First of all, that’s an awful lot of thinking you’re doing so you’re gonna have to stop that immediately. :)
I really think that instead of taking full responsibility to make their story make sense, D&D opted to just hint at what Martin is doing and call it a day. It’s possibly that he wanted them to do that, but whether it was their choice or they were doing him a favor, they clearly underestimated how little they actually communicated in their ending. Relying on future books to fill in the logical gaps isn’t sufficient, is in fact, a crappy thing to do to the fans, particularly as we don’t know when/if we will get the books.
And on top of that issue, instead of them asking “what would Jon (Sansa, Arya, Grey Worm, Yara…) do?” They said, “Jon’s gonna say/do this” regardless of it making sense for his character, as a follow up to his previous scene. It was totally disjointed. SO much of s8 was decided by “this will look cool” rather than “what are we telling the audience?” That’s evident by the fact that they cut away from every intense emotional conversation as if they can’t bear to dwell on it when typically that’s the part writers salivate over. That’s what so many GoT fans are here for. Those moments are what we’ve spent years working towards and then they decide they’re not worthy to be shown? Infuriating. The emotional fallout/what characters do as a result of what they think and feel is what makes a compelling story and s7-8 are devoid of that. We aren’t 100% certain of anyone’s inner workings. And as a result of them not asking themselves the important questions/showing us those moments, nothing makes sense.
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