NinjaFletch
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Ah, well we're definitely not getting an explanation then – or at least not one that makes any sense.Well, they introduced and bigged up the night king on their own (I think GRRM said he's not in the books; and so far he is not), so they alone are responsible for the hollowness of the final confrontation. Him wanting to get to Bran was the premise for the attack of his army on Winterfell, and then there is zero interaction between them, no questions about their connection answered, zip.
I'm not particularly sure we can trust GRRM. He's been involved with the show throughout and given direction to where things will go. For a plot point as huge as the others/whitewalkers (which is let's not forget, what both the show and books started with) I find it almost impossible to believe that GRRM didn't sketch it out. The plot lines of the show seem almost certainly to be taken from GRRM's vision, as he saw it at the time, even if the way the show gets there is necessarily different.
If and when he comes to writes the books he might change his mind and go somewhere different with it, but ultimately I think that's the problem: he's still writing the books. He might know where he wants the story to end (although I'm not sure he does), but he has spent 8 years trying to work out the steps to get half way there. I just think he's created too much of a mess for himself.