There’s no way that that could possibly be true. First of all, major characters/storylines that exist in the books which will influence major characters simply don’t exist in the show. Second, a giant battle with the King of the Others (a character who also doesn’t exist in the books) where the good guys are victorious the end, is completely contradictory to all of the themes of the story. One of the most consistent points of the story is that WAR IS BAD and GOOD THINGS DO NOT COME OF WAR.
To me, it feels quite clear that the Others, whatever they are and whatever they want, cannot simply be fought like a horde of nazi zombies and defeated. They want something, and they’ll need to be addressed on that level. Just like Jon dealt with the wildlings, which practically everyone in the story thought of as mindless evil monsters who should all be killed, the Others will need to be dealt with as people with desires. Personally, I think a significant plot point that would happen in the final two books if they ever happened (which they won’t) is that the Others were never “defeated” the first time. They signed a treaty. A treaty that, somehow, the Seven Kingdoms have now broken, which is why they’re now at war.
It’s possible those storylines were cut because they won’t affect the actual ending of the story, so while they might expand on what the actual line of events is to Bran being on the throne, it’s likely that Bran still ends on the throne.
That just isn’t how GRRM writes, though. He doesn’t have an ending of the story. That is derived from where the characters end up as he naturally writes what they would do in the various situations in which they find themselves. He tries to have vague outlines, and then he throws them out when his characters deviate from those outlines.
All of the characters and storylines will affect the ending of the story because the ending of the story is made of those characters and storylines running their course.
Sure, they got George’s vague outlines. Same way as if they had made their adaptation before the fourth book released they would’ve had a huge timeskip based on George’s “plan” that never happened.
A pilot was shot for a spinoff called Bloodmoon starring Naomi Watts that was gonna explain the origins and all the lore behind The Others/White Walkers. GRRM was gonna produce it and provide all the lore. HBO decided to cancel the project so I guess that lore will never be explored. Perhaps the lore for that wouldn’t have lined up with the show so they felt it made no sense to go on.
There’s no way that that could possibly be true. First of all, major characters/storylines that exist in the books which will influence major characters simply don’t exist in the show. Second, a giant battle with the King of the Others (a character who also doesn’t exist in the books) where the good guys are victorious the end, is completely contradictory to all of the themes of the story. One of the most consistent points of the story is that WAR IS BAD and GOOD THINGS DO NOT COME OF WAR.
To me, it feels quite clear that the Others, whatever they are and whatever they want, cannot simply be fought like a horde of nazi zombies and defeated. They want something, and they’ll need to be addressed on that level. Just like Jon dealt with the wildlings, which practically everyone in the story thought of as mindless evil monsters who should all be killed, the Others will need to be dealt with as people with desires. Personally, I think a significant plot point that would happen in the final two books if they ever happened (which they won’t) is that the Others were never “defeated” the first time. They signed a treaty. A treaty that, somehow, the Seven Kingdoms have now broken, which is why they’re now at war.
It’s possible those storylines were cut because they won’t affect the actual ending of the story, so while they might expand on what the actual line of events is to Bran being on the throne, it’s likely that Bran still ends on the throne.
That just isn’t how GRRM writes, though. He doesn’t have an ending of the story. That is derived from where the characters end up as he naturally writes what they would do in the various situations in which they find themselves. He tries to have vague outlines, and then he throws them out when his characters deviate from those outlines.
All of the characters and storylines will affect the ending of the story because the ending of the story is made of those characters and storylines running their course.
But isn’t that the entire PR around how D&D got the TV rights? That they knew how the story was going to end?
Sure, they got George’s vague outlines. Same way as if they had made their adaptation before the fourth book released they would’ve had a huge timeskip based on George’s “plan” that never happened.
A pilot was shot for a spinoff called Bloodmoon starring Naomi Watts that was gonna explain the origins and all the lore behind The Others/White Walkers. GRRM was gonna produce it and provide all the lore. HBO decided to cancel the project so I guess that lore will never be explored. Perhaps the lore for that wouldn’t have lined up with the show so they felt it made no sense to go on.