I’m still making my way through the books, so feel free to flame me, but I never really felt like the HBO series was wanting for characters...

I’m sorry for your loss, I haven’t had to go through it yet but live in the weird state of constant apprehension / anticipation of one of our three cats passing now that they’re older. One of them seems to randomly forget that litter boxes are a thing and I feel like a low life when I secretly hope that she’ll be dead…

Well put, I wish that as well.

I’m not an authority on the subject, but I think you may have just won the internet today.