Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
If an expansion about the apocalypse wasn't the time to focus on more mature storytelling, especially darker and grittier aspects combined with lasting consequences for the protagonist faction then I don't know what is.
You know, you can have "mature storytelling" (whatever that means) and dark and gritty without killing off half your cast. GoT isn't the end all be all of dark and gritty. You can have dark, gritty, and depressing and still have a happy ending.