So the nerd gets outnerded!
I totally agree with others thoughts on things feeling forced, for me it started when the TV series overtook the books, whereas before everything flowed very organically from A to B to C etc stories now jump from A to Z, or make use of Rocky training montages to show a long period of time has passed. I just hope the “half man” wins as such, but I have a horrible feeling he’ll sacrifice himself for the greater good.