[Spoilers Extended] "Stannis's March" is an eerily perfect analogy for Fans waiting for The Winds of Winter

The King's Prize chapter in ADWD features Stannis's army marching to win Winterfell, The army start eagerly from Deepwood expecting the journey to take 15 days of marching. However, a severe winter storm and snows slows their advance through the forest. They suffer through a grueling 42 days of suffering [nearly 3 times the expected journey time] and they still haven't reached Winterfell

Fans in 2011 started the wait eagerly from reading ADWD, expecting a realistically 4-5 years period before Winds of Winter. They suffer through a grueling 14 years of suffering [nearly 3 times the expected journey time] and they still haven't reached WinterWinds

A trail of broken wanes and frozen corpses stretched back behind them, buried beneath the blowing snow

Along the long Journey, many of Stannis's men die or desert the cause, much like the fans

The king's men start trading accusation of losing faith while the King is distracted staring at the fire [George is definitely Stannis in this analogy]

Asha's ankle throbbed ..with every step..... the cold will numb it soon enough...I won't feel..at all......

She's literally me fr fr

They arrive at a village 3 days march from Winterfell

This is where we are right now

Stannis Baratheon's host sat snow-bound and unmoving. Walled in by ice and snow. Starving

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