A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

[Locke]

Originally Posted by blankall

GRRM clearly has no intention of finishing the books. I'd agree, he's written himself into a corner. Instead of finishing the story and being open to criticism, he likes the attention of having the ending being up in the air and everyone waiting for him to get on with it.

The guy is 77 years old now and does not take care of himself. Maybe his plan is to release the ending post-humously?

Nope. I'd bet that he's going to croak and some other writer is going to be charged with finishing it and people are just going to complain about that too.

That way the Cult of Personality lives on.

"That wasn't GRRM's ending tho!! That wasn't his plan!!"

The man has no plan. He's stuck. It seems pretty obvious. He's cashing cheques and playing out the string.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Locke

I assume he's going to show up at some point? Doesn't he mention Egg on his deathbed in GoT?

Not sure where we are on book spoilers but:

Spoiler!

Yeah. He's the third son, so he's in line for the throne before Egg. He elects to stay a Maester and then we get Aegon the Unlikely. A fourth son of a fourth Son on the throne. Also Bloodraven appears at the end of the Mystery Knight, which is the third published novella. So that's another main series connection/character.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Not sure where we are on book spoilers but:

Spoiler!

Yeah. He's the third son, so he's in line for the throne before Egg. He elects to stay a Maester and then we get Aegon the Unlikely. A fourth son of a fourth Son on the throne. Also Bloodraven appears at the end of the Mystery Knight, which is the third published novella. So that's another main series connection/character.

I wouldnt necessarily classify that as a 'Spoiler' but I'll take it. I'm not wise to all of the ways of the GoT Universe so I was just wondering because I'd heard it mentioned in passing and it seemed important to the Maester...I just didn't know why.

So...thanks!

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Locke

Nope. I'd bet that he's going to croak and some other writer is going to be charged with finishing it and people are just going to complain about that too.

That way the Cult of Personality lives on.

"That wasn't GRRM's ending tho!! That wasn't his plan!!"

The man has no plan. He's stuck. It seems pretty obvious. He's cashing cheques and playing out the string.

In his defense, wrapping up a story like this is much harder than just jotting down whatever cool ideas you come up with. The classic example was "Lost". Great for creating a bunch of interesting mysteries. They did not stick the landing with the ending though.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by blankall

In his defense, wrapping up a story like this is much harder than just jotting down whatever cool ideas you come up with. The classic example was "Lost". Great for creating a bunch of interesting mysteries. They did not stick the landing with the ending though.

"Lost" is a great example. My understanding was that it was supposed to be a mini-series and then it got popular and to milk all the cash they could out of it they just made crap up as they went along.

Which, honestly, appears to be GRRM's MO as well and lo and behold, with no over-arching plan...it tends to end in a mess.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Locke

"Lost" is a great example. My understanding was that it was supposed to be a mini-series and then it got popular and to milk all the cash they could out of it they just made crap up as they went along.

Which, honestly, appears to be GRRM's MO as well and lo and behold, with no over-arching plan...it tends to end in a mess.

GRRM either has to pick someone who wins the crown, at least semi-permanently, or have a total destruction ending. But he won't do it...Whoever he picks as the winner will upset some people, but it couldn't be as bad as the show ending of everyone just getting along.