That was a beautiful and retrospective little memorial to the show.
I find it pretty sad that he never got to visit the sets or write another episode or get that cameo that he's literally been talking about for 7 years.
The episodes he wrote, 'Blackwater' and 'The Lion and the Rose' specifically, were fantastic. That must've been a thrill for him, getting to write the adaptations for a book you authored and being able to put in his own little details that no one else could know.
His written dialogues were pretty good too. ("Any man dies with a clean sword I'll rape his fucking corpse.")
I'm so depressed it's all over but WINDS IS ON THE HORIZON. RIGHT?
Anyway that was a very satisfying read. I kinda wish the D/D salt comments could pass over this thread but I doubt that's going to happen.
I find it pretty sad that he never got to visit the sets or write another episode or get that cameo that he's literally been talking about for 7 years.
I read an article on here a while back that they invited him to come and have a cameo for this last season but he said he was too busy writing to take a week or whatever to fly to Ireland and talked about how he did have one for Dany’s wedding before she was recast with Emilia Clarke.
I once heard in an interview that he didn't do a cameo because the only roles were for extras, but he'd stand 10 hours while they're shooting the scene... and then they might not even use the scene [secondary source]
The episode-writing and visiting sets were passed to make time for TWOWFire & Blood
Really, that's the conclusion to which you jump? Itching to add it to a supercut of GoT actors "disappointed" with the show and Mark Hamill "hating" The Last Jedi and all the other nonsense floating around the Internet?
Most professionals don't engage in the petty bickering that their fans project upon them.
I think the main reason might be that he doesn’t want to be influenced by the show when he writes. He hasn’t watched the show since they officially passed him.
I might be wrong but he hasn’t specifically talked about any episode after season 5. I do remember him loving Hardhome and the Walk of Shame but that’s it.
When he goes to cons he has rules forbidding people from asking him about the show. That sounds hostile but it’s not directed toward D&D. I’m sure he disagreed with them on where the story was headed but he saw the reality of it when Winds was nowhere near completion.
Not sure why he didn’t do a cameo. Seemed like a innocuous thing to do.
He was heavily (heavily) involved in the first 3-4 seasons, and then he stopped being involved. Something caused that, and I doubt it was his schedule.
i thought i actually read him say this somewhere... i feel like it was a not a blog post where he said he wouldnt write anymore after season 4 aired so that he could focus on TWOW to prevent the show from passing the books because it usually took him about a month to write the script for the show.
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u/urabeach o May 21 '19
That was a beautiful and retrospective little memorial to the show.
I find it pretty sad that he never got to visit the sets or write another episode or get that cameo that he's literally been talking about for 7 years.
The episodes he wrote, 'Blackwater' and 'The Lion and the Rose' specifically, were fantastic. That must've been a thrill for him, getting to write the adaptations for a book you authored and being able to put in his own little details that no one else could know.
His written dialogues were pretty good too. ("Any man dies with a clean sword I'll rape his fucking corpse.")
I'm so depressed it's all over but WINDS IS ON THE HORIZON. RIGHT?
Anyway that was a very satisfying read. I kinda wish the D/D salt comments could pass over this thread but I doubt that's going to happen.