What would Sebastian do?

Ruth de Haas
Nov 1 · 3 min read

Or, why I’m never feeling imposter syndrome again.

If you’re at all active on Twitter and/or the Game of Thrones fandom, you’ll have probably already seen this thread, detailing a Q&A with Davids Benioff & Weiss, the Game of Thrones showrunners, at the Austin film festival. If you can’t be bothered to read the whole thing, the tl;dr is: the two Davids were ridiculously, jaw-droppingly unqualified for the job, and perfectly happy to admit as much in public.

The online backlash has been as fierce as a fiery blast of dragon’s breath. Part of this is outrage that…

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