05-20-2019, 08:30 PM
well some thoughts:
. people are like "this is the ending GRRM wanted" and, ok, sure, but for a few caveats that I'll address in a second
. I haven't seen a full episode of game of thrones since like season 6. some details are fuzzy like I didn't know or remember that Bronn's marriage had been revoked. anywhom
- This show is damn beautiful. Can't complain about that.
- I CAN complain about the wide open streets, how Greyworm teleports ahead of Jon, how Tyrion finds his brother and sister dead under rubble in an otherwise open room,
- I can also complain about how little content this episode actually delivered. So let's parse the few scenes:
Tyrion finally convinces Jon, who is able to meet him in prison (this is a constant problem in the show but lets look past it) to kill Dany. Jon gets to Dany who previously ran off with four soldiers but now is in the throne completely unguarded. Dany comes to him with crazy girlfriend eyes and tells him "Let's break the wheel together!" so I had to take another drink. Then he kills her, which I expected would happen and makes sense because of the prophecy, Drogon comes along and deduces that The Throne Did It. Drogon has a greater sense of consequence than the council of Lords we meet later. Anyway this absolutely jarring scene is meant to symbolize that the Iron Throne is what drives people mad and into ruin. Power and some such. This is kinda true considering the history of that seat, and how it tries to bind together a whole bunch of kingdoms and cultures that just end up in conflict with one another. The books show that the only way to secure such a throne is through violence.
Drogon melting the throne then makes a bit of sense. Now of course, Drogon is historically known for being wild, violent, unpredictable, eats people and animals. I guess it's this sudden burst of Reason that makes the scene really weird. Then he flies off with his mother which was way sadder than whatever the fuck was happening between Jon and Dany.
. people are like "this is the ending GRRM wanted" and, ok, sure, but for a few caveats that I'll address in a second
. I haven't seen a full episode of game of thrones since like season 6. some details are fuzzy like I didn't know or remember that Bronn's marriage had been revoked. anywhom
- This show is damn beautiful. Can't complain about that.
- I CAN complain about the wide open streets, how Greyworm teleports ahead of Jon, how Tyrion finds his brother and sister dead under rubble in an otherwise open room,
- I can also complain about how little content this episode actually delivered. So let's parse the few scenes:
Tyrion finally convinces Jon, who is able to meet him in prison (this is a constant problem in the show but lets look past it) to kill Dany. Jon gets to Dany who previously ran off with four soldiers but now is in the throne completely unguarded. Dany comes to him with crazy girlfriend eyes and tells him "Let's break the wheel together!" so I had to take another drink. Then he kills her, which I expected would happen and makes sense because of the prophecy, Drogon comes along and deduces that The Throne Did It. Drogon has a greater sense of consequence than the council of Lords we meet later. Anyway this absolutely jarring scene is meant to symbolize that the Iron Throne is what drives people mad and into ruin. Power and some such. This is kinda true considering the history of that seat, and how it tries to bind together a whole bunch of kingdoms and cultures that just end up in conflict with one another. The books show that the only way to secure such a throne is through violence.
Drogon melting the throne then makes a bit of sense. Now of course, Drogon is historically known for being wild, violent, unpredictable, eats people and animals. I guess it's this sudden burst of Reason that makes the scene really weird. Then he flies off with his mother which was way sadder than whatever the fuck was happening between Jon and Dany.
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