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Fans have been crying and bitching and whining all over the web (but not so much here) about the final three episodes of this season. Sansa's rape (that wasn't actually shown, only the sound), the burning of Shireen (um, no actual child was harmed in the making of this episode), and now the killing of Jon Snow by the cowards of the Night's Watch. It makes me want to scream at them; people, this isn't Disney, it's HBO. And Martin's writing is edgy to begin with.
If it happened in the story, then that's how it happened. People complain because the early episodes are "too slow", "too boring", then when things really heat up they bitch because it's too intense. Seriously, where's a crossbow when I need one?
And people need to keep in mind that not all is always as it seems. As Stewart (Relentless) has pointed out, it may be that someone isn't quite dead after all. I guess we'll see next season. I'm sensing that book six isn't all that far off now, if comments floating around the web can be believed. Martin's been dicking around with a lot of other stuff in recent years, a lot of co-writes with other authors on other books, etc. People are really grumbling that it's time he sat his fat ass down and wrote more GOT.
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