Someone Is Rewriting The Ending Of ‘Game Of Thrones,’ George RR Martin - Forbes

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The very stupid petition to have someone rewrite season 8 of Game of Thrones has passed 750,000 signatures. Even if it was 10 million, it would be still be a dumb idea, but it does demonstrate the level of dissatisfaction of fans with the way season 8 has gone, and how it does not seem like it’s heading toward a satisfying conclusion next week.

And yet, we are in a rare situation where someone is rewriting the ending of Game of Thrones. That, of course, would be George RR Martin, author of the Song of Ice and Fire series on which Thrones is based.

Martin has been famously slow to produce new books in the series, with five released, and the sixth, The Winds of Winter, still MIA despite Martin writing it for as long as Thrones has been on the air. And after that, A Dream of Spring, unless Martin decides that more books are in the cards. But that’s supposed to be the finale, at least.

One problem is whether these books will ever arrive. A Dance with Dragons came out eight years ago, and we have no imminent release date for The Winds of Winter yet. Let’s assume it comes out tomorrow, and A Dream of Spring takes another eight years. With Martin being 70, some are worried he may not get the chance to finish the series at all.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Actress Emilia Clarke (L) and writer George R. R. Martin attend the BBC America BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party 2016 at The London Hotel on September 17, 2016 in West Hollywood, California.

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Assuming he will, however, the question then becomes how much his ending will resemble the one we’re seeing unfold onscreen.

Martin has reportedly told the Thrones showrunners the “major points” of the ending he has in mind, the minor points not being available presumably because he hasn’t written them yet. What that means is that it seems likely that many of the biggest moments of the ending we’re seeing unfold onscreen right now were in fact what Martin intended. I’m thinking mainly of (spoilers follow) Daenerys burning down King’s Landing, which is one of the shocking moments that fans are pushing back against.

So will fans be satisfied with Martin’s books if they go the same way? I think they could be, because a key difference here is that Martin will be able to take the time to lead up to these moments effectively and possibly tweak them so make more sense.

What we have here is something like the showrunners being at point A and Martin telling them what point B is supposed to be, in this case, Daenerys burning the city. They in turn make a beeline straight for point B, making the arrival of point B feel abrupt and unwarranted and wrong. While Martin may take a much longer path to point B in his books, and maybe turns point B into point E, with stops at points B, C and D along the way.

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You get what I mean. Just because the basic building blocks of the ending might be the same, I think you can have these controversial events we’re seeing on the show play out better in books that have more time to flesh them out or craft them in specific ways. Though I do wonder now if Martin will react to any of the backlash over the ending and change it. Not that he should, but it would be hard not to at least consider the possibility. And what we’re watching now is probably not something he’s actually going to put words on a page for any time soon, not for years, most likely. So there’s time to consider where he wants to go now, and how he wants to get there.

Stop with the petition, it’s disrespectful to everyone involved with the show, and pointless because there is literally an alternative ending coming for the series in the form of the books. Just…be patient.

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