[Locke]

Yeah, I actually find it interesting, they're really strayed from typical character thus far in this season and I get the impression that this is because they're really trying to wrap this bitch up.

The idea that the tone of the show has changed because they've eclipsed GRRM's vision or direction is complete horse-hockey.

GRRM is a rambler and they're out of time for rambling, they've really got to fish or cut bait and get to the point.

The whining is funny though.

A few years ago the whining was: "Oooh....theres so much filler! That was a non-episode, nothing happened, they need to go faster, they need to do more! Wah!!"

And now "they're going too fast, they're losing reality, that wagon cant hold that much gold, wah!"

How times have changed.

For me the most interesting part is going to be how they really wrap this up. Will they do lip service to the fans and have an ending that we all like? Because I always go back to one of the lines that really stuck with me:



But as I recall one of the defining factors of the production of this show was that the writers/producers went to GRRM and basically guessed at his ending and he confirmed it, so its not as though his hand is completely absent in current proceedings and as such he should not be beyond fan ire.