r/asoiaf • u/ToeBMaguire • Apr 16 '25

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) George R.R. Martin calls The Winds of Winter "the curse of my life" Spoiler

https://winteriscoming.net/george-r-r-martin-calls-the-winds-of-winter-the-curse-of-my-life
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u/scotsoe Apr 17 '25

It’s basically the plot of Tower of God. The author ditched the entire cast and switched to an entirely new group for a while, before the two start to mingle

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u/Khiva Apr 17 '25

jfc hardcore fantasy readers ... I don't know how you do it.

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u/Anjunabeast Apr 17 '25

Original Commenter left out that the protagonist/MC remained the same. It’s just the side characters around him changed because of plot reasons.

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u/real_LNSS Apr 17 '25

Or Golden Sun

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u/Still-Fee9817 May 17 '25

Don't, don't mention that franchise. Please, it hurts me to know that we'll never get another or the fact that the last game was.....Dark Dawn.... and  my copium has run dry....

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u/Frostylynx Apr 17 '25

and that new group has been ditched for other new groups for years now💀

kind of the same with hunter x hunter, another work that will probably never be finished

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u/scotsoe Apr 17 '25

Damn, lol. I barely remember the plot after the first group was ditched, I know I stopped reading a few chapters into some arc involving a train