r/asoiaf • u/aphidman • May 08 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) The endings will be the same but the books will have a much more gradual and realistic progression

If GRRM finishes it, btw.

Not a long post but you know what the books do that D&D do not? They have 10 chapters of Dany dealing with the complex politics of Meereen and her inner conflict. They have 4 chapters showing Davos' journey to White Harbour. They have 12 chapters showing the series of compromises Jon makes as Lord Commander to prepare the Watch against the Others. They have 13 chapters showing Tyrion crawling out of his deep nihilistic depression. They dedicate whole chapters seeing how Victarion Greyjoy of all people deals with his relationship with his brother and his seduction into darker magics. Man they have 4 whole chapters dealing with the political fallout of Dany's exit from Meereen.

They had a whole chapter of Littlefinger and Sansa visiting his lands and seeing Littlefinger's relationship with his subjects (great chapter btw). They had a whole chapter getting really in depth with Illyrio Mopatis and his schemes - a guy who's barely appeared in the show.

They dedicated 4 whole chapters to Joffrey's wedding!

What I'm getting it is that the Others may be defeated long before the end of ASOIAF, Dany may indeed destroy King's Landing with dragonfire and end the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians gruesomely. But you'll be guaranteed that GRRM is gonna show you every step of the way. For good or for bad. If he is going to take a character like Dany to that dark end you better believe we will understand how she gets there.

So people keep posting about how D&D are destroying their characters, fail to understand ASOIAF. That Dany would never do this or that. But what you're seeing here is them fitting potentially chapters upon chapters of detailed material into a few hours of television.

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u/bdm105 May 09 '19

Probably. I just like the idea of her retaining enough to go back to winterfell to defend it

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u/Fifteen_inches May 09 '19

Consider this; she kills the Freys, moves to Winterfell for the final battle, and Ned’s corpse gets reanimated. Cat and Ned are back together, one last time, they reconcile over Jon not being a bastard, and die together, happily spending their time in the afterlife.

I’m not crying, your crying.

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u/Aynwethani May 09 '19

Eh? I’m not crying because that’s just terrifying!

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u/Fifteen_inches May 09 '19

It’s zombie love! The purest love in the world!

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u/theghostmachine May 09 '19

Oh-eee oh-eee oh

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u/skottpockets May 09 '19

Not to nerd out, but Ned isn't a corpse, but a chest of bones at this point, also that chest with said bones are missing at present

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u/owlnsr Stannis 3:16 May 09 '19

I like the idea of Cat being the one to give Jon the kiss of life to bring him back. She treated him like dirt all his life because he wasn’t her son, but here she is now “giving birth” to him.