish the books some day, and we'll find out how he thinks it should end.

I’m starting to think he was honest that this was his intended ending, and he’s given up as a result.

I don't doubt that the show ending mirrors the book's intended ending, however a huge part of it is how you get to that ending, which they rushed and fumbled horribly in the show. Like Bran becoming King could work, but not when he basically shows up out of nowhere and nobody knows anything that happened to him or what he is capable of, he basically disappeared for years and when he came back he said a few nonsense things but wasn't involved in much of the politicing that could make him a viable candidate for King. Or Dany going full Mad King, after they spend seasons showing her trying to not be a crazy ruler but then suddenly snapping, instead of going through a series of harder and harder choices that turn out worse each time and drive her to more relatable desperation and violence.

At minimum they needed a full extra season and a full final season, if not more. But without GRRM handholding them throughout the entire plot they completely lost the path.

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