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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
That link seems to beg that nothing goes untouched, but that's not realistic in TV planning. We'd have way too many minor storylines that no one really cares about and go on for seasons upon seasons upon seasons.
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I think you missed the point of the article. The point was that in the first 4 seasons, when somebody ####ed up they paid a steep price. When they challenged the wrong person, showed poor judgement, or lead with their heart and not their head, blood was spilled. Whether they were a good person or an audience favourite was irrelevant. Every choice had consequences. Folly was punished.
Dany saved the lamb women from rape > Khal Drogo had to defend her and got injured > Dany had one of those lamb women treat his injury > The witch poisoned him.
Dany was dumb. A high price was paid.
Caitelyn captures Tyrion > Jaime attacks Ned and his men > escalation > Ned gets executed.
Caitelyn and Ned were dumb. A high price was paid.
Robb falls in love > Walder Frey feels slighted and joins up with Lannisters > the Red Wedding.
Robb was dumb. A high price was paid.
Mormont puts too much stock in his alliance with Craster > his men become mutinous > Mormont gets killed.
Mormont showed poor judgment. A high price was paid.
Etc. etc.
That's not the case anymore. Characters in GoT make all kinds of dumb decisions and show poor judgement and they escape unscathed. They have plot armour. Just like in 95 per cent of drama.
If the decision to hide in the Winterfell crypts happened in an episode in season 3, you can bet one or more named characters would have been killed. Probably someone who didn't deserve it, like Missandei. Or Gilly, to throw an ironic light on Sam's decision to be brave and fight outside. Now, nobody of any importance suffers. Bad decisions are made by characters but they no longer suffer meaningful consequences.
One of the reasons GoT became a sensation was because it was different. It broke with convention and audience expectations. Now, it's just another action franchise. A very well-done action franchise. But aside from the sex and language, no longer fundamentally different in approach from Marvel Movies or Star Wars.