House of the Dragonis gear up for its third season , andGame of Thronescreator George R.R. Martin has finally updated his Not a Blog about what he plans to write next . No , it ’s not a tangible update on theWinds of Winter ; it ’s a thesis of sorts oneverything that go wrongwith the HBO show .
In Martin’sbrief web log update , the generator regaled his fans about his much - needed vacation , which he ’d just deliver from , and his bout with covid . Martin also handily acknowledged that his time away think he had a lot of catching up to with his piece of writing . More specifically , he express his thoughts onHouse of the Dragonseason two , which enfold up in August .
“ I do not see ahead to other posts I need to save , about everything that ’s gone wrong withHouse of the Dragon … but I want to do that too , and I will , ” Martin wrote . “ Not today , though . ”
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While Martin has n’t been shy about vocalize various critiques of HBO ’s manipulation ofGame of ThronesandHouse of the Dragon — most lately regardingvisual inaccuracies of the Targaryen flag — it ’s rarefied for him to say there was something amiss with the show explicitly . WhenGame of Thrones ‘ combative series finalerolled around , Martin allude to the showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioffgoing down a different way of life than he would have liked .
Although Martin does n’t disclose what his forthcoming review article will rivet on , most electronegative fan reactions toHouse of the Dragonseason two have taken issue with the show ’s pacing , specifically how the series plan on stretching out an avowedly loose division of Martin ’s Targaryen historyFire & Bloodinto four season . This , in turn , has take many viewers to finger like the 2nd time of year tangle in places with filler content to space out the interruption between the seed cloth ’s major level heartbeat . Seeing as how Martin initially wantedGame of Thronesto close in a picture trilogyto hem in its pacing issue , there ’s a non - zero percent chance his coming critic may take umbrage withHouse of the Dragon‘s tempo issue .
As with most thing with Martin , we wo n’t hump exactly what he ’s cooking in a criticism ofHouse of Dragonuntil he puts the proverbial pen to newspaper . rent ’s hope whatever he writes lights a firing under his ass to get back to finishing the very long - awaitedWinds of Winter .
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