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Gilrock:
So I paid for a month of HBO on Amazon and binge watched the whole Season 8 yesterday. Of course things can always be different but I enjoyed it. I think the most fitting ending in the spirit of that show would have been if the dragon went postal and killed the entire cast but there's really no way it doesn't toast Jon.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 19, 2019, 10:45:01 pm ---You know what... not a bad ending. It certainly had a huge plot issue, namely that Danny's forces wouldn't have negotiated peacefully, but if you can ignore that it sort of had a poetic justice.

Most of the good guys wanted something at the beginning of the show and they all got it. Arya wanted to be free, and she is. Sansa wanted to rule, and now she does. Tyrion wanted to govern and he does, but he got a lot of people killed, so as punishment he will continue to run things and get absolutely no credit for it. John wanted a family that accepted him and he got two, but he also got a lot of people killed, so he doesn't get to be with the one he loves. Danny, before she went nuts, wanted to break the wheel... she did, at the cost of her sanity and eventually her life. Brienne wanted to be a knight, she is. Bran wanted to fly and now he can worg into birds and dragons or whatever he wants. Hell Sam wanted to be a meister and now he's the head meister. Bronn wanted money and power, he got it. The wildings are free. Even the wolf got some pettings.

Bran on the throne is dumb, but it does kind of make sense... he's completely inoffensive so nobody will oppose his rule and he doesn't care about anything so he won't be corrupted by power. He's just a figurehead anyway... it's apparent by those last scenes that Tyrion is the real king. Yeah and I called it. John "went away" lord of the rings style.

Considering how screwed up the last episode was they made a remarkable recovery. Now let's see how many chime in to complain. ;)

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That's a good way to look at it. The one thing that bothered me (well, not one thing) was that Jon's lineage didn't matter at all. It was such a central theme to the show but there was no payoff. I wanted to see the dragon try to burn him in front of the unsullied/dothraki armies after he killed Dany but have Jon walk out of the flames because of his Targaryan bloodline. Then they would want him to be king but he declines because it is what is best for the realm. Everything else could have played out the same. That's still not perfect but at least there is some closure with his arc.

Mike A:
I wanted to see an asteroid crash into the planet and annihilate every living thing.

Mr. Peabody:

--- Quote from: Mike A on May 20, 2019, 10:26:17 am ---I wanted to see an asteroid crash into the planet and annihilate every living thing.

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The size of the world in GoT precludes that.

@Howard: I was being flippant. I'm pretty tired of fiction, and stay away from it.

nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: Gilrock on May 20, 2019, 09:49:18 am ---So I paid for a month of HBO on Amazon and binge watched the whole Season 8 yesterday. Of course things can always be different but I enjoyed it. I think the most fitting ending in the spirit of that show would have been if the dragon went postal and killed the entire cast but there's really no way it doesn't toast Jon.

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I believe the dragons were magically bred not to hurt a targaryen.
Jon is a targaryen.
So instead it slagged the throne so he couldn't have it (dragon logic).

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