AFAIK there’s no official statement to that end. I would also rather guess this wasn’t “the plan” and he has just painted himself into a corner.
Think about how deconstructing themes is kinda the heart of GOT. NAFYIR = “No actually, fuck you - in reality:”
Oh Ned has this letter that will resolve the story in the end - NAFYIR queen bitch just throws it into the fire and nothing comes of it.
Oh this Rob guy, true son of a king, military success, he will be the savior - NAFYIR stab stab stab, that’s the end of that.
Oh OK but this Jon guy, turns out he’s also a true prince, and he’s showing tremendous leadership skills, i see where this is going - NAFYIR, “I dohwannit, she’s muh queen”.
I’m not a hater, but have to admit, GOT is kinda the edge lord party pooper of fantasy themes. Everything is, “no that doesn’t work because [devious thing happens]”. Don’t know if you remember the meme about not getting attached to any character, because then they will be killed, but that’s just another symptom of this same principle.
The problem is, you now come around with a “happy” ending were things are resolved, it’s like saying “but THIS, this works” - another edge lord comes around and says “no it wouldn’t work, because [devious thing]”, and you now lost your edge lord status.
Not sure if I’m communicating this well, trying to keep it short for this comment - but basically, try to think of any ending that resolves things in a non-boring way, and the ask yourself, “would people say this isn’t really GOT?”. Because yes, they probably would.
Anyways. All that is just my opinion, that whether it was planned or not, there simply is no way to an entertaining ending that fits the deconstructivist nature of GOT.
AFAIK there’s no official statement to that end. I would also rather guess this wasn’t “the plan” and he has just painted himself into a corner.
Think about how deconstructing themes is kinda the heart of GOT. NAFYIR = “No actually, fuck you - in reality:”
Oh Ned has this letter that will resolve the story in the end - NAFYIR queen bitch just throws it into the fire and nothing comes of it.
Oh this Rob guy, true son of a king, military success, he will be the savior - NAFYIR stab stab stab, that’s the end of that.
Oh OK but this Jon guy, turns out he’s also a true prince, and he’s showing tremendous leadership skills, i see where this is going - NAFYIR, “I dohwannit, she’s muh queen”.
I’m not a hater, but have to admit, GOT is kinda the edge lord party pooper of fantasy themes. Everything is, “no that doesn’t work because [devious thing happens]”. Don’t know if you remember the meme about not getting attached to any character, because then they will be killed, but that’s just another symptom of this same principle.
The problem is, you now come around with a “happy” ending were things are resolved, it’s like saying “but THIS, this works” - another edge lord comes around and says “no it wouldn’t work, because [devious thing]”, and you now lost your edge lord status.
Not sure if I’m communicating this well, trying to keep it short for this comment - but basically, try to think of any ending that resolves things in a non-boring way, and the ask yourself, “would people say this isn’t really GOT?”. Because yes, they probably would.
Anyways. All that is just my opinion, that whether it was planned or not, there simply is no way to an entertaining ending that fits the deconstructivist nature of GOT.
I think is less “painted himself into a corner”, and more that he’s wandered off, gotten lost, and doesn’t know how to get home.
I can appreciate the journey. Unfinished is preferable to finished poorly.