I remember years ago when the show came out, I would go home quickly to stream it as soon as it was up. Then I got hold of the books up to that point, I read them all. I enjoyed watching people reacting to major events. Then I realized we were catching up to the books and GRRM was kicking the can over and over. I stopped watching after s4 finale, knowing the last scene of s5 was gonna be what caught us up to the books (jon snow getting stabbed). I stayed strong for years, I avoided spoilers, memes, rants, videos like the plague. There was only so much I could do if I wanted to keep being online. Every now and then a meme would pop up. Eventually the series ended and everyone was angry. I kept the faith.
This year I was bored and tired of waiting, I started watching it. My sister caught me watching and knew of my struggle, she warned me.... "don't watch s8. stop at s7. trust". But the completionist in me had to. I should've listened. She approached my during s6 and laughed as I got angry at all the things that everyone else had already gotten angry and over for years. Then I got to s8.... It broke me.
I refuse to watch house of dragon.