Kill 'Em All And Let George Sort 'Em Out Dept.

Game of Thrones author says not killing off major characters is 'cheating' | Polygon

"We've all read this story a million times when a bunch of heroes set out on adventure and it's the hero and his best friend and his girlfriend and they go through amazing hair-raising adventures and none of them die," Martin told the magazine. "The only ones who die are extras."

My objection here is to the way GRRM doesn't seem to think framing or selection matters in storytelling, or that it's nave, or so...