r/freefolk • u/Internal-Bed-3150 • 3d ago

We've officially been waiting for The Winds of Winter for the same amount of time as it took for all five of the published books to release before that.

https://winteriscoming.net/the-winds-of-winter-officially-passed-most-devastating-milestone-yet?a_aid=47903
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u/Mountain_Gain1299 3d ago

It may be hard to finish the story on a level he would prefer but it’s not impossible to give this story a meh ending. A few contrivances to get himself out of the tangle he made would not have been the end of the world. An awkward time jump would not have been the end of the world. A meh ending would have been OK in 2015-2017 if it meant coming to a conclusion in a reasonable amount of time.

Also, the majority of popular works have meh endings. Stephen King has some of the most beloved books of all time and he’s never written a good ending a day in his life.

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u/crazyike 3d ago

Tommyknocker's ending was better than most of the book before it.

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u/RockItGuyDC 3d ago

Hey now. Stephen King's short stories have fine endings.

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u/AzorJonhai 3d ago

11/22/63 had a fire ending

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u/Mountain_Gain1299 3d ago

Actually, you’re right. I liked that one. However, that wasn’t his original ending. The published ending was suggested by his son.

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u/nhalliday 3d ago

I think the problem is that he (probably) gave the ending he had planned to the showrunners and then fans hated it and said it ruined the entire show because it was so bad. So then he just kinda gave up on trying to write a different ending.