These are rumors we’ve heard earlier than. Who doesn’t keep in mind the supposed Equipment Harington-led Jon Snow sequence that might inform his continued story within the unexplored nation north of the Wall? Or the one which was possibly going to observe Arya Stark on a journey to find “what’s west of Westeros”? Neither of these has ever gone wherever, and whereas it’s an open query as as to whether Martin is referring to both of these particular initiatives right here, there aren’t any ensures. He would possibly imply one thing else totally. In spite of everything, he’s nonetheless (allegedly) obtained two as-yet-unreleased books of supply materials to write work with.
However as somebody clever (Jeff Goldblum) as soon as stated — the actual query shouldn’t be whether or not HBO can make a present like this, however whether or not they ought to. A lot of Thrones’s ending left a foul style within the mouths of so many followers, it’s tough to surprise what anybody would possibly truly need from a narrative like this. (Or even when they need it in any respect.) It appears unlikely that such a sequence would leap however thus far into the longer term; in any case, a giant a part of its enchantment is of course going to be grounded to find out what occurred to our surviving faves from the unique.
However is anybody actually all that within the reign of King Bran the Damaged? Is the concept of Tyrion Lannister participating within the advanced act of nation-building in a world with out politics and magic actually all that interesting to the oldsters who had been beforehand tuning in for White Walkers and dragon battles? Is there a narrative to be instructed about Sam’s ascension to the position of Grand Maester? Does anyone care what occurred to second-tier figures like Gendry Baratheon or Davos Seaworth, irrespective of how well-liked they had been within the unique? (For my cash, Queen Sansa, Woman of the North, is proper there, if we’re in search of out-of-the-box inspiration. Simply saying!)
The most important query, after all, is what on earth the purpose of such a present is likely to be. One of many largest classes inherent in Sport of Thrones is that the titular “sport” is actually unimaginable to win, and the one solution to really accomplish that is to cease taking part in. Theoretically, that’s what Bran has carried out — form of, he’s nonetheless a king in any case — however the laborious work of sifting by way of the ashes to search out what comes subsequent won’t precisely be the definition of must-see TV many are going to anticipate.
