I remember how the dialogue in Game of Thrones gave me goosebumps time after time. How scenes built to unbearable tension time after time. How the characters breathed, evolved and felt alive. How I just couldn't wait until the next episode.

I guess the curse of HoD is that it springs from the success of GoT. They feel like they have the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, but they lack the humble origins that made everyone work harder on GoT, and the beautiful writings of George R. R. Martin. Everything seems to be there for HoD, but it just doesn't have the magic ingredients that made GoT so amazing.

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