![]() Still, they had to end it somehow, and I was happy that after her death we got more of the Game of Thrones I'd hoped for: plot surprises and characters standing on their own instead of just being tools to advance the Daenerys and Jon story. Every Game of Thrones book you can read after season 8.After Thrones, more epic books headed to the screen.11 TV shows to watch after the season finale.But the little things are what made be happiest of all: direwolf scritches, Ser Podrick, Stark sails and my hero Brienne looking smashing in her Kingsguard armor. Good thing he has Tyrion to keep him grounded.Īfter eight seasons of stress, drama and blood, I was ready to embrace the embers of hope scattered across the finale. Now know-it-all Bran can steer the kingdom when he's not off warging into rogue dragons. I was right about that as far as the physical form of the chair went. I've been telling friends and family for a long time I thought there might be no Iron Throne left by the end of the series. riding off with Tormund into the best buddy flick ever. Adventurer "Please Make a Spin-off Show" Arya. What's done is done and now I'm cool with the finale. I wasn't surprised, just disappointed in him. He was always a bad dude, he just experimented with good guyness for a while before re-embracing his bad dudeness. I'm even good with Jaime's now-confirmed ending. I don't mind that they went there, I just didn't feel like it was properly set up or earned. My only real beef this whole season was Daenerys' fire-flinging character swerve. He's been annoying me all season, but I still felt bad for him in the end. It's also a shame that Jon Snow doesn't get a bit more credit for everything he did. The tying up of storylines felt a little heavy-handed overall, not to mention rushed, and I also felt the two halves of the episode weren't fused together particularly smoothly - almost like we'd missed a scene between Dany's death and the convening of the lords and ladies of Westeros. I've never been particularly invested in him as a character, or in his story arc, so to see him take the throne doesn't feel like a truly satisfactory ending. It's not that I don't think Bran had a crucial part to play, but he was off somewhere else most of the time (often in the past) and I think he's only ever been suited to play an advisory role. Yes, Sansa became queen of the north, but don't you feel like she deserved … more? Her personal growth over the course of the show and the leadership qualities she's demonstrated left her far better qualified to serve as queen of the Seven Kingdoms than Bran. ![]() I wanted a larger-scale sense of history's infinite loops. But that isn't Game of Thrones' usual reality. How long would this group last until someone else emerged?įor the characters left, it seemed like they all got the end that perfectly fit. What if everyone died? What if history forgot everyone's names, all the characters we followed for years? Would it be senseless?Ī new regime's attempts to make things right, rule wisely and chart bold courses for worlds unknown felt too optimistic for a show filled with chaos. Even though this episode had moments striving for emotion - and sometimes they got me - I couldn't help feeling the show's lasting message is that the wheel keeps turning, no matter what. Maybe I'm still feeling after-effects of last week's episode. War and politics are an empty never-ending circle. It should have been a statement greater than any character arc. Sean Keane, London The senseless circle
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