289 - Forming the Party pt. 3
Well, Game of Thrones is gone for another season. So, I guess the internet is vaguely safe to venture out into again. There are the spoilers that, I’m sure, will be rampant. Overall, I was very pleased with the season as it overtook the pace of the books and gave us a potential look at what will happen with the last couple of books. I say potential because I A) the content could very easily change if B) Martin actually ever finishes them.
Perhaps this is just me being overly cynical about it, but I have become increasingly uncertain as to whether he will or not. At this point, I don’t even feel like it’s a matter of him dying before he’s finished. It, honestly, wouldn’t surprise me if he just walked away from it. He appears to have become increasingly more and more hostile about everyone telling him that he has to finish them and, to his credit, he doesn’t have to. He doesn’t owe his fans anything, and I’m pretty sure that he’s aware of that. Regardless of anything else, it looks like we’ll get an ending to Game of Thrones, even if we don’t get an end to A Song of Ice & Fire.
-Tom 6.27.2016
