There was a time when the HBO series “Game of Thrones” seemed to be an unstoppable mastodon and a universally loved adaptation of the novels “A Song of Ice and Fire” by the author George RR Martin. Then came the last season, which was a disappointment at best and a truly frustrating escape at worst, Push the casting to their limits and exasperating fans with a precipitated and unsatisfactory end. The reaction to season 8 of “Game of Thrones” was so bad that it seemed uncertain if the franchise could recover, although the creators of The prequel series “House of the Dragon” ignored the counterpoup And managed to bring Martin’s narration to the small screen in their own way. Martin was never particularly shy by sharing his feelings on the original HBO show, and he was quite open to the way people’s reactions affected him as a creator of the franchise.

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Although the author has still not finished writing the eighth book of the series, “The Winds of Winter”, he expressed his disappointment that fans were so angry with the end designed by the showrunners of the series David Benioff and DB Weiss. He deposited part of this blame at the feet of Fandom culture and fans and some at the feet of Benioff and Weiss, noting that It was relatively practical with the last seasons.

In an interview with Fast Company (via Digitalspy), Martin shared his frustrations with the HBO team and tried to distance himself from the adaptation, saying:

“It can be … traumatic. Because sometimes their creative vision and your creative vision do not correspond, and you get the famous creative differences – which lead to many conflicts. You get totally foreign things like the studio or the weighing network, and they have a special thing that has nothing to do with much more to do.” […] THE [final] The series was … not completely faithful. Otherwise, it would be necessary to run another five seasons. “”

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Although he has definitely had a point at the end of the series far too truncated, pushing what Martin planned to be several novels in a single season of chaos and bizarre decisions, he would also need to write these novels so that someone has an appropriate guide. It was also Extremely critical of “House of the Dragon” In addition, despite this series adapted from a very different type of book with more narrative room for maneuver, then perhaps some of the blame are Martin, and not just Showrunners. And it seems that Martin’s anger does not end with Benioff and Weiss, because he also has a few words of choice for the Fandom himself.

While Martin admits that the spectacle has dismissed his plans for history and was not completely faithful, he also seemed to have the impression that the fans reacted excessively to the way the adaptation has proven. In an interview with the IndependentHe said, “I don’t understand how people can come to hate something as much as they once liked. If you don’t like a show, don’t look at it! How has everything become so toxic?” Although there are aspects of the Fandom which can absolutely be toxic, there is nothing toxic to be extremely disappointed with a change of quality during the show or an unsatisfactory end! Some of the stars in the series have even admitted that there were problems with the last seasonIncluding Kit Harington, who played the tragic hero Jon Snow and said that there were “interesting choices that did not work quite”. He also admits that things were a little rushed, but noted that it was largely because everyone was exhausted. (After spending more than a decade to bring Westeros to life, it is difficult to imagine not being a little exhausted.)

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It’s a shame that “Game of Thrones” has such a frustrating final after a Wild ride during eight seasons, But at least “House of the Dragon” is there to give fans all the little advice of conspiracy, fantastic weakness and dragons that their hearts could possibly desire. Thank the old gods and the new ones.