What’s interesting is that season 6 was really good and beyond the books. So the argument that they couldn’t do it without Martin doesn’t quite work.
Really they just made 1 poor creative choice when they didn’t do 10 episode final seasons and rushed everything. The amount of changes required to fix the flaws in the season aren’t many. They basically all amount to giving the characters more time and motivation for their choices.
It also demonstrated why the books aren’t written yet. It’s very difficult to get to the satisfying ending without invoking fantasy cliches.
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