'Winds of Winter' News: Why George R. R. Martin Explains Think It's Okay to Kill all GOT Characters
Notorious for killing his characters, George R. R. Martin finally shares his insight on death.
Notorious for killing his characters, George R. R. Martin finally shares his insight on death.
Fans of George R.R. Martin's novels have learned to become less attached to the characters of the books and series as there is a chance that they will be killed off without notice. With Martin still working on his sixth book "Winds of Winter," fans can expect that the upcoming installment will present a lot of death since winter fast approaching.
While he did not share any detail regarding who will die in "Winds of Winter," he recently spoke to Galaxy's Edge Magazine about how he uses death in his writing. He explained that he uses death for any purpose, since as a writer, he aims to tell the truth.
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Martin elaborated as quoted by Uproxx, "I think a writer, even a fantasy writer, has an obligation to tell the truth and the truth is, as we say in Game of Thrones, all men must die. Particularly if you're writing about war, which is certainly a central subject in Game of Thrones. […] If you want to be honest [death] should affect your main characters. […] They go into battle and their best friend dies or they get horribly wounded. They lose their leg or death comes at them unexpectedly."
With that, the upcoming installment of the novel series will surely bring some heartbreak to fans, as several characters are expected to be killed off. Even Martin gets sentimental about the matter, though he justifieD his decision to do so since he believes that death is natural in life.
He explained, "Death is so arbitrary. It's always there. It's coming for all of us. We're all going to die. I'm going to die. You're going to die. […] You don't get to live forever just because you are a cute kid or the hero's best friend or the hero. Sometimes the hero dies, at least in my books.I love all my characters so it's always hard to kill them but I know it has to be done. I tend to think I don't kill them. The other characters kill 'em. I shift off all blame from myself."
