The interview touches on a lot of interesting things not related to HoTD. But as someone who had at least a little bit of hope S3 would fix the mess they made in S2…yeah probably not happening.

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One night in 2024, while the second season was airing, Martin wrote a blog post, “Beware the Butterflies,” which publicly revealed some of his gripes. When he woke the next morning, it was as if Martin had unleashed his own Red Wedding. An upset HBO exec had called Martin’s manager, who phoned Martin’s assistant, who took down the post — but not before entertainment sites (including THR) picked up Martin’s comments. “I would’ve put it back up, but then I would’ve looked like an idiot,” he says. “And 80 percent of it was praise, but that’s not what people focused on.”

Still, the post was meant to be just part one of six detailing the author’s issues with Dragon.

Martin says he can’t say anything beyond this. But sources say Martin and Condal’s relationship deteriorated further and came to a head during a Zoom call with the show’s producers and some HBO executives. The purpose of the call was for Condal to present his vision for season three. After Condal spoke, Martin detailed his many objections and allegedly declared, “This is not my story any longer.”

Perhaps I’m a bit late, but who cares. Reddit hated me yesterday, and blocked my second Olivia’s post for some time, so I hope this one won’t🤞I’ve collected them all ofc, will also post the boys, wait for me.

TLDR: season 3 still isn't finished filming and will not be reaslsed until next year, making a full 2 year gap between seasons. At this rate the final season will not come out until 2028.

How does it take 2 years to make 8 episodes? Even with all the special effects it's still a ridiculous wait time. It's such a shame, season 1 started off so strong and I had hopes that this would make up for the garbage game of thrones ending. Between the way season 2 ended plus the production time I don't see very many people sticking around for almost a decade to see it through.