That was a pretty good ending for the season, hopefully, we don't have to wait for 2019 for the next season.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't George R. R. Martin still writing more books for this series? And if so has the TV series caught up to the books and what does that mean for the TV series if there isn't anymore books?
The TV show is past the books now I believe. Regardless this series only has 1 more season left and it's over. It will start next summer around the same time. There is also rumours of 5 separate spin-offs but who knows.
Some of the previous season and all of this season are beyond where the books have reached. HBO have announced that there will be series set in the past. We don't know what event they will cover but most are hoping for the blackfyre rebellion (targarian civil war, dragon vs dragon). I thought they had announced two additional series with the possibility of another three.
George R.R Martin is apparently writing two more books, but the first of those has so far taken seven years for him to complete. He hopes to release it next year, but he's been saying that every year since 2010, so I doubt it. TV series caught up to the books at the end of Season 5. Season 6 and Season 7 cover the events of the first of the two uncompleted books, and Season 8 shall cover the events of the final book (and each of the six episodes is an hour and a half long). Didn't really mean anything apart from a slight dip in plot complexity. Targaryen Civil War would be the Dance of the Dragons, which took place from 129 AC to 131 AC (GoT takes place from 298 AC, currently in some year after 300 AC) in which two Targaryen claimants - brother and sister - fought for control of the Iron Throne. Involved lots of dragons fighting eachother, and became the cause of their extinction. The Blackfyre Rebellions are a group of wars fought between the Blackfyre pretenders and Targaryen kings from 196 AC to 260 AC. The Blackfyres are the cadet branch of House Targaryen, created by Aegon Targaryen 'the Unworthy' after he legitimised his bastards as he died. Not really Targaryens. excuse my nerdiness pls
#fakenews GRRM didnt even let them start the show unless they could correctly guess who would sit on the iron throne at the end. he has told them most of the more important plot points now and trusts them to make it as good if not better than his books
Lots of reasons this wouldn't be a thing. But going to throw it out there anyway. Maybe call it a fan theory. During Season 1, when Robert Baratheon wills the throne to the "rightful heir". At that point, we had already been introduced to his illegitimate sons (or maybe his brother) as potential true heirs. In light of Jon Snow's lineage. Could Ned have conspired for this to be Jon? Various problems, especially Jon being at the wall with the Night's Watch and the other heirs having a better claim. But it is interesting to think about.
Doesn't he will it to Joffrey when he comes of age? Ned wrote it down as the 'rightful heir'. Pretty sure it was because he knew the Baratheon kids weren't the rightful heirs - if you consider Robert's taking of the throne by right of conquest legitimate, Stannis was the rightful heir. If you think it wasn't legitimate, it means Daenerys was, since Jon had already sworn himself to the Night's Watch at that point and given up his claim to the North and (unknowingly) the Iron Throne - and it stays that way until he basically becomes Jesus and makes full use of the 'I will serve until my death' line of the vow. However, we know that Ned holds sympathies for the Targaryens for obvious reasons. Most evident from him attempting to stop Daenerys from being assassinated - although this is probably just due to him not being an avid fan of killing children like Robert was. He could have wanted to place Jon on the throne - but he didn't seem like the type of person to do that, and he hated playing politics anyway (as evidenced by him not teaching Sansa and Arya anything about court intrigue WHILE SENDING THEM OFF INTO A COURT FULL OF INTRIGUE). If I remember correctly he also didn't want Robert to take the Iron Throne, he only wanted to get his sister back and force the Mad King to abdicate (although since Rhaegar was kinda the one who supposedly kidnapped his sister idk, Rhaegar planned to force his dad to abdicate and maybe devolve the powers of the King though) - that is, until Robert said he had a claim through his grandmother and killed Rhaegar, then went on to support the murder of Rhaegar's children. and yes i replied to this 3 months later sue me
