Personally I'm more interested in a show based on actual GRRM written material than some original concept vaguely based on a timeline that GRRM hasn't really explored yet in his work.
I finished both Jaehaerys and Viserys' reigns and am now on to the Dance Of Dragons. I could see it. A spinoff on Jaehaerys' long reign would have to be a totally different tone than Game Of Thrones or House Of The Dragon is going to be though. It would be almost be like a fantasy version of Downton Abbey or The Crown. Nothing incredibly high stakes or a lot of warfare, but an intergenerational family drama with tons of courtly politics. Everything to do with Rhaena/Aerea/Farmans would be awesome. the thing with Androw Farman on Dragonstone would be crazy to see on screen too. It would also be pretty cool to see Princess Saera's story as well.
Going to start the Dunk and Egg trilogy after i'm done Fire and Blood. Is World Of Ice and Fire worth it? I'm worried if I get it it's just going have a lot of the same material as Fire and Blood. Also I dunno if I want to pay $25 for a coffee table book version of the ASOIAF fan Wiki.
I loved the World book, and you’ll get more than just the Targ history from it. It really expands on the world and gives you cool details about the rest of the Known World. Made me realllllly want to know more about Sothoryos and shit haha.
Fire and blood is like one small chapter of WoIaF but it is a book version of the wiki I guess. Obviously not as vast as the wiki. It’s pretty cool though.
Oh and the Dunk and Egg tales are great too. I also bought that audio book and while it wasn’t as good as the GOT audiobooks, it was still pretty cool
After reading enough expanded ASOIAF stuff i've realized the ending of GoT makes even less sense within that universe So you're telling me the smallfolk of Westeros south of The Neck who started two sectarian insurgencies because guys were fucking his sisters, beat a Master of Coin to death in streets because they were a foreigner from Essos, and HotD spoiler > killed multiple Dragons with spears and pickforks because a street preacher told them they were unnatural demons would be ok with the living avatar of pagan nature gods to rule over them? Also even in the show don't they make it clear that everyone who isn't a major character thinks Tyrion Lannister is an evil villain? If GRRM has the same ending i'm sure he'll do it in a way that addresses this, but yeah the people of Westeros would absolutely loathe the new King and Hand.
Tbf, I think the whole country being at war for hte last 4-5 years and then a huge ass dragon completely decimating the capitol probably has people on a "lets just try to live life and not give a shit about what special powers the King is rumored to have" haha. My guess is King Bran would certainly have some issues arise, but his gift (much like Bloodraven) would give him abilities to counter and stop any uprisings before they can even occur.
Peter Dinklage on Why Game of Thrones Fans Were 'Angry' Over the Series Finale and Show Ending Well. I’m sure that’s part of it but, really, I never expected a happily ever after, Dany and Jon get married and rule together ending. I didn’t really think Dany would end up with it in the end, but I wasn’t sure how we’d get there. And they rushed the turn as we’ve said ad nauseam now. Had they taken a full season (or two!) to flesh it out, it woulda worked much better. I DO really hate Jon’s ending tbh. I know the implication is he was where he was truly happy, and I guess on a certain level he couldn’t remain in the kingdom because he’d be a “threat” to Bran’s rule, but…he clearly loved his family and should have been with them in some way. He shoulda renounced all claims he had and been on Bran’s kings guard…but I digress
Yeah, including the real storyline there would have necessitated they go 10 full seasons probably…so doing what they did to it probably was the warning of “oh these guys just want to get done as fast as possible, not do the very best story they can.” doran and areo did get done dirty.
My wife has been watching this and I’m just kinda doing my own thing while she watches and catching bits and pieces (she just got to S8 lol and has mostly liked it) The “dracarys” in 7x04 still gave my dumb ass goosebumps. I didn’t even need to see it.
There are some truly breathtaking and wtf moments in this show that still blow my mind Shame about the ending
Wife is on the long night. Some of the shots in this episode were insane. Dragons just tearing through the dead through the blizzard. She has absolutely no idea how it ends. Her current theory is night king wins and goes to kings landing lmao poor girl
I’ve been frustrated by the lack of news on it lately. I was hoping we’d be getting some pics and videos soon beyond what we got last summer/early fall, but nothing