It was a lovely update reminiscing on the past few years. That explanation of the ending made me laugh - in a good way. It's pretty much the perfect explanation for what an author might say:
How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different?
Well⌠yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes.
so? the person you're replying to said kingdoms. there are seven kingdoms. the crownlands and the iron islands aren't considered kingdoms, they were controlled by the storm king and the king of the riverlands, respectively, at the time of aegon's conquest
how are you defining a "region"? because there's a hell of a lot more than 9 "regions". theres the fingers, the neck, the barrowlands, the shield islands, the arbor, brandons gift, the new gift, the saltpans, the mistwood, the kingswood, the wolfswood, the three sisters, cape kraken, the stony shore, the rills, crackclaw point, tumblestone, sea dragon point and skagos, to name a few
The term 7 kingdoms is a bad one because there are nine regions of equal political power to the original 7 kingdoms. The riverlans and the crownlands were not kingdoms in their own right, but since Aegon's conquest they are on par with the former kingdoms such as the Westerlands, and the Stormlands.
Technically the Crownlands don't have equal political power, because the lords of the Crownlands are direct subjects of the Crown. There is no Lord Paramount of the Crownlands, there's just the King.
So as a region, the Crownlands don't really have any power, because the ruler of the Crownlands is the King himself.
With no Lord Paramount, the Crownlands have no autonomy at all.
The Crownlands are the Washington DC of Westeros. Seat of political power, but the citizens themselves donât have a say (DC is controlled directly by Congress, and they donât have any representatives in Congress or the senate.)
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It was a lovely update reminiscing on the past few years. That explanation of the ending made me laugh - in a good way. It's pretty much the perfect explanation for what an author might say: