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> No, the truly maddening part is all the unanswered questions.
Hmmm, to me that’s not THAT frustrating. I can live with a few mysteries.
However there will be a prequel, and that’s the perfect place to answer the questions regarding the Children of the Forest, the creating of the White Walkers etc. Maybe they intentionally left these question open in order to raise interest for the prequel? That, while surely being a bit of a nuisance for the viewers, would be an understandable decision.
We also might learn whether the Night King is prescient and if so, to what extent… and MAYBE we then even can conclude why they waited so long to head south. I mean – well, the Night King obviously wanted to get to the Three Eyed Raven, but the old one was protected by magic in his cave, then Bran took over the role and headed south so one might say that the NK only followed him. But that doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it? Because the White Walkers seemed to prepare for war before that – which again implies that the Night King IS prescient, but then, as you correctly pointed out, didn’t he know that he will fail and die?
But regarding the questions concerning the Red Priestesses, the Lord of Light, and especially Maggie’s prophecy, I don’t hold out much hope that they will be answered. Maybe in the books. IF we get to read them.
"However there will be a prequel, and that’s the perfect place to answer the questions regarding the Children of the Forest, the creating of the White Walkers etc. "
er...lol no. That's a terrible place to answer all of the questions that should have been answered in this series. Explain who the white walkers were and what they wanted AFTER they are dead anyway(and after they died in a pathetic lame way). Who cares now? Not me.
On the prequel, we might even get to see the complete story regarding the CotF and the WW, spread out over a number of episodes. I’d even prefer that to some flashbacks.
> Who cares now?
Me.
I’m not sure I’ll watch the prequel, but I will give it a shot. And if the CotF story is in there, there’s a good chance I’ll keep watching.