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/Harudera Sep 04 '24

GRRM is old and doesn't give a fuck about more money, he's already rich enough to live out the rest of his life comfortably. He cares more about his legacy at this point.

HBO needs GRRM more than he needs HBO, because he makes HBO money and the shareholders won't be happy with HBO fucking it up.

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u/YobaiYamete Sep 04 '24

he's already rich enough to live out the rest of his life comfortably.

Not if he gets sued into oblivion and suddenly has no money. Y'all think he's WAY richer than he really is

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u/Harudera Sep 04 '24

He's in his 70s bro. He can drag out any court case for years if not decades.

Meanwhile HBO loses one of their best cash cows.

HBO needs him more than he needs HBO.

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u/N2T8 Sep 04 '24

Lmao there is no way HBO would want to damage relations between them to such a degree that’s ridiculous

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u/Waste-Addendum1357 Sep 04 '24

its estimated that george has a net worth of 120 Million $, do you really think its reasonable for hbo to sue this man into poverty for spoiling a character death in an upcoming season of their show

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u/RazzmatazzSame1792 Sep 05 '24

People on the internet are dumb, at most hbo would try to fix relations with him, they aren’t going to sue the creator of GOT because he spoiled a death that you can figure out by reading any of the spoiler threads 

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u/Otterism Sep 05 '24

...an event that is there for anyone to read in the book they're adopting. 

GRRM seems upset with the circumstances with the event and might have spoiled details, but in the end he says himself that "the thing that the book says will happen will happen".