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Game of Thrones S8 |OT3| Best season evar. (FULL SPOILERS) (See Staff Post)
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It was a good finale, IMO. Similar to Breaking Bad. Wrapped up the show in a way that wasn't too surprising (except Bran) but still felt satisfying.
It also helped make aspects of the Winterfell and King's Landing Battles better in retrospect. Arya was able to kill the Night King because she was Nobody. If Jon had faced the Night King he would have died and wouldn't have been in place to stop Dany like Bran basically told him. Dany wasn't mad like her father just drunk on power and blinded by her emotions. I didn't predict Bran as King but he's the logical choice. His wealth of knowledge and extra sight are more valuable than a leader influcenced by their emotions. I loved the end montage of the Starks together one last time before going their separate ways.
As for the ending being rushed, I don't care. For me this 6 episode spectacle was entertaining. An extra 1 and a half seasons of small talk, travel between battles and expanding on periphery nations like Dorne/Iron Islands and other side characters was unnecessary.
It also helped make aspects of the Winterfell and King's Landing Battles better in retrospect. Arya was able to kill the Night King because she was Nobody. If Jon had faced the Night King he would have died and wouldn't have been in place to stop Dany like Bran basically told him. Dany wasn't mad like her father just drunk on power and blinded by her emotions. I didn't predict Bran as King but he's the logical choice. His wealth of knowledge and extra sight are more valuable than a leader influcenced by their emotions. I loved the end montage of the Starks together one last time before going their separate ways.
As for the ending being rushed, I don't care. For me this 6 episode spectacle was entertaining. An extra 1 and a half seasons of small talk, travel between battles and expanding on periphery nations like Dorne/Iron Islands and other side characters was unnecessary.
I hope the spinoffs go heavy into the supernatural stuff.
He wasn't anywhere close to 1,000 years old, he was something like 125, he wasn't the first I don't think just the most recent host until Bran. The "spirit" or whatever you want to call it that possesses the body is something else.
I'm sorry, but I can't get over this, of all of the B.S. in the last 2 seasons. What on earth was the point of Bran warging out during The Long Night? It was the equivalent of, "I'm gonna sit here and read a magazine during the D-Day invasion" in Saving Private Ryan.
Lmao
I fully believe that this was a d and d thing and GRRM didnt mention bronn's ending because he isn't important
I highly doubt GRRM knows the ending. The guy explicitly said he didn't even know what happens next in the following chapter he was writing and had to write several versions to see what works. This is Full Metal Alchemist all over again. Dumb and Dumber were forced to be writers on their own and they suck at it.
I have to say the fact that the entire mood seemed to change, with sunshine and rainbows just after Dany died kinda goes against everything this story stood for.
This isn't really a bittersweet ending. It's a happy ending for people who are able to stretch suspension of disbelief to unimaginable levels.
If GRRM goes the same route, I will film myself eating all of his books
This isn't really a bittersweet ending. It's a happy ending for people who are able to stretch suspension of disbelief to unimaginable levels.
If GRRM goes the same route, I will film myself eating all of his books
I had a crazy ass dream that Sam was actually a murderous sadist and killed a bunch of people in a secret epilogue and then another war starts lol
Nah he knows the ending but he doesn't know how he gets there yet. He's repeatedly said the ending will be broadly the same in the books.
I liked the ending, final season felt very rushed but I overall felt satisfied with the ending.
Jon really just found out his true identity only to be forced out of the Kingdoms and I understand why.
He would've been a political tool for many Lords as he's the last Targaryen alive.
Some want him dead for killing Daenerys, others would want him to become King, as long as he remained South of the Wall there will always be some issue, worse still if he had children with any highborn lady. He really did have to go. His life was simpler as Jon Snow, Bran didn't have to put that on him, this is sad af.
If only it was written better.
He would've been a political tool for many Lords as he's the last Targaryen alive.
Some want him dead for killing Daenerys, others would want him to become King, as long as he remained South of the Wall there will always be some issue, worse still if he had children with any highborn lady. He really did have to go. His life was simpler as Jon Snow, Bran didn't have to put that on him, this is sad af.
If only it was written better.
The season being condensed into 6 episodes was terrible.
The ending shot of one episode should have been drogon flying off with dany and jon alone in the throne room.
Instead we get the weirdest tonal shift ever
I think the bittersweet part is that Dany murdered millions and had to be put down
I feel like it could easily have been 2 episodes.... it felt like 2 episodes compressed into one. Much like episode 4
Bran punishing Jon by sending him to the NW was a ruse to get Greyworm to be okay that Jon was actually sendt to where he belongs, his home, the north with the wildlings, Ghost and Tormund.
Alliser Throne: "You will be fighting their battles forever".
He fucks off to the north where he doesn't have to bother with politics.
Jon entering the NW was like
Alliser Throne: "You will be fighting their battles forever".
He fucks off to the north where he doesn't have to bother with politics.
Jon entering the NW was like
Not just Greyworm, Yara Greyjoy wants his head too. I'm sure Dorne is not a fan of him either.
The worse thing about that council scene is the nameless people that have a vote. Including Prince of Dorne.
Just finished the last episode. I didn't actually hate it in context with episodes 4 and 5. I think episode 4 and 5 kicked me through the stages of grief and I was already at acceptance well before starting episode 6.
I really didn't like a lot of the 'developments' during episode 4 and 5 regarding Dany for the most part. Euron too. He was either sadistically overlevelled or outright fodder. As many have said before me he was whatever the plot needed him to be.
As a continuation of episode 4 and 5 I found 6 to be pretty good. I still don't like, or outright hate most of the arcs from those episodes. Not really even because of their conclusions, it just felt like we were being given answers/plot points without being shown proof of working.
I did like seeing John actually interacting with Ghost. It was a miracle they could get the budget for that sort of thing.
I really didn't like a lot of the 'developments' during episode 4 and 5 regarding Dany for the most part. Euron too. He was either sadistically overlevelled or outright fodder. As many have said before me he was whatever the plot needed him to be.
As a continuation of episode 4 and 5 I found 6 to be pretty good. I still don't like, or outright hate most of the arcs from those episodes. Not really even because of their conclusions, it just felt like we were being given answers/plot points without being shown proof of working.
I did like seeing John actually interacting with Ghost. It was a miracle they could get the budget for that sort of thing.
I can accept Bran being leader but he never finished his training and the mark he received from the NK left open the possibility that he wasn't what he portrayed himself to be. That would've been an interesting thread at the end of the show but I understand they didn't have enough time to flesh that out.
Also Bran the Broken, is that there to inspire the small folk to think that anyone from any walk of life can be King. Lmao so are they endorsing a meritocracy? All the problems of the council scene remind me of criticisms people have with meritocracy in general. At least the decision making aspect of it. Bran was a safe pick if they wanted to shake the table they should've made Davos King.
Also Bran the Broken, is that there to inspire the small folk to think that anyone from any walk of life can be King. Lmao so are they endorsing a meritocracy? All the problems of the council scene remind me of criticisms people have with meritocracy in general. At least the decision making aspect of it. Bran was a safe pick if they wanted to shake the table they should've made Davos King.
I think a large part of why the show felt hollow to me at this last moment is that it literally was quite hollow. It's just a handful of actors in a derelict city deciding the fate of the land in a vacuum. All this talk of the people and apart from the scene of Cersei walking through the streets being spat on we never really see the people's opinions on all of this throughout the entire show.
Also the Jon and Danaerys scene, why on earth was she alone with no security at all, it almost made the while thing feel like a dream. Plus I expected that huge moment of him killing Danny to take place in front of all the assembled lords. Would have been far more impactful but then I guess he really would have had to have been executed on the spot..
Also the Jon and Danaerys scene, why on earth was she alone with no security at all, it almost made the while thing feel like a dream. Plus I expected that huge moment of him killing Danny to take place in front of all the assembled lords. Would have been far more impactful but then I guess he really would have had to have been executed on the spot..
I didn't see any signs of spring (though I was watching on a fairly small screen, so I might've missed some finer details) and I didn't get that implication at all. I mean, it's not like it has always been winter at the Wall. There are periods when it's so warm that the wall starts to melt. I haven't gotten the impression that the world of GOT completely foregoes natural climate based on location. Even if the White Walkers bring a really harsh winter with them magically somehow, I don't think their disappearance will make North of the wall all that much more livable. Like, maybe they don't freeze to death, but it still seems like a fairly harsh & barren land.
Yeah there should have been a "I believe you all have not yet met each other this is...." kind of dialogue from someone when the council began to convene.
I don't know how Tyrion thinks Bran will inspire people lol.
Jon Snow still avenged the Red Wedding and in the end, even though he bent the knee to Dany, he still killed her and ultimately that lead to the North being a independent kingdom. All he got for that work is a job at the wall. Not even a T shirt.
Jon Snow still avenged the Red Wedding and in the end, even though he bent the knee to Dany, he still killed her and ultimately that lead to the North being a independent kingdom. All he got for that work is a job at the wall. Not even a T shirt.
The original leaks from a year ago seemed so stupid as to be unbelievable (Arya leaping at the Night King with a dagger, Bran elected King, etc.). But they were true... all of it.
When Bran was like "I should check on Drogon" I was like awww yeeeeah rubs hands together let's see what's going on in The Shadow Lands or wherever.
But then Bran just wheels out of the scene lmao
;_;
But then Bran just wheels out of the scene lmao
;_;
When Dany goes mad in the books, she'll have done it after a lot more time of build up and the story will be told from her perspective so you'll have a better idea what she's thinking. I imagine it'll be framed much different. Also I expect she'll do more than just sack KL.
I briefly thought the same thing, but I think the implication was that Drogon was the security, and Jon was able to get past (and was ultimately spared) because of his blood and his intimacy to Dany.
I still maintain/hope that Tyrion's "ask me in 10 years" and "don't be so sure we won't meet" is leaving the door open for a revival season in decade.
Has the show ever done multiple long fade to black transitions to show the passage of time? They were fucking with the language of the show
Also I am sure literally every single person who is familiar with the history and lore of the series finds it fucking hilarious that Sansa gets to separate the North from the 7 Kingdoms and yet the generic Prince of Dorne that was present said literally nothing about it. The lore surrounding Dorne and their attitude towards being apart of the 7 kingdoms is well founded and has been set in stone since Aegon the Conqueror. It has been a running theme of both the books and the show. Its the very reason why people are so hostile towards Dorne and its people.
The idea that literally any Martell or representative of Dorne would ever take such news without saying anything at all or even trying to speak up is not only completely unbelievable it is fucking hilarious. D&D have never read the lore of the series. That scene proved that much to me. That was one of the most unbelievable moments of the entire episode to me due to just how blatantly it went against everything that GRRM had ever written about Dorne and its people.
The idea that literally any Martell or representative of Dorne would ever take such news without saying anything at all or even trying to speak up is not only completely unbelievable it is fucking hilarious. D&D have never read the lore of the series. That scene proved that much to me. That was one of the most unbelievable moments of the entire episode to me due to just how blatantly it went against everything that GRRM had ever written about Dorne and its people.
not really, I think the whole point of hte series is that no matter the motive, once they get power, they all become "corrupt"
Dany is already there in the books and they did it so well that most people don't think it's happened yet so
"Does anyone have a mop for this bloo- I mean, cranberry juice on the floor?"
So right after Dany saw the throne in her vision in the house of undying, see turns, walks away and sees Drogo and her baby and unites with them. So it means she was always gonna die after seeing the throne for the first time.