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Originally Posted by Arles
Last I checked, this isn't a historical drama - it's a fantasy show. So, it's not surprising we got a little plot armor for some main characters.
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... that was the main pushback point of the series' creation, though. GRRM said he explicitly wrote it because he hated that fantasy stories were all cliched and characters having plot armor was one of those cliches he indicated he hated. So it was a refreshing fantasy series where you didn't know who would die. So it is actually quite a bit surprising they went to the plot armor & cliche well.
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Had the showrunners had another 2-3 seasons, I'm sure this battle wouldn't have been so abrupt.
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The showrunners PICKED this. HBO offered them 2 more full seasons after this one and the showrunners said, nah. They instead decided to do two short seasons for seasons 7 and 8 to close out the show.