Itâs been two weeks & Iâm still salty about Game of Thrones.
Iâm still mad that so many characters were ooc and that a lot of story lines seemed to be taken from one character and re purposed for another, like they gave BoatBaby to Gilly & Sam, Arya got Jonâs big Night King moment, and I think everyone can agree that the Jonerys Throne room scene was obviously supposed to be the Valonqar scene. It just baffles me that if you have to take storylines that are so obviously meant for other characters - that the audience can SEE that they were meant for other people - in order for your contrived ending to make sense, then youâre not a good writer or storyteller.Â
That doesnât even take into account all the story lines and plot points that either just didnât make sense in general or led to absolutely nothing. And I donât even mean the big ones like R+L=J or The Prince That Was Promised or BoatBay/Targ Restoration or The Long Night. I just mean the little things like what purpose did Jon bonding with Rheagal have if his death wasnât going to affect him any, why have Dany say she would be chill living by a waterfall for a thousand years then turn around and make her power hungry?, whatâs up with âJonâs the rightful heir but when it comes time to pick a new King, we wonât even consider him??â, what happened to the little girl who was going to protect the crypts, why did Cersei suddenly forget that she wanted both of her brothers dead, Gendrya [I love them but it literally led to NOTHING in the end - same with Braime], why was the talk of a Jonerys marriage suddenly dropped and NEVER mentioned again even though it would have been the most logical step for everyone, why was Varys so openly plotting against Dany, what was the deal with the rings and the little girl, Aryaâs horse from episode 5?!, the Unsullied & Dothraki magically coming back to life!, the Golden Company, Bronn, Euron, why mention a new Prince of Dorne??, whats the deal with Northern Independence when you have a Northern King [and a side note what happened to âStark men donât do well in the Southâ but letâs let Bran be King?!], that council, and literally 90% of that final episode not making any sense at all and have zero build up or payoff. And I know there are so many more I just havenât mentioned.Â
And DONâT EVEN GET ME STARTED on D&D and the Game of Thrones accounts literally going radio silent after the finale. It took the Game of Thrones Instagram account a week to even post about the final episode, we got no after the episode or game revealed videos, D&D refuse to address the episode or backlash, and we still havenât gotten a Beautiful Death poster for the finale and ITâS THE LEAST THEY COULD FREAKING DO FOR DAENERYS after they ruined her character development with their contrived plot.Â
And Iâm not even going to get into how all of this awfulness has affected the cast. Nope. They deserved a better season just as much as the fans and characters did.Â
So basically my thoughts are this:Â
Iâm still pissed. All of the characters and storylines deserved better. Donât set up something if youâre not going to pay it off and vice versa donât say something is foreshadowing when itâs not. Itâs not the actors faults that this season wasnât good - they did great with what they were given. Fans have a right to be angry that things fell short or made no sense just for sUbVeRsIoN.Â
And lastly, if youâre a writer/showrunner/company and you KNOW that what youâve created is going to be divisive, donât be a coward and hide from it, have the guts to face it and stand up for what youâve done - even if that means facing backlash. You knew what you were doing when you wrote the season and approved it, donât make your cast & crew try to defend the criticism while you hide away and get to move on to a galaxy far far away.Â
