They showed he still had a huge army during Dany's speech. They had a say as it would have been war between them and the rest of the people on the council otherwise. Yara and the Iron Islands would have likely sided with them in that war as well.
Yet they let Tyrion live (who she wanted to kill) and let Jon walk. Ultimately what the Unsullied wanted doesn't and shouldn't have mattered.
If there was a war between them, it should have been immediately following the murder. Not a few weeks later.
- the whole point that the story was driving to though was that blood shouldn't make someone a king. And that was borne out in the fact that they all got together and voted on a king. Jon's claim meant nothing, and that was the better outcome. In addition, telegraphing that far ahead to a foregone conclusion is just boring storytelling anyway, if Jon was made king. I do agree that it only mattered in that it made the conflict between he and Dany happen, which was integral to her downfall.
- he's the three eyed raven. ?
- he sent them to many higher ups i'm sure, but in the end it didn't matter anyway since they were done with king by family.
- agreed, we should have had more episodes.
I get the point of the story about bloodlines but at some point the show became about Jon Snow. Why was he brought back from the dead? To kill the NK? Cause he is the chosen one? No wait well that was done by Arya.
Or maybe was it cause he is the rightful king and as the king will bring peace to the realm? Oh no, wait nevermind that doesn't happen either. At some point Jon's story had to pay off and it never does. As I said sure its cliched but that's what I felt the story deserved. I have never actually bought into a character more so than Jon Snow. From how he started on the show, I thought he was a minor side character to his rise post season 3, to him being established as the savior....only for it to lead to nothing. The best thing the show did was the Jon Snow reveal and it led to nothing. You can say it led to Dany not trusting him, but they could have shown that in many different ways. The lore, prophecy, the promised hero were all flushed down the toilet with how Jon ends his story.
We still know next to nothing about Bran. I wanted exposition here.
I just feel completely indifferent and empty inside after watching. It wasn't a total disaster and it wasn't particularly enthralling.
Moments like who became king of the realm should have resonated with me in a powerful way and instead I felt nothing.
I am grateful for this show existing though and it's been a hell of a ride up until this point
Same. I loved the show and it is one of my favorite series but by this season the immense anxiety I used to feel leading up to the episodes was gone. I used to have the same feeling as before a big sports event I was vested in. But this season I watched, enjoyed a lot, but that sense of excitement was gone.
Where did the decision to only have 6 episodes (even if longer than usual) come from? Budget restraints? Directors choice? 6 is a cool number because of reasons? This season could have easily used 2-3 more episodes let things sink in and progress at a better rhythm.
As far as I know it came from D&D. HBO wanted more seasons. D&D decided there were only 13 episodes worth of story to tell. HBO should have forced someone else to take over if D&D wanted to leave and do other projects.
