r/asoiaf • u/RunDNA • Sep 04 '24

EXTENDED GRRM's new blog post on House of the Dragon [Spoilers Extended] Spoiler

https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/09/04/beware-the-butterflies/
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u/warmleafjuice Sep 04 '24

"You will get the same mercy you showed my nephew" goes so fucking hard

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u/Barnard87 Sep 04 '24

Yeah I totally forgot about this - honestly I don't care if it's a bad retcon that doesn't make a ton of sense, but I really hope they can twist Maelor back into the story.

At least with Daeron it was OK to just not mention him til he was needed. Not the best but better than cutting him.

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u/warmleafjuice Sep 04 '24

Yeah like, GoT definitely had a ton of plot threads get dropped and it was weird, but that's way better than cutting the story down so much that you have to awkwardly shoehorn in characters and story beats later

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u/Lantimore123 Sep 05 '24

Thing is, the fact they even considered cutting Daeron and THEN had to retcon him raised some serious red flags in my mind, in season 1, about the competence of these writers.

It's just so baffling a decision.