With a little luck, all of this “bad writers” stuff will blow past, particularly given the two showrunners have big Star Wars projects on their plates next.
Many figures throughout history have espoused the belief that victory is always readily claimed by its architects, while defeat is left in the cold as an unclaimed product.
However, no matter how you look at Game of Thrones, the names David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as well as their shorthand nickname of D&D, will always be associated with that show’s fortunes.