Do you have some strong thoughts and feelings about "Game of Thrones" this season? Well, keep 'em to yourself!
George R.R. Martin, the creative mind behind HBO's hit fantasy series, doesn't want to read your complaints or criticisms about the show (or books) anymore. Yes, he knows the show is deviating from the books in major ways. Yes, he knows you may not like what's happening onscreen. But stop emailing him about it.
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"Other wars are breaking out on other fronts, centered around the last few episodes of 'Game of Thrones,'" Martin writes in the latest entry on his LiveJournal blog. "It is not my intention to get involved in those, nor to allow them to take over my blog and website, so please stop emailing me about them, or posting off-topic comments here on my Not A Blog. Wage those battles on Westeros, or Tower of the Hand, or Boiled Leather, or Winter Is Coming, or Watchers on the Walls. Anyplace that isn't here, actually.
"Yes, I know that The Hollywood Reporter named me 'the third most powerful writer in Hollywood' last December," Martin continues. "You would be surprised at how little that means. I cannot control what anyone else says or does, or make them stop saying or doing it, be it on the fannish or professional fronts. What I can control is what happens in my books, so I am going to return to that chapter I've been writing on 'The Winds of Winter' now, thank you very much."
"Game of Thrones" book readers have been up in arms over many storylines this season. A recent episode deviated from the book series and saw Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) raped by her new sociopath of a husband Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon), when in the books, the attack happened to a minor character, Jeyne Poole, who is not on the show. It was just the latest change from page to screen, but it set off a firestorm of criticism. Martin took to his LiveJournal blog multiple times to address the criticisms of the sexual violence against women on the show and in the books, but it looks like he might be silent going forward.
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"The Game of Thrones" season finale airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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