I honestly don't even think that was intentional, just the result of hilariously sloppy writing.
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Game of Thrones S8 |OT3| Best season evar. (FULL SPOILERS) (See Staff Post)
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I honestly don't even think that was intentional, just the result of hilariously sloppy writing.
Oh yeah, that's the one where she tries to pass as a servant boy but he isn't having it?
Yeah, I think it was mentioned on the commentary of the episode.
"Inescapably, infuriatingly, what we're left with is apparently the central message of Game of Thrones: Bitches are crazy."
This is so perfect!
"Arya found land west of Westeros and named it Westereros.
She returned to Winterfell and never married.
She only baked one more person into a pie."
"Bronn was stabbed and killed in a bar fight three days later."
"Ghost stayed a good boy and got many more pats."
You know what's funny, is that it's finally now sinking in, Game of Thrones is over? That was it. We will never see these actors play those characters again. The story is finished and everyone will move on. No more theorycrafting. No more set leak speculations. No more early pirated episodes to panic over. It's all done.
Yes, for people like me we still have the books to look forward to. But, those are years away from being finished if they ever are. And, the general public doesn't read, no one besides us weirdos are going to care when TWOW is finally released.
It's all done. It's kinda sad that it ended so shitty.
Yes, for people like me we still have the books to look forward to. But, those are years away from being finished if they ever are. And, the general public doesn't read, no one besides us weirdos are going to care when TWOW is finally released.
It's all done. It's kinda sad that it ended so shitty.
Well it's Northern Ireland I suppose. So it's not that surprising. I wish they had just thrown the homophobe off the set.
Oh no. A friend said she was really disappointed by Dany 'betraying her dreams' as she put it(as in dreams of peace) and said "I'm watching this anime now, [other friend] suggested it to me because the hero never betrays his dreams."
It's Berserk.
...Well.
...That's technically accurate.
...I'm wondering if I should tell her or just make sure I watch the show with her.
It's Berserk.
...Well.
...That's technically accurate.
...I'm wondering if I should tell her or just make sure I watch the show with her.
Here's a really good take that was written on the 17th for Scientific American (please forgive the article's click baity title, i assure you the piece is excellent)
https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/
"The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones
It's not just bad storytelling—it's because the storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological"
There's quite a bit more but this read is recommended not just for better understanding what happened with GOT but storytelling in general.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/
"The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones
It's not just bad storytelling—it's because the storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological"
There's quite a bit more but this read is recommended not just for better understanding what happened with GOT but storytelling in general.
Bah it will all start over again soon enough. This is just the beginning of countless new material.
I do feel lucky I only got into the show and the books just after s7 ended.
This is great criticism.
I don't agreed with him that Dany was gonna geat the throne though.
I think of her as Chairwoman Dany (Chairman Dany? has a better ring right). Her "liberation" is equivalent to the great leap forward. Sure many will die but they will be liberated!
Dunno, I'm in the divisive camp still. Love the show, love the ideas and where the characters ended up.
Just not a fan of how they ended up there.
To say the reactions to the finale were divisive is to really undercut the reactions to the first 5 episodes of the season.
The feelings of disappointment finally hit everyone who had still been giving D&D the benefit of the doubt when there was still show left to release.
I mean, I felt that way on Sunday, but having stayed out of this thread since and seen the reaction elsewhere I think the answer is a pretty definitive yes
To be clear, I love the show and never read the books -- the rushed conclusion forced through the last 2 seasons sucked and the finale was a joke
I noticed the mood in the thread after the last episode was pretty damning compared to after previous episodes. Nowhere near as many people pushing back on the criticism.
Episode 4 was a pretty cruddy setup episode, but 5 rly just broke me lol
Tell 'em about how you watched GoT on DirecTV, Aaron.
He ain't wrong, though.
Lol Aaron Rodgers is a total geek -- "I know they are on Star Wars so they were busy this season..." lolol
Lots of people still liked the finale. Ken napzok for example from the casterly talk podcast loved the episode.
What most people do agree on is that this is were the characters will end on in the books but the road that will get them there will be more fleshed out.
There should have been more episodes but that Star Wars meme should be put to rest. Star wars came after D&D decided the amount of episodes.
So, given there's no longer an Iron Throne, are they just going to pass down Bran's wheelchair or what?
Honestly, it's a good thing I'm such a cynic because I was prepared for the entire season to be a shitshow after last season.
I went into Season 8 like
https://i./1s/2019/05/13/04/13423738-7021689-image-a-34_1557717612724.jpg
"I really hope I'm wrong about this"
And yet a girl killed the Night King, a woman is leading the Iron Islands and another woman is queen of the North.
I wouldn't call Dany a crazy bitch the same as Stannis wasn't a crazy men. Both are more tragic characters than anything else
Right before Jon stabs her I thought "wow, it would be super brave and bold if Jon went all-in on Genocide Dany" and the show went truly dark.
Then he stabbed her and I remembered what show I was watching.
That's not how feminism works
You ever wonder what a random farmer in Dorne was doing during the entire series?
The War of 5 kings never really made it down there. Main characters were barely there And if they were there wasn't any large scale conflict.
Probably didn't know army of the dead or dragons were coming. Dunno if they recieve ravens or news letters but maybe some talk around town let them know the Viper died and Ellaria captured/King killed? How much would they care?
The War of 5 kings never really made it down there. Main characters were barely there And if they were there wasn't any large scale conflict.
Probably didn't know army of the dead or dragons were coming. Dunno if they recieve ravens or news letters but maybe some talk around town let them know the Viper died and Ellaria captured/King killed? How much would they care?
They certainly forgot about the whole "see how the squabbles of the elite take their toll on the 99%" theme until it was time to give us a reason for Dany to die.
Episode four diminished S8E1-3 (I'm in the 'loved E3 in spite of issues' camp, and E2 was legit one of the best episodes in a long while)
Episode five diminished S1-8
Episode six made it so I have no desire to rewatch the show
That reminds me of this quote:
"It often comforts me to think that even in war's darkest days, in most places of the world, absolutely nothing is happening."
— Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully
Honestly considering how fucked everybody's armies are except for Dorne's completely untouched army, if the Prince of Dorne really wanted to he could just stroll into King's Landing take it over and literally nobody would be able to stop him now that Dany's army fucked off.
Dany's turn was a crazy bitch, they ruined Stannis too.
Also Yara was awfully written with her motivations in the last episode being like whiplash and Sansa was able to get away with being a petty catfighter because she rolled a perfect insight score at the start of the season.
Then there's the fact that someone in season 4 didnt understand what rape is re: jaime, sansa rape being added and then the show implying she came out stronger because of it, sansa and arya's useless made up infighting, Varys suddenly being against what he was building for several seasons because Dany didn't have a dick. I could go on.
Dragon Hitler is just a code. Her bff is Trogdor the Burninator, she's rather unpredictable and she fucked up everybody's prospects of peace just as the threat of ice zombies was defeated. And winter is here.
You don't need to be Bran to see where this is leading.
He's pumped. He's been prepping for winter for years, and it only ended up being like 3 weeks
like his jury duty just got cancelled
Y'all need to look past the 20th century lol. What she did was more akin to the Mongolians wiping out cities because the inhabitants dared to resist them. She even has the Dothraki horse lords, so they turned her into a Great Khan more than anything else with two episodes left to go haha.
God, I loved Robb Stark. Damn shame how that ended up.
Yeah, but why would you expect this in the end? It's basically a bunch of hotheads setting themselves up for war against a well funded king. There has to be a time when people are sitting down and guffawing about somebody not making the history books.