George R.R. Martin, whose greatest pleasure in life is ripping beloved characters away from you – and whose second greatest pleasure is giving interviews about Game Of Thrones instead of finishing the damn books – has revealed that the upcoming fifth season of the show will mix things up a big by adding even more deaths.
Reportedly, producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have decided to up the ante in the coming episodes, making them even bloodier than Martin’s original creations, and the author could not be happier about it. “People are going to die who don’t die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy,” he joked/did not joke recently.
On the one hand, this levels the playing field; where previously, those who’ve read ahead have been able to smugly hold their knowledge of what’s to come over the rest of us suckers, now they can not. On the other, it will make for a way more stressful viewing experience, as fans wait to see where Benioff and Weiss drop the hammer.
While it seems like there’s no effing way the show could ever kill off the likes of Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen or Lil’ Baby Arya, slaughtering a sentimental fave like Brienne Of Tarth, Samwell Tarly or Podrick ‘Magical Penis’ Payne is just the kind of dick move that Thrones would try and pull.
The fifth season of the show will begin on April 10 on HBO.
via Fairfax
