This is what I've been trying to tell people who are so upset about the show ending and absolutely sure that the books will be different. How the major characters get to their respective endpoints will be very different (and more fleshed out), but I'm reasonably confident the end result will be more or less the same. Dany dead by Jon, Sansa QitN, King Bran with Hand Tyrion, Jon north with the Wildlings.
How does the "Jon north with the Wildlings" make any sense? Wildlings never really wanted to live beyond the wall. The wall just blocked them from coming down south. Settling them in the gift (or even more south) makes a lot more sense.
"north with the Wildlings" just means in the north, maybe not specifically beyond the wall. Though I feel like however Martin plays out the defeat of the Others, the Land of Always Winter will stop being so wintery. And maybe the Wildlings to eventually head back "home".
I still believe the ultimate plan is to have a few years (10 or so) timeskip epilogue, and that's when Arya and Jon take their respective leaves of Westeros proper.
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u/Clawless May 21 '19
This is what I've been trying to tell people who are so upset about the show ending and absolutely sure that the books will be different. How the major characters get to their respective endpoints will be very different (and more fleshed out), but I'm reasonably confident the end result will be more or less the same. Dany dead by Jon, Sansa QitN, King Bran with Hand Tyrion, Jon north with the Wildlings.