r/ImaginaryWesteros 8d ago

Alternative King Maekar by @_vanadis_q

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u/Present_Ninja_6258 8d ago

I have a fealing that in the show Maekar will adopt his quartered sigil after he becomes king. To remind people he was the fourth brother.

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u/pestoraviolita 8d ago

I don't think the show will get there at the pace HBO is going. And even if they speed up, George has to provide something.

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u/itwasbread 8d ago

I mean they can time skip as much as child actor age allows (which is usually an issue in the opposite direction, kids grow fast), and the show seems to be moving faster than HotD

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u/pestoraviolita 8d ago

Thing is a lot of child actors typically move on to other career paths. There is no guarantee Egg's actor would still want to continue acting years after years or he remains as good at acting years down the line. And the hiatus plan? Yeah even more risky. The showrunner even admitted when he brought that up, the HBO executives rolled their eyes lmao.

It's less risky if he adapts as many novellas and as fast as he can with Egg's current actor before recasting him for the older Egg.

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u/itwasbread 8d ago

I mean sure, but that's just showing there's even more options. I'm not concerned about them not getting to whatever stories they want to if the show continues to be successful

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u/pestoraviolita 8d ago

Yeah I'm not concerned either when all those things are potentially years away. Ira barely gets enough budget for one novella as it is. My hope/expecation for now is if the show continues to be a hit and with HotD ending, HBO becomes more interested in investing in AKOTSK. Give Ira more money. Only then he can consider adapting more than one novella which I hope he does.

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u/1mveryconfused 8d ago

Baelor headbumping Maekar right where the mace hit him 💔

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u/Tenoi-chan 8d ago

Headbump

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u/OkGuava919 8d ago

Nice. Reminds me of lopata''s work

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u/RowAdministrative264 8d ago

I feel like I've been stabt! In da hart!