This is prob the best thing to happen to GRRM. I had wondered how the books would fare after the show ends because people would know "some" of the ending. If you read the books you already know the show has gone in a different direction that literally cannot happen in the books. But I assumed major deaths would be the same, as Martin has said. But now...
This is gonna make people anticipate the books even more, to get the real ending.
Dany going mad over bells ringing. Come on man. There's gotta be some insider story to explain why D&D turned down a blank check to half ass this shyt instead. This needed to be an 8-10 episode season. If these leaks are true this ending will be a colossal failure that will be talked about for years. And it could have been avoided with better writing and a longer season. They're forcing this shyt to end, and ruining characters in the process.