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GRRM never said he planned for Arya to kill the Night King. It was done by D&D to "subvert expectations" when people were expecting it to either be Dany or Jon in one way or another. When asked if the ending of ASOIAF would be the same, GRRM responded with 'yes and no and yes and no' and fans have speculated that Bran becoming king would still be an ending. Still, the whole "subverting expectations" that D&D pulled is still nonsense because of the story THEY made, not GRRM. People expected Dany or Jon to be king, based on the story that the showrunners created but instead, Bran was made king to "subvert expectations" even when it made no sense to the story.Yeah. But that's like Eva's been making us all a shit sandwich all this time. We see her getting a few loaves together. Downing some Exlax. Cutting the bread subway style. Pulling her pants down. Then in the last second ruffling through her pockets for her cell-phone and ordering us up a fillet mignon via door dash. You can stay in line for the shit sandwich. I'll take the steak.
(Basically, Mike/Gillian was a bad set-up to begin with).
Also, off topic, but Game of Thrones ending wasn't bad BECAUSE of the twist in Season 8. It was bad because it didn't earn it. GRR meant for that ending to happen. The show-runners had just been screwing the pooch since veering off the books in Seasons 5-6 and didn't set it up properly. Quality drop and crowd-pleasing bullshit starting in Season 5, with occassional moments of good until the downhill tumble of Season 7.
Not sure what you're trying to say with your 'analogy' but Mike being Gillian's boyfriend is not a "shit sandwich". As I said before, it makes a lot sense both from a logical point of view based on the information in the game and the narrative point of view where his being the boyfriend adds more to the drama and the intricacies of the relationship that Ian, Lena, Mike, Gillian, and even Jeremy will have to weave through in future updates. If you consider what the author is doing is shit then I'd be curious why you're still sticking here, enjoying their story and game. I'm also not sure what your "FILET mignon" could be for Gillian's boyfriend. All other options would just suck and odd or out of place from the story so far. Billy? Spike? Are those supposed to be the steak?
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