I think that would have run into the same problem as the five-year gap originally ran into, namely that the narrative gets bogged down by characters expositing what had happened during the five-year gap.
While I can’t see the FeastDance stories for anyone except possibly the Starklings working with a five year gap, might it have worked to have started where FeastDance ended? That is, Jon’s just been stabbed, Dany’s just rejoined the Dothraki, Tyrion’s just escaped slavery near Meereen, etc? Or would this require too much exposition and cause other problems (Stannis taking 5 years to get to Winterfell, Jaime spending 5 years in the Riverlands, the Others sitting on their asses for 5 years)?
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