Did George Just Announce The Winds of Winter?

[@SkinwalkerGang]

George not mentioning Winds is now confirmation lol. The absolute state of this fandom. Subbed btw.

[@TheW1ndblown]

This is what 13 years no TWoW does to a fanbase. Thank you for subbing!

[@undbiter65]

Lmfaooo

[@thedopaminestop2355]

Watch the guy with 7 subs finally be the one to get it right 😭😭

[@JairBPena]

Can you imagine xd?

[@wutzibu]

Now its 97😂

[@thedopaminestop2355]

@@wutzibu love that for bro

[@Micaerys]

@@thedopaminestop2355 Now it's 115!

[@rashidadams8327]

121 now, may he flourish!

[@superfemininistno3627]

Releasing a new book before Winds would be a great way to end up crucified by the fans.

[@TheW1ndblown]

The most likely thing for him to release before Winds would be Blood and Fire, which he's alluded to writing concurrently with Winds but I really hope he doesn't release two history books before Winds. Maybe George will finally stay in that house over the lake of acid if we don't get Winds soon lol

[@Insanepie]

@@TheW1ndblown I’d rather him write blood and fire and dunk and egg stories than get nothing at all

[@mathiasgreyjoy1611]

At this point I would happily take Blood & Fire and/or D&E, even instead of WINDS.

[@wfmikeie]

I feel like this 110% copium. Stay strong friend.

[@TheW1ndblown]

thirteen years down, five more to go 😢

[@DylanOfTheTower]

I can't wait til copium isn't just mindlessly regurgitated lol. TikTok vocabulary lol

[@jacobmckaig5814]

Bro you made a whole KZbin account for this I respect and relate to the obsession.

[@pinto9779]

I neither believe nor disbelieve, I just pray that you are into something. For my sanity.

[@TheW1ndblown]

@@pinto9779 For all of our sakes I’m hoping I’m right, because I don’t want to wait until 2029 lol

[@DwRockett]

@@TheW1ndblown*homer Simpson voice* “2029 if we’re lucky”

[@SokoBuilds]

Winds of Winter, Half Life 3, GTA 6, all in one year?

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

A truly blessed harvest. 😂

[@mikeross6365]

And to top it all off, hopefully Elder Scrolls 6

[@Ed_Reads]

And left for dead 3 too!

[@TheCrazyDcoolest]

And Shrek 5!!

[@jmeatball8799]

I read that as pure sarcasm. He's been pretty clear that when Winds is done, he'll tell us and he has no reason to continue to troll us. He'll just want the constant demand for it to be done

[@Nelo736]

This is what waiting 13 years for a book does to a fanbase. Earned a sub

[@domhuckle]

"my copious spare time" is either sarcastic or confirmation Love that George thinks, after 5000 years, he gets to troll us a little with the release date

[@iftyhargil8359]

It's only confirmation in the mind of those who want it to be.

[@MrRys]

Yeah those are the two options "Will Winds of Winter ever be released?" Either yes or no, hype intensifies

[@50Blox]

Babe wake up new cope just dropped

[@goober2832]

I definitely feel he will announce winds during or before the Stage play for The tourney Of Harrenhall "The Iron Throne" George wouldn't spoil the truth of Jon Snow's Parentage in a stage play, he wouldn't leave us waiting years for the book version. I'm bullish on this prediction.

[@stupidhandles]

Yeah, they sure didn't reveal Jon's parentage in that TV play before the books did, so they sure won't in that stage play either.......

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

There’s a stage play??

[@EliasHall7]

​​@@Black_pearl_adriftYes, next year in the UK. GRRM visited the set this year and sais he is exited for it.

[@GypsyxDarling]

I didn't know about this play, but I do think he'd prefer to have the tourney information revealed through the book. Love this idea.

[@ghostlyapples]

George please I need the escapism

[@thedelacruz]

Read Preston Jacobs project

[@evanphillips570]

@@thedelacruzlol fuck that

[@tashinga8479]

Opens with a "Save The Date" troll and then jokes about copius spare time, without the usual Winds reference. you might be cooking, he's never directly trolled us like this. Maybe the Maisie Williams project he was referring to (in his England visit post) isn't an HBO adaptation but her signing on to do The Winds Of Winter audiobook.

[@ruvend2581]

He absolutely trolled like this before, especially regarding Dark Winds (for example with a NotABlog podt titled the Winds of June)

[@tashinga8479]

@@ruvend2581 tbf all of that level of "trolling" has been happening around the second half of this year. where he's BEEN posting more blogs than usual and traveling a bit. the only things that depressed him this year, were the deaths of friends and Trump winning.

[@TheW1ndblown]

@@tashinga8479 I do think that the more positive mood of George’s recent blog posts in the past few months is indicative of his progress on TWoW, obviously this is speculation. But seeing him kind of tease us with “save the date” gives me hope Winds is coming soon 🤞

[@tashinga8479]

@@TheW1ndblown another thing i remember seeing that felt odd is the September 29 blog, "Here Comes Hodor" where mentioned joking about being 12 years late on the Winds Of Winter, during a meeting with Hodor's actor, even though he was actually 13 years late at that point. The meeting happened between 15 July and August 15, ADWD was released on July 12 2011, he should know this or i'm reaching again lol. another thing about Winds having a pretty lengthy finalization ,editing and announcement phase is the fact that IT WILL NO DOUBT be released in Two Volumes.

[@stupidhandles]

​@@tashinga8479thinking pedanticly, 13years since the last book =/= 13years late, he'd still need at least a year to have written winds after dance, therefore, at most you can say 12years late (if youre deluded enough to think grrm can write a book in a year)

[@DwRockett]

We don’t talk enough about the psychological damage that the wait for winds have been. Anyway great video

[@TheW1ndblown]

The wait has created GRRM conspiracy theorists of us all, hopefully, the wait will be over soon

[@marcossantaengracia2862]

Honestly, I have a theory on the books. "A game of thrones" "A clash of kings" "A storm of swords" "A feast for crows" "A dance with dragons" "THE winds of winter" "A dream of spring" No "A" start on winds of winter? That is why it got lost trying to come back home to the A family...

[@RayGainbows]

subbing because you might be the long awaited prophet 🤣

[@Cecil_Harvey]

He has said a dozen times he will tell us when it’s done just as he did for DwD. That means when the writing is done. The final editing is done during the 3 month minimum timeline before publishing.

[@ericsonofjames4573]

“Remember when he ate my copious spare time and you said I never had any? Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?”

[@catalinacaro8183]

Last year around the same date we were like IS WINTER COMMING? because a lot of indirects seeem to indicate that, and george was like NO IT'S NOT DONE YET I WILL ANOUNCE IT IN MY BLOGPOST NO DOUBLE MEANINGS OR HIDDEN MESAGES. but you might be right he finished the main story and is now fixing details before sending it to the editor and printing.

[@Gustavo1K_]

I’m so happy that I’m not the only one who thought about this

[@GiseleofOldValyria]

Saaaaame 😂

[@jovjov223]

Maybe the copious spare time was the friends we made along the way.

[@laneyarcade]

This made a jovial laugh burst out of me, thank you

[@marcusappelberg369]

We do not cope. - House Copejoy. Sigill: A sad, silver kraken on a black background. And now, his cope has ended.

[@calvinross5788]

This man has become fully Damphair, this is our new voice of the Drowned God.

[@ahmadbassem333]

Bro's cooking 🍳 Already subscribed and waiting for your takes on a lot of theories, may they be a bit quicker than the inevitable coming winter !

[@rei2684]

I am already overdosing on copium so I BELIEVE

[@Chris-SandorKacso]

But George, my dear, your copious spare time after Winds of Winter should be invested into A Dream of Spring (just kidding he has earned the right to do whatever he wants).

[@TheCrazyDcoolest]

Eventually someone’s going to get the prediction right. Eventually…

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

C’mon, man 😭

[@TheW1ndblown]

What thirteen years no Winds does to a person lol

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

@ 😂

[@mimovres9300]

The amount of copium in this community is insane

[@steampunkwhale2280]

Sorry, friend. “In my copious spare time” is just old-American-person speak for “I don’t have time for it and it’s not gonna happen unless I abandon something that’s actually important”

[@stfnknbb]

I've been huffing copium since dance was released, and I'm hooked

[@quixero556]

I hope you are right; it would be so funny if a random KZbin channel got it right compared to the big ASOIAF channels 😭

[@ultraviolet540]

I think the fact that George is doing all of this on his own, and has no interest in others planting in his garden, is the primary factor here. I’m not talking about a ghost writer, but I feel like his universe has gotten too big for just one person to handle, I feel like a team of people who respect and understand his work could really create something amazing.

[@three-eyedmonkey7344]

I think if George ever gets it done he’ll just make a straightforward announcement once it’s delivered to the publisher. Good luck with the channel. Subbed and will be watching your theories.

[@alyssapowell1799]

George said he won't put any clues or hints about finishing it but will announce it straight forward. So, it wouldn't be intentionally a hint. However, I think he's very clearly wanting to move on and do these other things. The longer he delays TWOW, the more likely he never gets to do these other projects and he's getting older and has friends younger than him who have passed away. My guess is that most of TWOW has been written in a few spurts where he was able to crank out quite a few pages, but the most he's really able to do is about 300 pages a year. If he really was 3/4 finished 2 years ago (and perhaps hadn't progressed much since then), then he needs another big push and perhaps this could be the motivation to finish up enough that can be published, perhaps splitting TWOW or at least publishing something so he can do these other projects. And that could be not letting down Ira Parker and his team on the Dunk & Egg series or being able to help with other series or movies and not have TWOW hanging over his head. But assuming he need to finish perhaps 400+ pages, and he only got really down to work since he got back from his summer vacation, that could mean finishing it next year. If he is again in one of those spurts where he really is making progress, he would be far more optimistic that it will be done. If he's struggling because he can't figure out what to do with some plot point or character, finally committing to something and writing it could be what he needed to do to finish.

[@Dani_1012]

I don't know... I want it to mean something but George said in his infamous pre-Worldcon blog post that when Winds is announced it will be a big announcement, it won't trickle down, however, if George is enthusiastic about all these plans he has after Winds then it could mean he is almost done. Not this year. No. Next year? Unlikely, hopefully. But in two? It could be possible.

[@TheW1ndblown]

@@Dani_1012 I think George’s more upbeat and positive mood these past couple months is a good thing. Hopefully it means he’s made good progress on Winds, enough so where he can imply he’s done or close to done with it. That being said 2025 would be awesome to have the book by. Although, like you said, 2026 seems more likely, as he’s probably going to rip up a few chapters and completely rewrite them to screw with us.

[@domhuckle]

Lots of folk referencing the "I won't mess around" stuff George has said. But then... When the time comes... Could he resist? And in such a way too - like, you've gotta be super paying attention, kudos to this guy thewindblown. I believe

[@airplane8326]

I got a feeling this is going to be the guy to get it right

[@ManifestNightmare]

This is the kind of Grade A copium i love lol I choose to believe! And if i get disappointed, so what? It's just a book. A potentially incredible book, but a book none the less. I despise the vitriolic naysayers who act like George is a war criminal for not having this done yet. Sure, it sucks pretty hard, but IT'S JUST A FRIGGIN' BOOK; read some other ones, and stop being so nasty about your disappointment. There are worse things happening in the world right now. Winter is coming for us all, so let's focus our vitriol on the real world problems. The winds of winter blow us all, but i dream of spring! Fun video 🫡

[@carastone3473]

I definitely get tired of the constant "finish the book!" comments on every blog post and every FB post, but it's been THIRTEEN YEARS; you can't really blame people for the way they feel about it. I just finished ADWD a couple months ago and I am DYING to know how this story REALLY plays out...not the TV show version. Those who read the books over a decade ago and have been left hanging have a right to their feelings about it. I've read Fire and Blood twice and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms once. I've poured over The World of Ice and Fire and Rise of the Dragon. I'm kind of obsessed; just late to the party. LOL

[@ManifestNightmare]

@carastone3473 yeah, but i didn't say that. I said they should grow up and stop being terrible to George about it. They should stop with the fat jokes and the death jokes. They should stop harassing him online. How they feel is for them, and maybe some of them should get a therapist involved as well.

[@iggybarmont8639]

sir, I have to point out, you are BASED

[@iggybarmont8639]

​@@carastone3473 I think what makes people to be so mean to some writters is capitalism, call me lefty, but art doesn't understand of markets or business, is just art and it can go or come back at some point, no matter how many people could be waiting or promises had been made. And writters like martin doesn't write for us, but only for him, and I like that. I hope I wrote all off these enough well (spaniard)

[@alyssapowell1799]

GRRM posted on Nov 22 "I am falling way behind on these posts, alas. The past few months have been very busy." What's keeping GRRM very busy? It could be he's working on a new series, like the Aegon's Conquest series which Mattson Tomlin's tweets indicate he's been working on quite a bit. Or there's some movie in development or perhaps GRRM has other projects like his trains and theater. Or perhaps he's busy with his personal life besides writing. However, it's not like he's been at events or something clearly is happening to keep him busy. He's not involved in writing HOTD or the production it seems. The Dunk & Egg series finished filming in September. GRRM might get updates or be sent the trailer, but it's not really going to be keeping him very busy. So, perhaps that does indicate he's in one of these periods where he makes progress on TWOW.

[@TheW1ndblown]

I noticed that too. I figured he was either referencing all of the traveling he did during the summer or if we are being optimistic, that he is busy finishing TWOW.

[@hamodenashwan9731]

I liked the video not bc its reasonable just i hope youre right Jesus more than 13 years is very long time i just want any hope i clutching onto

[@witz]

he forgot to mention he hadn’t forgot about writing winds but forgot to write winds

[@samuelschonenberger]

This is a real strong start for a KZbin career

[@theserhoratio]

your bio says ASOIAF theories, i will be waiting

[@Mallerky]

Reads like sarcasm to me. Isn't it funny though that he was never able to get round to the sequel for this book either though, man's basically spent his whole life procrastinating

[@celebalert5616]

impecable crazy person logic sir

[@alezux]

At this point we're conspiracy theorists, not book theorists

[@joegarrison5911]

Ive noticed this too. How he always sarcastically refers to winds, and left it out this time. Unfortunately with Dunk and Egg, The new spinoff being announced and his multiple other side projects i don't think he's been working on winds this year.

[@sovereignprints_217]

bro i havent even read these books but i hope your right😭

[@Ghostlyape123]

Just a few months ago he literally said he only finished “a few pages” in the first half of the year. This means he wrote at least 2 pages but I can guarantee you no more than 50 (because that’s not a horrible number and if he did that he’d probably just say it). If he was correct in saying the book was about 75% done a year ago, and needs at least a couple hundred more pages, we are still far off based on how little he progressed the first half of this year.

[@coleburton5056]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was just sarcasm. In a past interview, he said he wouldn’t hint at, tease, or code the WoW release. He said he’d upfront let everyone know right away.

[@davidrosas2127]

I feel like that was just sarcasm. That he doesn’t have copious amounts of spare time

[@TheW1ndblown]

He has enough time to travel through Europe and blog about it, lol. But you may be right about the sarcasm. The tone of his recent blogs has been more positive, and the humor is more tongue-in-cheek than sarcasm. Maybe that's why I'm hopeful.

[@mandzipop1752]

I wish you good fortune in your hopium to come. In all seriousness, all one can do is hope you are right.

[@theredrighthandproductions]

If this ends up being true then that means Winds Of Winter will be released before Protomen Act 3 and i find that incredibly funny

[@sillyhead7441]

At this point I'm done getting my hopes up until I see it on the shelf.

[@coreyede1627]

Nah man. He's being sarcastic and optimistic about the time he has left.

[@aloe8535]

Same happened before. GRRM is done with Asoiaf and WoW will never came out because he no longer works on it. It is a bit grim but he waits for the grim end so he won’t face consequences of his unfinisihed series. This way he is able to make time with other projects.

[@dalewilson2741]

Considering he could just be omitting "after I finish Winds of Winter" from the sentence. I wouldn't hold my breath man.....

[@RoadTo1000Books]

Maybe the real WoW was the friends we made along the way. Also I have a theory that everytime George posted a "words of wisdom", he was just indicating that finished another chapter 😢

[@runaravenscraft5314]

Part of me thinks he is likely using the truncated sentence as a reference, like a meme. But also I do actually think he is finishing it up rn beyond even WoW: Class: SAY THE LINE BART! Bart: In my copious time.... Class: YAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[@GiseleofOldValyria]

I love this fandom, where I can find like-minded fans filled with insanity-fuelled speculation

[@BanjoBreakdown1]

There were 10+ years between the first Grey Alys story being published and GRRM starting work on ASOIAF, so I don't think "ASOIAF taking off" is the reason he didn't do more. Frankly, the dude very rarely finishes planned series. there's a part in Dreamsongs where he talks about his "patented 1 story series", i.e. stories he was going to write sequels to and never did, and there are quite a few of them. The warning signs for what was going to happen with ASOIAF were plain as day, but we didn't want to see.

[@spadinnerxylaphone2622]

I love quality cope! Subscribed!

[@suburbanking9148]

Tbh I really believe grrm will announce it's done as soon as it's done but idk if he means before or after editing

[@MARCKULTIMATE]

All of us with excess of copium

[@boigenius1542]

Let's just pray that it is in editing.

[@nathanielvalla6142]

I got a similar feeling from the post about BlueSky. Its really has the vibe like a big announcement is on the way but we cant say anything about it

[@smileydude12]

It better be close. I only have 20 hours left of A Dance with Dragons to listen to.

[@shanetaylor761]

I feel a little selfish saying this but I always knew sooner or later winds of winter would release. I'm worried about never getting dream of summer. So hearing about his copious plans for before finishing his magnum opus is kinda troubling to me.

[@rampantrambling]

Christmas day next month, george will tell us its done for sure ... right?

[@Tolki-uh4dq]

You’ve got a new subscriber

[@TheW1ndblown]

Thank you!

[@MJ1805]

Bautista in a GRRM creation....who'd have thunk it. 😵

[@theletterm5425]

Isn't "in my copious spare time" meant sarcastically? That's how I read it…

[@alesanchez87]

The way he expresses about TWoW tells wha a nag it is to him. Well, we'll be having him publishing a lot, but I don't think he really wants to finish ASOIAF. It simply doesn't appeal to him anymore.

[@skullyfx4321]

2025 will have both GTA 6 and TWOW, bruh

[@cristaldubragg3110]

George gave up on winds

[@TheThanatoros]

"In my copius spare time" is meant with /s, because he continues pretending hard work on the book he doesnt plan to finish...

[@renatoe9648]

Guess he's either finished or given up on finishing 😅

[@kennethp7411]

Subbing to manifest this into existence

[@TheW1ndblown]

Thank you for subbing, Hopefully, we get TWoW next year if we're lucky!

[@iggybarmont8639]

deeep conspiracy fanmade right here

[@chrisheapsenhouse7086]

No. He's not writing it.

[@mwag8138]

Ok, what comes first - TWOW or GTA 6?

[@originalsainthood]

u might not be wrong. 🤷🏻‍♂️ u might be spot on.

[@andreimoga7813]

this feels like bait

[@TheW1ndblown]

I swear by Ice and Fire that it's not bait, only copium mixed with some blog posts

[@ThommyofThenn]

No. But I don't like to close a video as soon as it starts so I will hear you out. I will edit as needed. Cheers

[@Tremere]

Whats more insane? This video or the fact that it lowkey makes a small amount of sense

[@brandon8667]

Hold the faith

[@JoeUchiha-gs5ru]

Your hearts is in the right place but no he has probably not 😂

[@Anubiszz512zz]

I think that was clearly sarcasm...

[@10bunks12]

Please sweet baby Jon Snow be true. I so want this book.

[@bkizzle401]

the blog post is missing that /s at the end

[@dayyy128]

i like this. i dont think its true, but it gives me hope

[@smpk9667]

Dec 21 mark your calender (coping hard)

[@RayGainbows]

Dude that sounds like it checks out. But im hella worried to get my hopes up.

[@rangerripcheese3511]

I’ll have what he’s having (copium)

[@pedrogomez5605]

He got a pointtt

[@CFBDeepDive]

I’m getting hyped idc

[@mikesim6589]

I believe that george r r martin does have copious amounts of time. He just works on whatever he's interested in. He has written himself into some serious corners. And he plans to be an author who drive tragically before they finish their series. If he finishes the winds of winter it will be the last book.

[@LeeGray929]

And now begins your KZbin channel ….

[@JELazarus]

A new ASOIAF channel? I'll sub and give you a chance. Keep 'em coming!

[@TheW1ndblown]

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