FUCK that's like 4 in a row

Skerret wrote:

FUCK that's like 4 in a row

Oh Jesus man that's a goocher.

I didn't mind it, but they could have had Arya kill grey worm, because of his murderous rampage, take his face and kill Danny. She then exiles herself to the west. John is pushed to be king, but turns it down because he's had enough of the game of thrones and takes himself north, and that triggers the need for an elective council.

Bran was obviously the mastermind behind all of the major events in GoT.
It's why he was not surprised to be crowned King Bran the Broken.

Bran should have done something at any point in the whole show to justify his existence as a character at all. Nothing to do with him ever mattered.

I would have liked for Jon to have a better ending. I’m not necessarily saying make him king, if people feel that’s too obvious, but if you’re not going to make him king, maybe kill him off, or something.

If you’re not going to have the big feelgood ending where everything is glorious and Essos is clearly a land of milk, honey, and democracy / benign dictatorship, at least have the balls to give it a fuck you ending. Dany sees Jon’s sneaky-stab coming, and scuppers it, and we’re back to square one with a psycho incest queen at the top, because the game of thrones never ends.

Instead we had a suck-ass bland ending where the good bits aren’t that great and the bad bits aren’t that awful, and it’s all just... nothing.

And I don’t understand anyone saying that it’s perfect, or that everything felt inevitable, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a less inevitable ending.

I can’t remember if I’ve said this already, but Tyrion said that if nobody is happy, it’s probably a good compromise. I can’t help but wonder if that was a metatextual comment. An apology for how nondefuckingscript it was.

Sansa becoming queen made no sense either. Rob becoming King in the North was a democratic decision, so there’s no reason it should pass to Sansa. There’s no way Yara Greyjoy would have sat there and not said, “Well, hang on a second, the Iron Islands are a separate kingdom, too, and I’ve got more of a reason to be Queen of there than this needy ginger pyabs has to be the Queen in the North.”

Arya had fuck all to do after killing the Night King. She just spent the last while going around places not achieving anything.

LivDiv wrote:

You sound like a lot of the internet. "It wasnt what I thought would happen so it is shit". I dont think you really understand the characters and the journey they have gone through.

No, I disagree with that, because I didn’t go into the final episode with any expectation of how it would end, but as it unfolded it just didn’t work. “Who’s had a more interesting story than Bran?” Everyone. Everyone has had a more interesting story.

If we’re going to take Arya’s example, learning that revenge isn’t everything, that’s a perfect example of the show glibly resolving an entire arc spanning multiple seasons with one line.

Jon ‘sacrificing’ his place on the throne isn’t a sacrifice if he a) didn’t want it, and b) never had it.

I understand the characters and their journeys just fine, thank you.

Arya.
One line, but lots of witnessing of acts. A picture tells a thousand words.

Jon
Never one for titles and thrones but also possesses a threat to the kingdoms from his seed as any child he has could end up with the mad gene.
Jon pretty much exiles himself to a place where noone would give two shits about the name Targaryan. It is a bitter sweet ending for Jon, he is free of the politics and pressures but has lost his love.
This exile is similar to Maester Aemon, who would have been king but became a Maester instead, then took the black to further escape it. He disappeared and everyone forgot he even was a Targaryan.

Sansa and the North.
Sansa is the oldest remaining Stark and therefore heir to Winterfell. Lineage no longer decides the King/Queen but does decide the heads of houses. She doesnt need electing but would likely end up elected anyway.
The North was for a long time it's own kingdom, made the biggest sacrifice and would refuse to kneel so would go to war if needs be (this is explained literally in that scene).
The Greyjoys have no similar claim on any front or army to start a war.

From when he discovered he was the "true" king, he was already with Danaerys. I think his attitude would have been distinctly different if he hadn't been. But ultimately it doesn't really matter to me, I was happy enough how it ended.

Happy with Bran as the new King, srsly?

Andy knows.

Blocks100 wrote:

Happy with Bran as the new King, srsly?

100%

I actually thought the ending had the characters in the right places and was fine. The journey it took to get them there was utter hot garbage but it's probably the one redeeming thing I can say about this since the last two seasons were dreadful. It just turned into some shit superhero film for two years.

Heh. Some people have way too much time on their hands.

That link is quality. Just finished watching. I thought the whole lot was fine. The ending was decent and as mad bonkers as the rest of it. All the characters pretty much played to form. A solid ending for me, like a night on the Guiness.