meowskywalker t1_jcp1s7s wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:45 PM

Reply to comment by The_DevilAdvocate in Setups that ultimately went nowhere. by Pr0blemD0g

“I don’t like how it ended up” isn’t the same as “it didn’t go anywhere.” We got resolutions for all these characters. They were boring and unimpressive, but the question isn’t “what stories had unsatisfying endings?”

theyusedthelamppost t1_jcs2deo wrote on March 19, 2023 at 2:59 AM

The Night King was killed without them having revealed with he was all about. As far of the rest of the characters listed I agree with you.

But one of the other big problems was that in S2 the show mentioned Azor Ahai (the prince that was promised) and never resolved it.

ghotier t1_jctof5r wrote on March 19, 2023 at 2:13 PM

I thought it was pretty clear what he was all about. It runs counter to Martin's discussion about Orcs, but that's not cannon to the show or books. The White Walkers are evil and want to take over westerns because that's what they were created to do. Not much else to say about it.

theyusedthelamppost t1_jctq6sb wrote on March 19, 2023 at 2:27 PM

that's a valid theory that can't be disproven, but it doesn't explain what's going on with the connection between NK and Bran inside his visions/flashbacks/greensight/time traveling/whatever you wanna call it

and then there's the deal that NK had with Craster implies something more going on than just being thoughtless beasts

I happen to prefer other theories and hope that the books make more of the scene when Bran looked back and saw the creation of the first White Walker

Indigocell t1_jcvsfug wrote on March 19, 2023 at 11:05 PM

If the sequel books come out, I have no doubt that the Walkers (aka "Others") will play a much larger role in the story. It makes no sense to open up with them on the very first scene otherwise.

mikeweasy t1_jd0359d wrote on March 20, 2023 at 9:24 PM

I wanted the White Walkers to invade Kings Landing and Cersei would be like "well this sucks".