re: I'm a weak man, I caved and re-watched Game of Thrones. Where it went off the rails...

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The conclusion is exactly what GRRM wrote.

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I doubt GRRM ever wrote an ending. He got stuck and he doesn’t know how to go forward, let alone end it.

Even if some bones of what GRRM has envisioned was what they based it on, the way they get there changes the context completely.

Like if Bran is who he envisions as the new ruler, I promise it won’t be because a group of the more popular characters got together and did a survivor vote on it, it likely would be much more intertwined with the overall lore of the starks and the three eyed raven

It’s very obvious some of the plot decisions made in the final 2-3 seasons were made with the explicit purpose of speeding to the finish line as quickly as possible.