To be fair, Martin was spending 10 years not writing a book and eating himself to an early grave. HBO/Benieoff are doing what they can with his jumbled mess. He fukked up with killing Drogo, which could've been his major Conan/Spin-off character, then he fukked up again by giving us Sansa chapters. He's a good writer, but his forced perspectives suck complete ass sometimes.
In 7 years we got to see Arya become Assassins Creed, Jaime lose a hand and create the best bro-sidekick with Bron. Jon Snow getting a rez/becoming a leader of both the night watch and king of the north/winning a war. Dragons were delivered, Cersei was shamed/stripped naked, t*ts galore, in general, Brienne beat serious ass, shadow babies, the killing of even more kings, and Greyworm forming his 300...
Idk about you but that didn't exactly feel like "nothing".
This is why we don't over simplify.