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title: 'Game of Thrones - How to Ruin a Great Show'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=I8U6kjqLkJQ'
video_id: 'I8U6kjqLkJQ'
date: 2026-06-28
duration_sec: 2163
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# Game of Thrones - How to Ruin a Great Show

> Source: [Game of Thrones - How to Ruin a Great Show](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I8U6kjqLkJQ)

## Summary

The video argues that Game of Thrones was ruined by bad writing, especially after the showrunners ran out of source material from George R.R. Martin's books. It contrasts the show's early seasons of nuanced characters and political intrigue with the later seasons' reliance on spectacle and plot holes. The creator concludes that while the show had high production values, the poor writing undermined the entire experience.

### Key Points

- **Disappointing Finale** [0:14] — The season finale of Game of Thrones was disappointing, despite the show's initial quality.
- **Quality Drop Due to Bad Writing** [0:50] — The show's decline is attributed to bad writing, which overshadowed good acting, cinematography, and effects.
- **From Nuanced to Generic** [2:00] — The show changed from a series about political intrigue and complex characters to generic fantasy tropes.
- **Source Material Runs Out** [3:20] — The showrunners (Benioff and Weiss) ran out of finished books to adapt around seasons 4 and 5.
- **Original Writing Fails** [4:06] — When forced to write original content, the show produced its worst plot lines, dialogue, and fight scenes.
- **Character Arcs Ruined** [8:23] — The video claims almost every main character's arc was ruined by the end, with characters becoming stupid and their stories abandoned.
- **Character List of Failures** [8:38] — The host details how Daenerys, Bran, Jon Snow, Cersei, Tyrion, Jaime, and Arya were all character assassinated.
- **Zombie Plan Critique** [30:14] — The plan to capture a wight to prove the threat to Cersei is called 'outrageously stupid' and ultimately pointless.
- **Night King Defeat Unsatisfying** [32:30] — The Night King's defeat by Arya is criticized as too simple and the White Walkers' narrative purpose is questioned.

### Conclusion

The video concludes that Game of Thrones' ending is unsatisfying because it abandoned the complex, character-driven storytelling that made it great, opting instead for rushed spectacle and generic fantasy tropes. The hope is that Martin's future books will provide a more coherent and canonical ending.

## Transcript

if you could describe the season finale
of Game of Thrones in one word how would
you display it disappointing so Game of
Thrones just ended and if we're being
honest it kind of sucked despite what
you may think by looking at the title of
this video I actually used to like this
show I read the first book back in
middle school which I definitely should
not have been allowed to do then I
started the fourth book before I
realized that I was making a mistake the
books didn't really have numbers on the
back then and I got confused alright but
the point is that that was a long time
ago and I never could have anticipated
back then that these nerdy ass books
would spawn the most popular show ever
I mean it's so popular that Elmo even
watches it I think this show is
definitely a step above other shows of
its type I mean think about it how many
fantasy shows even come close to the
quality of Game of Thrones but the
problem is this show really dropped the
ball like it really screwed up have you
shot your final scenes yet and are you
happy with how things ended this show
fell victim to something I always warn
about bad writing I talk about bad
writing and like every video I've ever
made and now that we've all seen the
finale of this show I hope you realize
why writing is important because this
show has pretty good acting some pretty
good cinematography incredibly
impressive effects moments of really fun
editing and yet everybody is mad because
the writing is bad and honestly that's
the only thing wrong with this show but
it's so bad that it really makes it hard
to appreciate the rest of the stuff you
know how many movies our shows are saved
by having good writing hell it's the
only reason Woody Allen slash a career
if you watch Game of Thrones all the way
through from beginning to end it feels
like everything that was important at
first just kind of gets thrown away
the show just morphs into something
bizarre the themes an idea
that were once important are now
completely gone and replaced with more
generic fantasy tropes something just
don't feel right anymore and I'm not the
only one who thinks that so let's take a
look at why oh and by the way if it
wasn't obvious now if you're a weirdo
who's never watched Game of Thrones
because you don't mind missing out on
cultural media milestones I'll explain
the general premise for you the story
revolves around a bunch of families in
the land of Westeros Westeros is a
fantasy land with dragons and magic but
dragons and magic are pretty rare the
aforementioned families are all fighting
one another because [ __ ] happens and the
King dies and it's a series about
political intrigue realistic complex
characters and boobs however most of
these concepts kind of get [ __ ] up by
the end of the series it kind of stops
being a show about characters and
politics characters used to get by on
their wit and creativity but now it's
just fighting remember how I said magic
and Dragons were pretty rare well not
anymore when the writers don't know what
to do we either get magic a dragon or a
fight and sometimes we get all three at
once and that's because the writers are
not very good at writing this show and
yes I know that sounds a little weird so
I'm gonna explain the Song of Ice and
Fire series is written by george RR
martin and a good 80% of the show is
adapted from these books and about 75%
of that is actually really good
now the show itself is written by David
Benioff and DB Weiss or has a lot of
people like to call them D&D now for
what it's worth they are pretty good at
adapting this material for the screen
they have a good way of cutting the
unnecessary stuff accentuating the
important elements that might not be
immediately important and presenting it
in a fresh and engaging way now a lot of
people [ __ ] on these guys because of the
recent seasons but let's not forget that
the good stuff is partly their work too
so if these guys are pretty good at
adapting existing material then what's
the problem well the problem is that
around season 4 & 5 they ran out of
books see unfortunately for them the
books aren't finished and when they
signed on to do this show they probably
thought the series would be over by then
but then we all found out the hard way
that george RR martin is kind of lazy i
mean it's kind of hard to say that
because you can't really get a
the guy the first three books have a
mere two years between each of them and
that's about normal that's a pretty
quick pace then there are five years
between books three and four then six
years between books four and five and
book five came out eight years ago with
no release on book six in sight and
they're still supposed to be a book
after that one now my personal theory
has always remained that Jorge kind of
knew he wasn't gonna be able to finish
the books in time for the show so he
just decided to wait for the show to
finish which is honestly the better
marketing choice even though I don't
know if he really cares about that I
mean think about it what if the show was
in like season six way after they're
done adapting the books directly then he
releases a book with completely
different stuff in it who the [ __ ] is
gonna read it now when the show is still
on it would just be confusing to consume
two stories named the same thing but
with different [ __ ] happening I think he
knows that the show is like the most
popular thing ever and if he releases
the book it's just unnecessary
competition it's better to just do the
books after the hype of the show has
died down a bit but either way the point
is that D&D ran out of books they had a
few tidbits from George but that's about
it
but outside of those few elements the
show just had to start making [ __ ] up
and these guys aren't really good at
that once they started writing original
content we got some of the worst plot
lines in Game of Thrones history we also
got some of the worst dialogue not to
mention fight scenes also start popping
up randomly to distract the viewer and
fill up time Game of Thrones used to
have like one fight a season if you were
lucky but in the later seasons it feels
like fights just get added for no reason
why doesn't he have a shirt on this
whole scenario reminds me of Full Metal
Alchemist
where the original anime ran out of
manga to adapt so they just started
making [ __ ] up and it got pretty weird
Game of Thrones went the exact same way
except we don't have any books to show
us what we're missing out on but if you
ask me it's obvious yeah
north of the wall and then back here
again he climbed on the [ __ ] dragon
unfucked
what kind of person climbs on a [ __ ]
dragon a madman what kind of person
climbs on a [ __ ]
I mean look at the whole Hodor reveal
this is one of the last things that was
based on material directly provided by
George and it's so [ __ ] weird and
cool and creative like bran sends his
mind back in time and like time splices
jung-ho doors mind so then he just
damages his brain forever I can't even
explain it properly it's so conceptual
and strange that I know these goobers
didn't make it up themselves
unfortunately the show just stopped
being creative once they had to do it
themselves before it was a nuanced
fantasy series that submerged your
expectations in interesting ways the
main character from season one is your
traditional fantasy protagonist he's so
righteous and good-natured that he
almost solves all of the problems of the
series right away and he can't have that
so they kill him
one trope inversion that I've always
loved is with revenge and how the series
deals with it in a traditional fantasy
story were taught to root for characters
that are driven by vengeance because we
see it as justice you know if you do
something bad you should be punished for
it but A Song of Ice and Fire takes this
and twists it vengeful characters are
almost always punished kill them all
every one of them kill them all
we have to get the girls back and then
we will kill them oh they're usually
blinded by their lust for revenge and
more often than not they pay a steep
price for it Arya's whole deal in
earlier seasons is about her wanting to
exact her vengeance on the people that
ruined her life and it's kind of
childish every character she interacts
with tells her that her goal is stupid
and that it's not worth it and for most
of her are key kind of looks like it's
going to allow her to shed her old ways
and give up on her petty quest but then
the writers kind of forgot what they
were doing with her and she becomes the
[ __ ] Punisher she does eventually
learn to give up on her quest but not
because it's Petty and wrong but because
everybody she wanted to kill is already
dead everybody else is punished for
vengeance but Arya gets to walk away
scot-free
in fact almost every main character is
ruined by the end of this show the
personal stories become forgotten and
they kind of become the standard version
of themselves it's like the writers took
the base qualities of each character and
just use those for the rest of the show
and decided they didn't want to write
any more character arcs I honestly can't
think of a single character that has a
good arc in this season aside from Theon
the characters also become incredibly
stupid I mean just listen to the writers
explain why Danny couldn't see the fleet
of pirate ships before her dragon gets
shot down by them while Danny kind of
forgot about they aren't fleet and
Euron's forces she forgot yeah the
characters are all stupid every single
one of them it's like everybody dropped
like 20 IQ points in these last two
seasons so let's go ahead and look at
all the characters and how the writers
[ __ ] them up by the end of the show
Daenerys Targaryen alright let's just
get this girl out of the way early
because most people are probably here to
watch me [ __ ] on her Danny obviously
suffers the most in this season she goes
from being a slightly petulant but
confident young ruler to a
megalomaniacal tyrant in just a few
episodes yes a few episodes now there
are a few people out there saying that
her fall to the dark side was
foreshadowed and these people are not
correct
Danny's fall to the dark side is more
abrupt and jarring than anakin
skywalker's and somehow she still has a
higher body count than him
Daenerys this whole arc has been a
about her proving that she can break the
cycles of the world you know the name
breaker of chains is supposed to be
literal and figurative she wants to
break the cycle of her family line her
dad and brother were [ __ ] nut jobs
and she wants to prove that she can be a
powerful ruler without being a tyrant
she knows that Westeros has been at war
for a long time and that the people
ruling the land have been corrupt and
evil she wants to prove that the land
can thrive under the right person she
wants to end the cycle of suffering that
everybody's been experiencing yeah they
totally [ __ ] her up now I'll be honest
I never really liked Daenerys part of
the reason that I never finished the
rest of the books is because I hate
enjoying a chapter and then turning the
page and seeing this [ __ ] she's the most
boring character to follow but that
doesn't mean I wanted her arc to get
thrown in the dumpster she goes from
being normal confident strong Daenerys
in one episode to being kind of sad that
nobody in Westeros is her friend -
killing countless innocent people that's
a pretty drastic jump if we're being
honest now the current theory is that
George told D&D that this is what was
gonna happen to Daenerys by the end of
the story and honestly I'm on board with
that I think that's the case but if that
is the case they should have known to
actually cultivate this Ark from long
before this because as it stands it
comes out of nowhere actions speak
louder than words and Dany has always
talked a lot of [ __ ] but her actions are
completely separate threatening your
enemies with fire and blood is way
different than killing innocent people
indiscriminately if your only example of
her having a dark streak is that she
executes people who betray or disobey
her well I got news for you every
[ __ ] character does that in this
world John does it all the time the
first lesson that the series teaches us
in the very first episode is that if you
are an authority figure it's your
responsibility to do what you got to do
even if that means carrying out an
execution this act is never shown as a
bad thing in this series ever so no I do
not accept it as a foreshadowing for her
turning evil when at this point it's
basically a societal norm
now yeah if you really really really
wanted to make her evil it's totally
doable the seeds are there but they
haven't grown into something that's
convincing as far as we know based on
everything that the show has actually
shown us from her she's been nothing but
kind and benevolent when it comes to
innocent people I also want to point out
that Stannis only killed one innocent
child and every viewer of the show hated
him for it he was seriously the most
hated character on the show and yes this
is the same show that has this [ __ ]
kid
I'm not tired a lot of people are saying
oh well since she got to Westeros her
friends have died and nobody nobody
likes her okay
Arya has lost more family and friends
than Daenerys and she isn't a mass
murderer okay well she kind of is but in
a different way this is some of the most
blatant character assassination that
I've ever seen on a TV show and it's no
wonder why everybody immediately turned
on the show after this moment it's not
just because women and children are
being toasted by our main character we
don't really care that something
upsetting is happening it's Game of
Thrones nobody really gives a [ __ ] about
that the problem is that we're being
told that this is a genuine character
arc when it's really not in fact I can
go ahead and fix most of these problems
with just one solution if you completely
removed the bells of surrender then the
scene would make a little more sense
think about it what if Daenerys was you
know trying to take over the city but
Cersei just wouldn't surrender like no
matter what happened Cersei just
wouldn't do it
then Daenerys has to make a choice she
can either give up which she probably
wouldn't do or just keep attacking the
city which would put innocent lives at
risk that's a much more natural and
reasonable solution than her hearing
that the whole city has surrendered and
just deciding to kill them anyway but
perhaps it's good that people see that
Daenerys Stormborn made every effort to
avoid bloodshed I'm ghost ride the whip
crazy brand Stark bran is probably the
biggest example of wasted potential in
the entire series he becomes the most
powerful being in the entire world but
all he does is sit around and make
people feel bad any personality that he
once had is now stripped away which
could be kind of cool but they don't
actually do anything with it I honestly
thought he was gonna reach his ultimate
peak in the Battle of Winterfell because
his story is completely tied to the
White Walkers he has no purpose outside
of that storyline but even there he
doesn't [ __ ] do anything the writers
don't want to get too weird so they just
leave him be because they're not
confident enough to write weird creative
[ __ ] that revolves around him they never
use his abilities in creative ways this
is a guy that can see through all of
time and space and the writers have no
idea what to do with him and know him
randomly becoming the king isn't exactly
what I wanted either again I expected
something a little bit more nuanced
after doing nothing for a whole season
him getting chosen as king feels kind of
anticlimactic remember this is the
ending that D&D were desperately rushing
to get to and once you remember that it
makes things seem kind of lame in fact
the whole last episode feels like that
it doesn't really feel like the finale
at all it really feels like they just so
desperately wanted to get to this point
and it doesn't feel earned it just don't
feel right Jon Snow so if we go off the
fact that the writers have reverted to
traditional fantasy tropes then we can
say that Jon Snow is the hero of this
story and the other seasons have very
much supported that idea as well and to
be honest I think that this is fine as
the show has drifted away from George's
story Jon has had kind of a hero's
journey but now he just stands around
either making this face or this face he
also suffers from dumb [ __ ] syndrome
like everybody else
for some reason half the characters
completely go brain-dead once they meet
Daenerys and Jon gets it the worst after
having sex with her one time he loses
all agency as a character and I should
probably mention right now that the Jon
and Daenerys romance does not work as
you probably noticed this show suffers
from moving way too quickly and this is
a problem that these writers have they
write the ending and then the characters
just start shifting around it so they
can just get to that
and this might work in a movie but in a
slow-paced show like Game of Thrones it
does not work and that's why John and
Danny don't work the second that they
meet they have romantic tension and this
is in the second-to-last season these
characters have never met before they
meet and they fall in love in the span
of just a few episodes now no it's not
like they're giving each other goo-goo
eyes from the first scene but as a
viewer you immediately realize oh yeah
they're gonna [ __ ] Danny going nutso and
the events that unfold around that are
all things that depend on their romance
it's basically the most violent love
story on television which could be kind
of a cool story but there should be more
to this story because John's whole
purpose in this last season is oh my new
girlfriend is kind of a dick he takes a
very passive role into the literal last
episode and you know what really
wrinkles my balls the fact that this
series does nothing with John's previous
storylines why the [ __ ] did John come
back to life what the hell are they need
him for was killing Daenerys his entire
purpose in the whole series but that
isn't even the worst of it
the worst is how John being the son of
Rhaegar and Lyanna hits a complete dead
end in the story the only thing that
comes out of it is Dany getting mad
about it the possibilities of this story
thread are endless and the writers do
absolutely nothing with it and what
really confuses me is that the only
reason these guys got the job to adapt
these books into a television show is
because they knew who John's parents
actually were before it was even
published in the books and he kind of
wiped his hands clean on the napkin and
he said so who do you think Jon Snow his
real mother is this was a test it was it
was a test absolutely a test question
they predicted it way back then but they
didn't do anything with it
jon has no significance in the story he
has no stake in the events of the season
and he doesn't do anything until the
very end and then the ship is asked away
forever Jon's entire purpose in these
last few seasons was just to kill
Daenerys remember when I said the
writers wrote the ending first do you
believe me now
Cersei Lannister Cersei was one of my
favorite characters in the whole
Cirie's and then she turned into lex
[ __ ] luthor before she had some
subtlety to her character you never
really knew what she was planning and
what's important is that her goals were
always a little justified the thing is
the series has always prided itself on
having characters that are not strictly
good or evil and characters that are
good or evil are punished even when
Cersei or another character does
something completely [ __ ] up we
understand why but that is until she
goes full Batman villain and bombs her
own city this [ __ ] comes out of left
field so hard and thinking back on it
always makes me laugh a lot of people
like this scene and yeah it's kind of
cool but I don't know I don't really
look back fondly on it on one hand I
commend the writers for doing something
batshit insane all on their own but on
the other hand it doesn't really fit her
character or the show for that matter
once we started nuking cities in my
medieval fantasy series I kind of
started to mentally check out she was
always a character of subtlety and this
[ __ ] ain't subtle in the slightest
instead of being cold and calculating
Cersei just kind of turns into a dumb
evil bad guy and I also should point out
that I really don't like it when
characters just die from rubble falling
on top of them it's 2019 and we are
still dropping buildings on characters
like we did with Captain Kirk and if you
know me I hate two kinds of deaths in
media dying from rubble falling on you
and dying by falling into a pillar of
fire Sandor Clegane
now this one's kind of short if you ask
me this guy has no reason being in the
show anymore
eventually this show just decided to
start bringing back characters just for
fanservice
what the [ __ ] is he even here for he
decides to just join the good guys and
keep fighting things his character
continues to exist solely because the
fans like him and that's never been how
this series operates when a character's
role in this story ends they're usually
killed or kicked out yes the cleganebowl
is a meme but it's not why I'm watching
Game of Thrones the final battle between
the Hound and the mountain is indicative
and why I don't like this series anymore
it used to be a very tightly written
drama about characters with deep unseen
motivations with a rich world in history
but now I'm watching a guy
came back to life fighting another guy
who came back to life in a crumbling
Tower while a dragon goes sicko mode
above them this fight is so stupid
it feels like the fight between
Wolverine and Sabretooth from x-men
origins wait a minute oh god damn it you
wrote that to Tyrion Lannister now I
used to joke that good old Tyrone
Lancaster was the main character of Game
of Thrones and he's a character that we
can all relate to he's witty and he
survives because he's [ __ ] smart but
then once he teams up with Daenerys he
gets a dose of the dum dum juice his
whole plan for two seasons is to just
reason with Cersei and seasons 1 2 3 and
4 he constantly talks about how you
can't reason with her but now for some
reason he thinks that he can just get
through to her he tries like three
[ __ ] times and it never works buddy
listen she [ __ ] hates you from her
perspective
you killed her mom and her dad and her
son and you ran away she will never
listen to you and I don't understand why
you think otherwise this is a series
we're making mistakes gets you killed
the red wedding isn't just some random
[ __ ] that happened for the hell of it
Tyrion hasn't made a smart choice in
almost four seasons but he hasn't been
punished even once
in fact he gets rewarded I didn't even
want him to die either I just wanted him
to be smarter why is that so much to ask
he's bringing all the dead people back
to life and they put the women and
children in a crypt with all the dead
people so you're in he's smart but it's
not that smart
you're on Greyjoy Euron is honestly the
funniest character in the whole show the
writers decided to just add another
person to the story way too late into
the series and I can't even say he was
ruined by the end of the series because
everything about him just started off
being stupid whenever he's in a scene I
just never feel like he belongs there
he feels like a guy who just wandered
onto set from another show I honestly
think the writers realise that they ran
out of bad guys after killing the
Bolton's his role is simply to extend
the Greyjoy storyline a little bit more
and to give Jamie someone to fight
before he dies Brienne of Tarth Brienne
is fine I actually I think she's fine I
like her Jaime Lannister now this one is
personal you see Jamie was my favorite
character in this entire show he had so
much depth and subtlety to his character
in the early seasons the first thing he
does is [ __ ] his sister and throw a
little boy out a window so you might
immediately think okay he's the villain
but no that's not quite the case that
assessment is completely intentional the
series wants you to think that he's the
bad guy because even the whole universe
kind of treats him like a bad guy he's
called the Kingslayer and not really in
a nice way him killing the Mad King
before the story started is kind of seen
as a slimy event in the history of the
world but if he hadn't killed the Mad
King when he did everybody would have
died anyway
he knew that he wouldn't really go down
as a hero but he did it because he knew
it was the right thing he assassinated
an evil dictator but since he did it in
a backhand in manner everybody hates him
this is meant to play on our initial
perception of him his character is all
about reputation we see his first act
pushing a little wee boy out of a window
and we immediately draw an assumption
about him when in actuality he's a guy
who constantly puts himself in harm's
way to protect other people the things I
do for love is a line that can sum up
his entire character he's fine with
putting his own ass in the fire if it
protects somebody else he does
dishonorable things for the honor of his
loved ones his selflessness is
self-destructive and it tears him apart
this is arguably one of the most complex
characters in the entire series but what
do D&D do with this character well after
he goes on a journey of self-discovery
he [ __ ] Brienne for no reason then
breaks her heart to go and die with his
abusive partner awesome one of the last
things he does is he beats Iran in a
fight because for some reason the
writers have decided that his new arc is
just learning how to fight again him
losing his sword hand is supposed to be
significant for other reasons and this
is a problem that's seen with the Hound
as well now we have a show where the
character resolution is seen in combat
fight scenes are the ways that we finish
up character arcs instead of the
character actually learning something or
becoming a different person by the end
of it his whole arc up to this point has
shown us that he's meant to leave Cersei
forever he's supposed to shed that life
personally I always thought he was
destined to kill her that's
common theory for a lot of people but no
he intentionally breaks the heart of
someone he cares about and then the
ceiling kills him here's a line that he
has in his last episode and it's a line
that should solidify the entire problem
with his character if not for yourself
if not further and for every one of the
million people in that city innocent or
otherwise to be honest I never really
cared much for them innocent
or otherwise so you're telling me that a
man who sacrificed his own honor by
murdering the Mad King in an effort to
save countless innocent people doesn't
care about the people spendy commanded
you to kill your own father
did you guys even watch the show Sansa
Stark now Sansa was okay I started
writing this script around episode two
and I really didn't have a problem with
her up to that point like honestly it's
really easy not to [ __ ] her up just let
her be the strong independent woman but
no even she's inconsistent first of all
she has this really bad moment where the
Hound is like hey I'm sorry all this bad
stuff has been happening to you
and she says no it's okay I like that
all the bad stuff happened to me because
now I'm a badass this really shows how
these guys don't know how to write women
because they just had one of their main
female characters say yeah I'm glad I
got tortured and sexually assaulted it
made me [ __ ] cool so I'd go back and
do it all again
what the [ __ ] then to top it all off
when Jon goes to her and says hey this
is the most personal secret that I have
Ned Stark your own father took this
secret to the grave don't tell anyone
she [ __ ] tells everybody Sansa
spreading Jon's secret is the thing that
caused all this [ __ ] so yeah go
ahead and defend her actions but as far
as I'm concerned this is her fault too
Arya Stark and finally we have my least
favorite character in the entire series
which is kind of sad because I used to
really like Arya now she stands as a
shining example of what I don't like
about what
this series has become she's the only
character that the rules don't apply to
I'm watching all the main characters
struggling and fighting for their lives
and then there's a hard cut to this [ __ ]
so many people loved Arya and I
legitimately feel like an [ __ ]
whenever I complain about her because
it's hard to argue these points without
looking like a neckbeard but I just
don't really think this super-powered
version of her fits the story from the
end of season 1 into season 2 she
decides I'm gonna be a badass and I'm
gonna learn how to fight and I'm gonna
kill the people I don't like and that's
just her character for the entire show
she just makes a decision and then the
world supports that decision and then
that's just what happens to her and I
don't really like using the term plot
armor but when I see her get stabbed in
the gut multiple times and then just
walk it off
there's kind of a problem there when
King's Landing is being completely
destroyed and Arya is the only person
who survives then I start to see a
problem she teleports from place to
place she doesn't give a [ __ ] about
anybody and she's just too strong she
manages to sneak past all the zombies
and all of the knight Kings generals and
then she just jumps his ass and shanks
him he dies faster than the mountain did
they could have just sent Arya to kill
Cersei after this there's no reason to
believe that Arya would have had any
trouble with it just sneak Aria into the
city let her disguise herself as a maid
or something and then just have her stab
Cersei you guys have Batman on your
payroll and you don't even care the
problem with arias powerlevel is that by
all accounts the show should be aware of
how strong she is but they just act like
this is completely normal and it creates
a disconnect on the other hand though
once the series takes a nose dive into
Shitsville I do kind of like her little
mini story where she decides that she
doesn't like any of the [ __ ] that's
going on anymore but to be honest this
was in the last two episodes and I think
I just needed something to latch on to
so that's it
that's literally every main character in
the show and they've all been ruined in
some way or another our conflict doesn't
lie with an antagonistic force as much
as it does with our main heroes just not
agreeing with each other
Sansa is mad at Daenerys because she
just doesn't like her Daenerys is just
mad at everybody
is sad because everybody's mad at each
other all these characters completely
lose their sense of reason and at this
point these people are only alive
because they have cunning resilience
they're only here because they're smart
but the show just forgot that they were
so we have a merry band of dumb asses
that have been leading the show for a
few seasons now and a lot of people look
at Season seven when they bring up how
the show lost its mojo Adult Swim even
had a eulogy for the show after its
climax episode and for good reason this
is where the show really started going
down a path that it could not recover
from in the climax episode of season 7
the characters come up with the dumbest
plan I've ever heard the good guys know
that the dumb ice zombies are coming to
kill everybody really soon so they have
to convince evil Lex Luthor to aid them
in the battle but she doesn't believe in
zombies so their genius plan is to go
far north
grab a zombie and bring it back to her
to prove that they're real the plan
itself is so outrageously stupid that I
thought it was a joke at first
I'm not kidding like when the characters
bring it up I fully expected someone to
say no that's ridiculous let's come up
with a real plan but no this is the one
plan and they all agree to go along with
it so they all go north to the most
dangerous place they could go they grab
a zombie and all the main characters
just safely escape but then once you get
to the end of the show you realize that
they didn't even really have to do this
because Cersei didn't really give a [ __ ]
about the zombie anyway by the end of
the story they still have to fight
Cersei when I watch this episode a
couple years ago I realized that this
show has really lost its marbles so when
the final season began I was a little
more critical of it than others episode
1 came out and it was kind of slow and
nothing really happened and everybody
told me hey man it's the first episode
give it a break then the Battle of
Winterfell happens and other people
start seeing the problems - the episode
is like dark as hell you can't see
what's happening the main characters
somehow are totally invincible and can't
die the big evil dragon that blew a hole
in the wall last season doesn't even
prove to be a threat anymore he can't
even melt the rock that Jon Snow is
hiding behind Daenerys manages to
destroy an entire city later in the
season but in this episode she can't
really do anything against the zombies
she just can't beat them you're telling
me that this [ __ ] wouldn't
worked on the zombies I mean give me a
[ __ ] break plus much like last season
our main characters decide that they're
not done coming up with dumb plans in
the episode before the Battle of
Winterfell the characters decide that
their plan to defeat the night king is
to leave bran out in the open
lure the night king out and then they
literally never say what the plan is
which causes me to not give a [ __ ] about
what happens for an hour and a half
because I knew everything was gonna be
fine anyway I think we might live holy
[ __ ] he was right the biggest threat in
the series gets killed by arya and i
always thought that the night king was
gonna be defeated by something a little
less traditional some people were mad
that arya killed him because they wanted
Jon Snow to do it and I don't really
agree with that either the night Kings
should not have been defeated by a
normal person with a sword if it was
that easy then he probably would have
been dead a long time ago I personally
wanted something more creative to happen
I thought bran was gonna do some weird
[ __ ] or something he always says that
should he look on his face like he knows
what's gonna happen I don't know I just
expected something think about it why
was the night king even in this story
what narrative purpose does he serve
tell me one reason one thing they
contributed to the finale of this show
if you remove the White Walkers entirely
from this last season the last two
episodes do not change at all now I know
for a [ __ ] fact that George is gonna
do things at least a little differently
the White Walkers are the first thing
you see in the whole series both the
book and the show start with ice zombies
so I like to think they're pretty
[ __ ] important but as far as the
show's concerned they just had no idea
what to do with them
we just rush past the biggest threat in
the realm so we can rush past our main
character turning evil and then we rush
her getting punished for it and then the
show just ends I don't even feel like I
watched the ending of this show it was
so unsatisfying to me this series has
always been about breaking tradition or
breaking cycles as I stated before the
series itself is supposed to break
traditions of fantasy story telling a
story where a hero may die where you
might find yourself rooting for people
who do bad things in a series that push
the idea that there are no good guys or
bad guys we
now have characters that are very
obviously good and evil people are
already comparing this to the ending of
lost button lost every character got a
fate that was satisfying and completed
their arcs in meaningful ways and pretty
soon they're gonna be a lot of think
pieces about how this way of
storytelling is genius because it
subverts your expectations and that's
that's dumb let's be real that's stupid
because there's a way to subvert your
expectations in a clever way and this
series has done it before but now we're
at a time where the writers think you're
just supposed to do the opposite of what
you expect and that's not how you're
supposed to write a story you know if
you've planned your book that the butler
did it
and then you read an intranet someone
has figured out that the butler did it
and you suddenly change in midstream and
it was the chambermaid who did it then
you screw up the whole book we hope to
kind of avoid the expected and Jon Snow
has always been the hero of the one
who's in the Savior but it just didn't
seem right to us for this for this
moment so if you watch this series and
you felt disappointed like me I guess
you shouldn't be too upset because after
all you do have multiple hundreds of
pages of good stuff that you can enjoy I
mean that's what I'm gonna do now and
I'm sure in a few years we'll get the
official canonical ending and then maybe
like ten years after that we'll get a
new series on a streaming service or
something and it'll be called A Song of
Ice and Fire
the true adaptation will get our Game of
Thrones Brotherhood and then this series
will just be seen as the weird
fanfiction that it is
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