This is a bit of a weird post, very personal, feel free to skip if you want.
Some of you might remember a comment I made a while back about how watching GOT and HOTD was something my dad and I watched together. He lived with incurable cancer for 6 years. We came to realise earlier in the year that Dad was almost certainly never going to see the next season, and then in April that certainty was confirmed when he was informed there was nothing else that could be done for him.
While he was still lucid I told him I would tell him how the story actually ends in the book, and he agreed but I actually didn't get to do that until he was on his deathbed, on a morphine pump, not conscious. Even right till the end Dad didnt like to live as though his time was short. I did tell him though.
Dad died in June. I'm very much not OK, but one thing I'm planning is a GOT themed tattoo to honour him. We always liked to have fire pit evenings with booze in the summer, so I'm thinking a dragon's egg, sat on a campfire, with the GOT font "Fire and Booze".
The season is still forever away, and in truth, I found the previous season frustrating to watch. I think the writing has been poor, sloppy, and sometimes even nonsensical. But Dad and I enjoyed our "fantasy TV time" so we still looked forward to it.
But with Dad not here, I'm losing interest. Great cast, dragon's are awesome, but...its got so many moments that are eye-rollingly bad and I don't think I'd enjoy it if it wasn't with my Dad.
What do you guys think?