Amzin
Lord Nagafen Raider
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You're not necessarily supposed to just show the actual people traveling 1800 miles constantly, sure. But when there is a large, long journey that's important to the central story as a whole, you at least want to convey that 1: It takes time (tension), and 2: Other people are doing their own shit during this time. The earlier seasons did that, and the books as far as they go do that as well. Not that the books are immune to plot holes but there's a hell of a lot fewer dumb questions from the books compared to what the show is currently throwing around which is part of what got people wrapped up in the series in the first place.
I don't think this is a case of GRRM writing himself into a corner, I think this is a case of getting too far removed from the books and him possibly throwing some basics at the show writers and them trying to fill it in and showing what they come up with when they have a lot fewer details to work with. Or GRRM is just fucking with everyone and doing his own fanfic ahead of the real books to test the waters on some shit, who knows. If the rest of the books ever see print I would be surprised if the show even came close to showing much of it beyond the big Zombie vs. Dragon matchup which the show is basically simplifying to.
I don't think this is a case of GRRM writing himself into a corner, I think this is a case of getting too far removed from the books and him possibly throwing some basics at the show writers and them trying to fill it in and showing what they come up with when they have a lot fewer details to work with. Or GRRM is just fucking with everyone and doing his own fanfic ahead of the real books to test the waters on some shit, who knows. If the rest of the books ever see print I would be surprised if the show even came close to showing much of it beyond the big Zombie vs. Dragon matchup which the show is basically simplifying to.
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