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Will Stewart 

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GoT complaints, from a guy who isn't very observant (me, and spoilers)


1.) Why did the dragon respond to Dany's death by melting the Iron Throne? The dragon isn't going to know what that hunk of metal is for, nor is it going to make a symbolic gesture, because it's just a brainless reptile. That's just dumb.

2.) Jon killing Dany: Dany, new queen of the seven realms, is wandering around completely unguarded? That's just dumb.

3.) Bran? He's a space cadet that no one can relate to, and he's not even living in the real world anymore. That's just dumb.

4.) After Dany torched the city, it isn't going to be calm and quiet, with just a few tiny fires burning here and there. Portions of the city should be completely ablaze, and the wounded and injured would be lying around screaming in agony. There would be a constant din of human agony, not a nice quiet scene for characters to do slow walks through. That's just dumb.

5.) Hello, Jon is the truth heir to the throne. But .... let's send him to Castle Black. That's just dumb.

All kidding aside, the worst thing show suffered from at the end was .... well, there was just basically no one left. GoT, at one point in time, was a rich tapestry of people, places, and storylines. At the end, it barely had anyone left. Not many pieces to move around the chess board and do anything satisfying with.

I'm contemplating going back and watching the entire series again -- I did that prior to season 7, just so I could remind myself of who the heck everyone was, and what their stories were -- but I think that would be a wholly unsatisfying, depressing experience. At one point in time, the show was a well-paced, well-plotted piece of character-driven fiction, but by the end, it was just terrible, and it limped to the finish line, killing almost everyone in the process. I think it would just make me sad for how it ended, kinda like I am now.

Okay, moving on.

Posted: 05/20/2019 at 09:45AM



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