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After six glorious seasons and two seasons that also happened, Game of Thrones finally came to an end in May, and as I alluded to at the start of this sentence, most viewers weren’t exactly thrilled with how things ultimately played out.
HBO gave the now-famously terrible David Benioff and D.B. Weiss the option to take however long as needed to wrap the series up, but for reasons I will never be able to truly comprehend, they decided the best course of action was to scramble to finish the show and leave a sour taste in the mouth of viewers that could only otherwise be achieved by stuffing your face with lemon Warheads.
There were rumors the duo—who made the wise move to not show up at Comic-Con last weekend—was too preoccupied with the Star Wars movies fans are begging them not to make to give Game of Thrones the conclusion it deserved but that’s not the only petition they’ve found themselves on the wrong side of since the series finale.
Shortly after things wrapped up, hundreds of thousands of Game of Thrones fans signed an admittedly fruitless petition in an attempt to get someone who actually gives a shit about the show to give it the justice it deserves, and while it doesn’t come as much of a surprise, it looks like HBO isn’t going to give the people what they want.
According to Complex, the network’s programming director Casey Bloys—who recently raised the possibility of a reboot of The Sopranos—decided to address the uproar surrounding the final season and made it very clear they’d be focusing on the future instead of the past, saying:
“There are very, very few downsides to having a hugely popular show, but one I can think of is when you try to end it, many people have big opinions on how it should end. The petition shows a lot of enthusiasm and passion for the show, but it wasn’t something that we seriously considered.”
Bloys also provided an update concerning the pilot for the Game of Thrones spinoff that is currently in the works and said “it looks really good” (as if you’d expect him to say anything else).
Thanks for nothing, Casey. Thanks for nothing.