Game of Thrones (HBO)

Nope. I've absolutely loved everything.

I think a lot of people are annoyed because it isn't going how they pictured it in their head. Well, the thing I love about Game of Thrones is they always surprise me.

Hound vs Mountain was everything I always dreamed it would be and more. Dany's turn was foreshadowed since the very beginning. And people forget the Whitewalkers weren't even seen til season 4, so the Night King was always a secondary story. Game of Thrones has never really been about magic and zombies. It's pretty much always *really* been about politics and flaws in humanity.

Game of Thrones is almost over. They have to end the stories. Therefore, some arcs will obviously be "predictable", the question is, have they earned those endings? I think they have.

My one small qualm is I wanted Cersei to be murdered by someone but I also respect the storytelling and how they once again subverted expectations by making you feel scared of Dany and sorry for Cersei. Or, that's  the idea at least. It certainly worked on me.

Also I think there's been some masterful acting this season. Great performances from Jaime, Tyrion, Brienne, Dany, Lyanna Mormont and Sansa.

In terms of fan service, I don't know why people always see fan service as a negative. There is such a thing as good fan service. If it's earned, it's good. Like Jaime knighting Brienne. That was earned. And it was one of my favourite moments of the whole series. Fan service can be bad, but I can't really think of any fan service that has been bad from GoT this season. In fact, if anything, people seem to be unhappy because they haven't got what they wanted lol.

I’ll admit I posted this before I saw episode 5 but I was told people hated it. I just finished watching it and I thought it was fantastic lol.

My original comment stems from how everything beforehand has been predictable. I think we knew surprises where coming, it’s the last season, but how oddly all the majorly important characters survived. The first scene in the book and show involves the white walkers. I know the book and show are vastly different, but they were reduced to a footnote.

Cersi could be the main enemy, I have no problems with that, but the white walkers needed something more. It’s was weak.

I’ve been surprised in movies and tv. This show always truly surprised you, the randomness was superb. This new season has its surprises but it’s still tropes. Cleganebowl was visually amazing and it was even great storytelling. However I’d argue the book version won’t even have them fight (if we ever get to it). And something else completely ridiculous will have happened. The unthinkable.

You mention storylines being wrapped up, it’s the last season. Before they didn’t have to wrap all storylines up because someone’s story would be cut short by the randomness of war or circumstance. Because theres only 6 episodes, so they went with the predictable to wraps things.

The choices they’ve made I think we’re in poor unGame of Thrones type taste, however they’re doing it damn good. I think I’d still prefer the Game of Thrones I fell in love with.

Fan service falls in line with predictable. I completely agree however the Knighting scene was fantastic, but everything else almost makes me roll my eyes. I honestly haven’t been to surprised. The Knight King dying so easily surprised me.

However this last episode was so so good lol

I’m didn’t edit this, but basically I think I’m saying this is not what I expected which was the truly unexpected. The decisions they’ve made have felt tropey and predictable. That being said, they still do a good job lol. Ultimately I’m still kinda disappointed. Maybe I always would have been. I really hope he manages to finish the books

I've heard people saying that Bran will end the series on the throne. That would be the worst, as he even admits that he's not really Bran anymore. Definitely not anywhere close in line of the throne. Really it's Jon, Dany and then Gendry, all of which are currently still alive. It would be so unsatisfying to have Bran as the King, especially when everything has been built up for Jon to take it.

I actually really liked how it all ended.

Jon got what he wanted: to live with the wildlings. Sansa got to be queen of the north, fuck yeah. Arya is going off on a journey west of westeros, fuck yeah. I like that they choose a King/Queen now, instead of being born into it. They broke the wheel, one way or another. Also Drogon realising power killed his mother, not Jon, and melting the throne was so epic. I loved the ending with Tyrion and Sam and Bronn and Davos. Also loved the fact that Sam wrote A Song of Ice and Fire, that's a theory I always liked and would hope it came true.

I agree with you. However it was very typical, very Hollywood. This was the show that was suppose to be different. I can’t help but feel let down.......

Eh... to me, "Hollywood" would have been Dany never turns, Jon and her get married, beat Cersei and live happily ever after. Hollywood to me would be Varys getting a prosthetic cock as a reward for his hard work. It was tainted enough to satisfy my needs for pain but happy enough to satisfy my love for these characters.

And they've had pain and misery throughout all the seasons, it's fine to give some sort of halfway happy ending. It's bittersweet, really. Hollywood would have Ned come back to life and kill Cersei lol. And then die again cos he's Sean Bean.

It was a bit rushed, but overall I thought it was a decent end.

The only thing I didn't really like was that they didn't show Jon being sent to prison. Why? Well, I imagine it was laziness. The only way they would know that Jon killed Dany was if he told them, especially the whole knife through the heart part that Grey Worm knew about. So Jon had to have told them, which is in character for him. But let's be honest, Jon wouldn't have ended up in prison. Grey Worm and him would have had a lovely fight to the death. But they just skip all over that and announce that he's in prison. Lazy writing right there.

I do get why some people are saying that it all felt rushed. Especially when you compare it with previous seasons, but to be honest, it's about getting the throne, and once you get to that point there'd only be so much that you could drag it out and afterwards there's only so much you can drag it out.

Did like how Jon decided to just fuck off at the end. Banished to the Nights Watch and just decides, nah, not doing this, I'll go live with the Wildlings instead with my wolf.

Greyworm was killing everyone that was against Dany. That's his orders. Tyrion I get because that was Danys orders. But someone kills Greyworms queen, he'd go completely ham on them.

Bran cracked me up though. Tyrion is saying how he should be king and watching Bran, he really doesn't give a shit. Couldn't look less interested. And then he had the balls to say that that's why he's here, to become king. Such arrogance. But that's part of what makes it funny. He can see the future so knew it would happen. That also means he say that shit loads of innocents would die and just doesn't bother to tell anyone. He also says he doesn't want it, so he could have rejected it but decided not to. The whole scene just cracked me up.

I think it says something when the entire cast hates how the show ended. They don’t even hide it. I think they’ve come to understand why the show became so popular and how it lost that jazz over the last two seasons. If you liked it, I can’t talk you out of that. Hell. I didn’t dislike it. It’s just so far from what hooked me in the first place.......oh what could have been