Any predictions about Game of Thrones and who will end up on the Iron Throne?
honestly? at this point, and i never thought iâd say this⊠Gendry.
this isnât even the stan in me talking because i never actually thought heâd become king, or even particularly wanted him to. since season seven and up until the season premiere, i believed we were heading for a Targaryen rule, most likely Jon and Dany getting married and having the much-theorized boatsex baby, which would be cool with me bc i like them. meanwhile fandom expectations for Gendry were SUPER low, i mean all i hoped for him in the final season was that heâd⊠appear in the episodes? and help even a little? Gendry/Arya fans will tell you that the most we hoped for, with our fingers crossed, was literally that theyâd look at each other once.Â
then episode one aired, and they had the reunion with all the callbacks, and Joe Dempsie showed up in the post-ep videos in Baratheon clothing, on the Spain set, so i was like okay at least he survives the BoW and will probably be legitimized. then episode two aired and the âhmm will they look at each otherâ thing turned into âokay so theyâre lovers now cool cool cool, no doubt!!â. then episode three aired and Arya came even more to the forefront, and heâs now attached to her. and judging by the preview for episode four, theyâre reinforcing the relationship.Â
so then i start to get suspicious and think, if heâs so prominent in the season then why tf is he not in the promo materials? Joe Dempsie is in the opening credits, which means he has an Opening Credits Contract, and yet he isnât in the posters or photoshoots? then you think, okay, not a major character⊠but Euron gets a EW cover when the actor is just a guest star? and people who have zero claim on the Iron Throne get a poster of sitting on it, even if they appear in just one episode like Melisandre, but one of like three characters who ACTUALLY has a real claim doesnât? HBO Twitter makes custom emojis for 20 characters, including for characters like Varys (love him but lbr no one is checking for him), but doesnât include Gendry? then iâm like, okay donât think like a stan, maybe the show doesnât think heâs important enough.
but then you think, itâs not like the show doesnât know he is a beloved character. narrratively, D&D had him disappear entirely, on purpose, and, iâm quoting Joe here, wanted people to almost forget him in order to maximize the impact of his return. what other character did they plan this for? they let Joe do his annual rowing joke in order to keep the hope alive and didnât let it die like they did for other fan favorites like Lady Stoneheart. when it was time for him to return they tried to keep it totally secret, which it would have been if Joe hadnât shown up wearing FLIP FLOPS in BELFAST lmao. in the actual scene of his return, it takes FORTY SECONDS of setting up the reveal, with showing the forge and his hands/arms/back before he even turns around, the show is literally telling you âyep thatâs right heâs back, get hypeâ. all the reactions on youtube were people screaming from the moment we saw the Street of Steel until he turned around, and i guarantee you that HBO monitors all of these. and then the show went there with gendry/arya, which they know will cause a stir. so the show/network KNOW they could milk his presence for promo. but interestingly enough, they donât.Â
and another thing⊠why is House Baratheon still IN the Game of Thrones? Stannis and Shireen have been dead for three seasons, all of Robertâs bastards were murdered, and Gendry is the last Baratheon alive. but the credits sequence, which is masterfully curated and analyzed, frame by frame, still includes the Baratheon sigil in the title card, despite the fact that the main contenders for the throne seem to be just three - Dany for House Targaryen, Jon still essentially representing House Stark, and Cersei for House Lannister. so wtf is the stag sigil still doing there?Â
now, this could be the HBO marketing/promo department just missing a good opportunity, or just lowballing a character. wouldnât be the first time. and i have no clue how they would sidestep Jon and Dany for the throne. maybe they set up Gendry to be there to be with Arya (which is fine by me lol), and theyâve totally forgotten about House Baratheon. or⊠it could all be a giant smokescreen to catch people off guard when itâs time for the ending. in conclusion, i know nothing except that i want my faves to survive. thanks for reading my essay lmao
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