[BOOK SPOILERS] Promo Thread | Speculation

Aye, but wouldn't she think Sansa is safe with Stannis more than with the Boltons or Littlefinger?

Also, she hated Jaime at first.

The problem with this is theory is that, unless they start including a lot of material from TWOW next year, they will only have one season to adapt whatever is going to happen in the last two books. I know there is speculation about season 7 being longer than the rest or maybe even an eighth season but so far that has not been confirmed. They have to include things from TWOW next year, otherwise they will only ten episodes to show what happens in the last two books.

It is possible we will see things from AFFC next year, but a lot of the characters have ended their book material:
Jon: is Lord Commander, has reached a pact with the wildings and has upset a lot of his men. All that is left of his story-arc is FTW.
Stannis: About to march towards Winterfell and the Battle of Ice. That is material from TWOW
Sansa: she has reached almost the end of Jeyne's arc in ADWD along with Theon. She will probably be the character with more original material because Sansa's role is more important to the overall story than Jeyne's. 
Arya: is in Braavos and we're going to see the Mercy chapter from TWOW in episode 10. 
Dany: Has already left Meeren and has Tyrion on her council, something that may not even happen in TWOW.
Tyrion: in Meeren and helping Dany and he is done with all his written material.
Cersei: almost done, all that is left is the Walk of Shame and we know that happens this week.
Jaime: maybe we will his AFFC plot next year. Maybe we won't. Depends on the writers, they can cut it if they want.
Brienne: she may go back to the Riverlands once Sansa is safe and have her AFFC arc, maybe Sansa will learn she found Arya and send Brienne to look for her again. Maybe she will stay in the North. Just like Jaime, depends on the writers.
Tyrells: in a very similar situation as the one they have at the end of AFFC. All that is left is Euron attacking the Reach and that will probably be in next season.
Sam: still not confirmed, but is very possible he will go to Oldtown. If they send him there in the finale and cut the trip to Braavos, they can end all his remaining chapters in one episode.
Dorne: even with the changes the situation is similar to the one in the books, Doran is sending someone to be a part of the Small Council and probably weaken the Lannister rule from the inside.
Bran: even though he was absent this season, he had reached almost the end of his published story-line last year. And if he has been learning magic all this time, is easy to just cut those chapters and show him with more advanced powers in season 6.
Davos: he is one of the wild cards. Will he abandon Stannis once he discovers what happened to Shireen? Will he go after Rickon? No idea. His story may end up being really different from the one in the books.
Littlefinger: is up to the writers. Maybe he will rally that army and go North, maybe the Faith will go after him before he leaves KL. 

Right now I can't remember anyone else, but they are almost done with all the material from AFFC and ADWD, IMO only Jaime and Brienne may end up going back to their AFFC plot-lines. The rest are almost done with all their chapters.

The only thing is that the writers said the last scene of the season is from the published book, so that montage can be penultimate scene. The last scene of the season is either FTW or book 3 epilogue imho and given how depressing this season was I think it's a bad idea to end with FTW

They definitely put a large dent into the last two books this season, no question about it.

I think HBO will really force D&D into an 8th season (or 8th year calling it Season 7 Part 2). 75-80 episodes will be wrap.

That still gives them about 25-30 episodes to work with. Plenty of time to iron out the end game IMO.

D&D have stated time and time again that the story they are telling will not need 10 or 9 seasons to end, they've been working toward 7 seasons for quite some time. That's how they've structured the story out.  Could there be some wiggle room for an extended 7th season that has say 15-16 episodes that get split up? Sure. But that's it.

Of course HBO would love to have GoT run much longer than that because it's a huge cash cow but they have gone on the record (before this season) that they will adhere to whatever the wishes are for D&D in terms of the amount of time they need to tell the story.

Sure, I am aware of what their intentions are/were.
My point was: HBO is not going to impose any kind of episode limit on D&D's writing.
Their goal was to make seven seasons, and might as well still be, but should their planning create the need for a season 8 or season 9, they'll do it with no pressure from the network.

My argument was to negate the "they have to finish in 7-8 seasons" idea, which does not exist.

Perhaps I should have written "10 seasons (wich imho is more likely)", I apologize for that.
But I really think we won't see an ending in two years with season 7... And my bets aren't on season 8 either.

If the current seasons does not end with FTW but postpones it to season 6, that is.
And I am getting a no-FTW vibe from this season finale, so I guess we'll see

I don't think we spend this much time with Thorne telling Jon that he's making a mistake with the Wildlings, emphasizing his lack of support within the NW and having both he and Sam give Olly the "sometimes we have to do things that are unpopular for the greater good" speech to not follow through on FTW this season. They even let Jon get back to the Wall an episode early (which they could have easily delayed until the finale if that's where they wanted to end things for him this season.

Just too many dirty looks, cryptic comments and foreshadowing for this to not be depicted this season.

My only concern is if the plan is to have the finale end exactly where Jon's last ADwD ends (with him seemingly dead). That's a pretty crushing blow to deliver to the fanbase in a season where they've had to watch a fair amount of misery. I don't think he'll necessarily be resurrected on the spot per se, but I wonder if they'll imply something ambiguous that will lead the audience to believe he will be resurrected.

I am aware of that.
Again, my point was just that D&D have no restraints whatsoever regarding le lenght of the show.
If they wanted to do 10 seasons they could.
So the whole "they have to finish in three seasons" is not a thing, period.

Sorry if I expressed myself in a misleading way, I'm pretty good with the english lenguage but I come from Pizza Country after all XD



I know it's pretty much confirmed, and that's why I am not 100% convinced.
I am convinced that, to "break the internet", they can't just show something we all expect to see.
I think that if we see FTW next sunfay, it will have something unexpected added to it (like, as you said, a hint on Jon's fate that goes beyond ADWD and makes Linda lose her shit again xD).

And if we don't see FTW, then something else will happen.
Something other than FTW that is gonna shock all of the audience, not only the Unsullied.

Unsullied don't expect it.