yup, because when Ned was going to save the day things worked out for the hero and all the good guys lived happily ever after...oh wait, nope, that guy actually failed, so its now a story of the son who is going to pick up where his father left off and redeem his honor! Oh wait, nope, he died a brutal, gruesome death as well, that also got lots of his countrymen killed in the process.
at this point, if Dragons had something to do with Valyria's doom, then maybe we don't want them...maybe the Others aren't so evil, maybe they're the ones that are supposed to stop fire from consuming the world, or maybe these "gods" don't give a fuck about mortals at all and only use them for pawns in their own struggles and its up to humans to throw off the shackles Greek mythology style and go their own way.
do you honestly believe the most predictable ending is what is going to take place in a show like this?