Were you as bothered by the ending of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn as I was? I understand Seoman was the hero, but throughout the series he didn’t display any abilities as a military leader, a politician or an administrator; necessary qualities for a king.
Yeah, that was one of the weak points in the series – Seoman is a lot more of a Hero’s Journey Protagonist than anything you get in ASOIAF, and Tad Williams’ slow-rolls him a bit too much, leaving him just this side of the maturity and mastery you’d want (especially after the revelations about John Presbyter).
Part of this has to do with Williams’ mystery plot with the swords, which had some drawbacks to compensate for its gut-punch. Part of it has to do with Williams’ spending way too much time with Seoman losing his mind underground.
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