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Sucks that you're being forced to watch.
Are they going to be handling the spin offs?
Arya: I have to go see a man about a horse.
While I agree the season seems rushed (well, because it is), if you really think Danaerys becoming a mad queen was sudden, you haven't been paying attention. The GIF I posted above is, I believe, from season 2.- also in season 2, she promised to "lay waste to our enemies and burn their cities to the ground" (Sound familiar?)- she torched the Khals- she fed some leaders of Mereen to her dragons and had to be talked out of doing worse- she torched the Tarlys- and the show has hit us over the head to make sure we understand there's at least a 50-50 chance any Targaryen would be madI'm sure there are other examples, but the point is this was not a sudden or unexpected transformation.
This. 7.5 seasons of a full character arc/change, undone in 10 minutes
The difference for me is that this was mass innocents. Torching the Khals, the leaders of Mereen, and the Tarlys, even Varys, those were all either executions or the leaders of her enemies. If she did the same to Cersei, no problem. But there was nothing in her character to justify the slaughter of tens of thousands (conservatively) of commoners in King's Landing after the battle was won. That's not a slight turn, that's a 720° Exorcist level turn. If they wanted to foreshadow wanton destruction, they could've done it over the years, this was completely unprecedented.
Respectfully disagree. I recall instances in which she was willing to burn cities to the ground, only to be talked out of it.From Season 2:“We will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground.”From Season 6:“I will crucify the masters. I will set their fleets afire. I will kill every last one of their soldiers and return their cities to the dirt. That’s my plan.”She's always had this streak in her, but the people she trusted around her were able to talk her out of such extreme violence. Now, with her best friend killed in front of her, feeling betrayed by Jon and increasingly aware that she'll never be loved and welcomed in Westeros as a benevolent emancipator, she breaks and the madness comes out.
So what are people's predictions for the final episode?Dany will execute Tyrion for freeing Jamie. She almost has to at this point.Arya will try to kill Dany and fail. Dany will execute her. I feel Arya has to die because she's become the hero of the story and she's probably the one character whose death no one is expecting.Jon will lose it with Arya's death; she was always his favorite of the Starks. He will kill Dany, then refuse the throne.With no Targaryean heir, Gendry Baratheon, now the lawful heir of Robert, will take the throne.Sansa will die. Not sure how or by whose hand, but I think she dies. That's why in the pre-season trailer, Jon's statue was of an old man while Sansa & Arya still looked young.
Dany will execute Tyrion for freeing Jamie. She almost has to at this point.
Arya kills Dany.Browns eyes. Blue eyes. Green eyes. And a white horse.
can I ask why you're placing faith in the White horse prophecy when it wasn't in the show and they've shown previously that they're more than willing to toss prophecy out the door?
FWIW HBO offered the Double D's 10 episodes for season 8. After seeing how rushed everything has been, it is especially weird they turned it down in favor of 6.
How does Dany even know Jamie was freed? He is dead.
She will know Jamie was freed by his obvious lack of being present, and she will know Tyrion did it because her guards will know Tyrion was the last person who visited him. There's no other explanation for why Jamie isn't still a prisoner.
Maybe....but, the show started with Jamie and Cersei, in a tower by themselves, setting the entire chain of events in place. It is fitting that they die together in a tunnel - by themselves.They started and ended the same way - sneaking away.
It is the same reason for the weird Bronn scenes. Nothing to do with the actual story lines.
Yes, there is a cyclical aspect to this. But creating a scene simply for a callback to season 1, when it is inconsistent with the current story is not good writing. It is bad writing and bad scene design.This would have been a perfectly fine ending if:1. Jamie goes North to fight for the living, as promised. 2. After the battle is over, he does not make overtures towards Brienne. Instead he says he needs to return to his family. He sneaks out, or is allowed to escape by Tyrion.3. Scene plays out as before.As it was done, they created a redemption arc for Jamie. He abandoned Cersei entirely, recognizing her as evil. He completes this redemption by joining the most pure and honorable person on the show, Brienne. He then just abandons all of this, because his sister might actually have a chance to win??? It doesn't work.This was done for one reason, and one reason only, executives at HBO, who listen to Q scores, insisted a Jamie/Brienne love scene would be good for ratings. They then insisted it get written into the scripts. It is the same reason for the weird Bronn scenes. Nothing to do with the actual story lines.That is why the later seasons have declined in quality (in terms of writing), and part of the reason why D&D were ready for all of this to end.