I have the ultimate subversion: the Others stop faffing around and execute their plan, bulldozing the Wall down, overrunning Westeros, bringing on an eternal winter to it, and killing everyone. Because bad guys and the universe as a whole don't just wait around for everyone else to finish their character arcs before taking action. Bam, big story about deconstructing fantasy conventions done.
I've known d&d campaigns to turn out like that. Party decides to fuck off on a side quest of their own fabrication then wonder why the apocalypse happens 6 months later.
I have the ultimate subversion: the Others stop faffing around and execute their plan, bulldozing the Wall down, overrunning Westeros, bringing on an eternal winter to it, and killing everyone. Because bad guys and the universe as a whole don't just wait around for everyone else to finish their character arcs before taking action. Bam, big story about deconstructing fantasy conventions done.
I've known d&d campaigns to turn out like that. Party decides to fuck off on a side quest of their own fabrication then wonder why the apocalypse happens 6 months later.
Based.