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Interiority is crucial to this sprawling story.
Its why we cared enough to keep such a big roster of characters straight in the first place.
Its why we root for Tyrion but shuddered at Ramsay Bolton, even though both character murdered their fathers.
But over the course of the last two seasons, showrunners D.B.
Weiss and David Benioff have largely abandoned the POV-focused storytelling that madeGame of Thronesshine.
There seems to be a few reasons for this, including the departure from George R.R.
Martins original source material beginning in season six.
The early seasons did just this, maintaining a sense of individual perspective across storylines.
Jon Snow scowled angstily.
The Hound brooded on some snowy hillocks.
Tormund delivered horny soliloquies about Brienne.
Of course, there are still glimmers of interiority asGame of Thronesdraws to a close.
In the end, the game was always a ruse.
Without interiority, the whole story becomes empty.
