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Where does Game of Thrones go from here?
Winter was coming, winter was here and now winter is done.
Game of thrones ended its epic eight season run on Sunday
and while fans may be more divided than the 7 kingdoms
over who was left sitting on the iron throne there's
no denying that we're all a little sad to see it go.
HBOs Game of Thrones was the defining genre show
of a generation, one that blended familiar sword
and sorcery tropes with compelling characterization
and stunning story telling to create something
holy, new and unforgettable. And even with the flaws
many saw creeping in in it's later years, we could never
actually bring ourselves to stop watching.
We loved you Game of Thrones and our Sunday nights
will always feel a little empty without you.
But like a small sprout popping up north of the wall,
there is still hope on the horizon.
While the series might be over
the seven kingdoms still have stories left to tell.
Some even theorize that we may see a couple of books
adapting the events we witnessed in these last three seasons
al be it in a slightly more detailed and wordy form.
But hey we're not here to indulge in crazy fan theories
about some books that might never come out. Instead we want
to discuss something a little bit more concrete.
The spin offs and successor series at HBO has been
working on for the past few years now.
Now the network has considered pitches for as many as
five new shows taking place in the Game of Thrones universe
and while only one of these pitches has been green lit
to be turned into pilot for now. George RR Martin
has assured us via his blog that all the other ones
are still in play.
So what are those other stories
and how could Game of Thrones still play into them?
Well lets talk about it, but before we get going
we are going to wade into spoiler territory for the finale
so if you still haven't seen it, this might be a good time
to make like Yara and take a little iron island vacay.
- (Yara) What is dead may never die.
Lets start with the one that we know the most about
the prequel series staring Naomi Watts, now that script
was developed by Jane Goldman who is no stranger to
flushing out existing fantasy worlds, the seasons scribe
has worked on a bunch of major properties including
the X-men, Kingsman, Neal Gaimans Stardust.
Martin has unofficially dubbed this series The Long Night
on his website and says that it will take place thousands
of years before the events of Game of Thrones and chronical
the worlds decent from the age of heroes to the rise of
the white walkers as they nearly wipe out mankind for
the first time. Of course as a prequel it's hard to see how
the finale will exactly pave the way for this but it's not
impossible the show will have some very direct connections.
Game of Thrones ends with Bran the broken in charge of
the six kingdoms and Bran as we all know is able to travel
backwards in time, and while he's traveling he is able
to interact with his surroundings as we saw when
the night king grabbed him while he was still mastering
his three eyed raven abilities. Is it possible that Bran
as a tardis will play into the show.
Could these characters receive future forecasts
from the forthcoming king?
Could the long running theory that Bran the broken is really
Bran the builder, the Bran Stark who built the wall, pay off
in this way. And speaking of Bran the builder we know
the rise of the white walkers is when mankind first lost
their control of the north north forcing them to retreat
south and build a giant freaking ice wall to keep their
chilly enemies at bay.
But Game of Thrones ends with
John Snow and his wildling friends pushing back into
the north, reclaiming the country that their people
were once driven out of. If HBO wants to keep a through
line to Game of Thrones, we could see this new show
serving as a kind of a bookend prequel occasionally cross
cutting to Johns new adventures in the north as we see how
the same land was lost ages ago.
Similar to the time jumps with future and past,
Sal Goodman in Better Call Sal.
Or heck another way that they could still tie it into
Game of Thrones is to go the hobbit route and have
the prequel be a story that Samwell is researching or even
writing himself. The finale doesn't shy away from that
hoke song of Ice and Fire book gag, so it's definitely
within the realm of possibility that they would use a
similar tactic for the prequel. As for the rest of the
potential series, well those are way more up in the air
but the finales certainly left us with a whole bunch
of intriguing plot threads that we could follow.
Obviously Aryas adventures west of Westoros seem like they
have the most potential, Opening up the world to a whole
bunch of unknown lands, characters and creatures,
but honestly we'd follow any of the remaining Stark kids
in their new roles. A political drama about our new queen
in the north Sansa, sign us up,
Bran and Tyrion as the odd couple in charge
of the six kingdoms, yes please!
We'll even take more John following his adventures with
the Wildlings in the new north, With Dany dead he may
finally get a line of dialog other than " You are my queen."
- (Dany) You are my queen.
You are my queen.
You'll always be my queen.
You are my queen.
_ But let's face it we'd pretty much go where ever
these stories want to take us. Game of Thrones will
always hold a special place in our hearts and while
one chapter has ended we're excited for another one
to start. Awe that rhymed, but what do you folks think
are you excited for a prequel, a sequel, a spin off
or whatever they decide to do next. Did you like the finale?
Are you just waiting for the books to finish up,
lets discuss.
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