I have to admit, when I first joined this community and saw the title of this thread, I had a knee-jerk negative reaction to it, out of defensiveness on George’s behalf. But as time has passed and I’ve had more time to think on these things and discuss them with people, I’ve realized how important threads like this are for documenting all that’s been said over time. Many, many fans take George’s statements at face value, and are under the impression that everything was planned out from the beginning to be a certain way. Maybe George has even convinced himself that that’s the case. But threads like this help remind people that the franchise’s history is more complicated than that.