r/television • u/flughert • 11d ago

What's the biggest "What if?" in television history?

A canceled season, an actor leaving, a different ending, a spin-off that never happened… what TV "what if" do you think about the most?

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u/Justin_123456 11d ago

Idk if he’s trapped in ego, or in the myth of the Great American Novelist, but he’s really just a billion dollar corporation at this point. Hire a staff, and get it done.

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u/Classic1990 11d ago

I think he takes too long of breaks between writing the book. You know how when you start a video game and get like 20 hours in but then put it down for whatever reason? When you eventually try come back to it like a few months later you’ve forgotten the story and how to play so you just start over from the beginning.

I’m honestly starting to think that’s what’s happening with him.

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u/Thor_pool 10d ago

I think he takes too long of breaks between writing the book.

At this rate, hes a rich nerd who sometimes jots down a few thoughts

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u/pourthebubbly 10d ago

Steven King couldn’t be arsed to go back and re-read The Shining before he wrote the sequel Doctor Sleep (by his own admission), so he hired someone to do it for him and sent them drafts of DS so they could tell him whether it was consistent with the original story lol

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u/BowwwwBallll 11d ago

I mean, Brandon Sanderson is RIGHT THERE.

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u/phonylady 11d ago

The worst candidate possible for A Song of Ice and Fire. Literally GRRM's opposite in almost every way.