Thank you at least I'm not the only one getting frustrated by the weekly "winter is still coming guys" post. It's been 13 years, let us forget about it until it comes out ffs

Rickon surviving would be very cool, especially if jon decided not to take power of any kind which fits, and bran stays as the 3 eyes raven. That would make rickon, the you test stark not, the heir to their house. And I believe that that's a reoccurring trope in ASOIF, although nothing comes to my mind directly.

Bran wouldn't be crowned king in winds of winter even if the show had never been written, that would be an a dream of summer event because it's in season 8. The winds of winter would cover the long night, and it would actually be long, rather than a single episode.