Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion [SPOILERS WITHIN]

[Aroura]

Since you seem to misunderstand my point, Ep, here is someone more eloquent than I.  Basically, Martin is only harming himself and his own reputation with his delays and his attitude, but many are very apt to "blame" fans instead.  As if we have no right to be disappointed or have nay opinion whatsoever on the situation.

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/george-rr-m...f-thrones/

But let’s face facts: At this point, Martin isn’t just disappointing fans—he’s screwing himself. He’s apologized profusely for his tardiness, and we’ve all accepted that apology. Some folks are upset, others just want him to. Yet the farther he falls behind the show his stories helped create—at this point, he says “I can’t tell you when [Winds of Winter] will be done”—the less relevant he’s going to become to Game of Thrones as a whole.

Not everyone will up and abandon Martin—in fact, many will surely wait him out. And, as he points out in his blog post, it’s certainly possible to enjoy books and their filmed adaptations simultaneously on different levels. But unlike finishing the Hunger Games books before their movie adaptations hit theaters, there is no recorded ending to theGame of Thrones saga in any format, and if they keep diverging fans will ultimately have to pick which one is canon—which one is theirs. If HBO gets to the end first, provided both versions have (relatively) the same ending point, that’ll be the finale that will resonate. And the longer Martin takes to release his version of events, the less likely it’ll be that his Song is the one people remember the words to.

I know it isn't a PC view, but I agree with this.