Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]

[emanymton]

Well they did agree to meet and vote for the leaders from now on (posh people only that is) instead of passing to children. Whether they stick to that is another matter.

They have basically created the Empire from Warhammer. The most senior nobles get together and vote on which one gets to be king.

But, maybe I missed or forgot something. In fact I'm sure I did. But wasn't the previous 3-eyed raven century's old? How long will Bran live for?

 

[moochedit]

Can't wait to see HBO's series Arya brings smallpox and alcohol to the Far Westerosi

And brings tobacco back to westeros.

 

[Gromit]

And brings tobacco back to westeros.

Arya is Frodo.
Sansa is Mary Queen of Scots.
Jon is Dances with Wolves
Bran is C3P0
Grey Worm is Judith Charmers.

 

[ruffneck23]

Well , I’m glad I didn’t watch it at 5am.

I really enjoyed the first half , the second half just made me fell a bit ‘meh’

Still as someone said up thread , it was better than the end of lost.

 

[greenfield]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

 

[Gromit]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

To guard the realms of men.
There's still boggarts and snarks maybe. No one thought the night king was real but he was.

 

[DotCommunist]

a better ending would have been Drogon sweeping in from nowhere and roasting them just as they were mid-guffaw about the idea of democracy.

 

[Gromit]

I tried my best to spot what was George Martin and what wasn't. He told them his intended ending.

I believe this is what he told them:
Tyrion convinces Jon he has to kill Dani.
He does.
The dragon destroys the throne.
A council elects the next king.
That king is Bran as his knowledge of the past will safeguard the future.
Jon is sent to the wall and once again has to renounce all to serve the watch.

The attempt to deliver ending with a decent level of satisfaction was partially successful and partially not.

 

[N_igma]

Arya ends up in Middle Earth. Crossover show imminent.

 

[magneze]

It was alright. The end of Eurovision had a better plot twist.

 

[Plumdaff]

 

[donkyboy]

Really hate these stupid gifs and memes. didn't take long for some dick to make this.

 

[donkyboy]

The saddest part was when drogon was pushing his mummy to check if she was still alive.

So Jon was ordered to take the black but leaves the wall and goes with the wildings.

 

[Chz]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

Help at Winterfell notwithstanding, I think most of the North prefers the Wildlings on the other side of the wall.

 

[smmudge]

But it felt ridiculous, because they'd just unanimously elected a king that had no experience of leadership

He was briefly Lord of Winterfell after Robb left and before Theon took over. Did alright iirc.

 

[wayward bob]

Really hate these stupid gifs and memes.

my main reason for watching is for the memes

 

[imposs1904]

So Dany was Lenin, right?

 

[smmudge]

I'm happy with the ending, I think it did wrap things up nicely. In the end it had to be fairly unconventional so the wheel had to break. It didn't solve all problems forevermore, like rulers after Bran, but I guess the idea is that he will be a different and fair sort of ruler that people are happy with what they have and don't covet power and are inspired to rule like him after.

 

[ferrelhadley]

And now my watch is over.
Lulz at Brynden Rivers ending up (in part) getting onto the throne. Especially given his role in the recent history of the kingdoms. The penny has yet to drop that its an immortal entity that knows everything on the throne. Its just possessing Bran Starks body for another perhaps 10 decades to come.
Arya did go west of westeros like she wanted
Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]
House of the undying turned out true
...and the winner of the Iron Throne is...
Sansa became a queen not the queen
Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]
Aegon reunited with Ygritte in spirit. I had a moment as he did his heading off into the wilds. Almost like an old cowboy film, the man half in half out of civilisation heading back into the sunset.
The end sequence of the three of Ned Stark's children (one fostered) was an amazing piece of visual story telling. Each of them setting out on a new life they have earned, by showing them in that way it emphasised their close bond. What a waste that talent that could produce that and had the basic story to work with could not keep it up for the 6 episodes.


Valar Morghulus.

 

[Saul Goodman]

my main reason for watching is for the memes

 

[agricola]

So Dany was Lenin, right?

If so does that make Ramon Mercader the Mountain?

 

[Mogden]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

I wondered that myself. And why didn't more of the remaining population just say"Oh the White Walkers have gone now, let's go for a proper look outside", and gone off for a trip a la Famous Five with Arya

 

[Cloo]

Yeah, I'll take that.

gsv has been saying the last two years that Arya would sail West at the end, so congrats to him, though I'm sure he's not alone in having seen that coming.

I presume Drogon fucked off to what was left of Valyria, having had enough of this shit,and I don't blame him.

I think actually that should leave most people happy, in that the characters who we wanted to be alive are alive and Jon didn't get to be king - I liked the symmetry of him ending up back at the wall.

 

[BristolEcho]

As both a book wanker and someone who thought that they'd jumped the shark in the past couple of seasons, I thought the final episode was nearly perfect.

They managed to subvert a few expectations (I don't think anybody was seriously expecting Bran to end up as king), as well as giving all the characters the endings they deserved.

Disagree about Bran. There is a difference between subverting expectations but it make sense, to it just being am empty "twist."

Neds death was shocking but the fact that you could explain it was what made it so good. You could see logically how it came to this point.

I don't buy that they have done this in the series at all with Bran. I'm sure in the books it will be done much better. Bran has literally been off on travels and said very little of interest since he got back. Even the stuff about Jon has turned out to be utterly pointless. So I don't buy that people would suddenly get behind him to be King. Had it of been done properly then it would be different in my opinion, but that would have taken time.

 

[Plumdaff]

I thought the reason for sending him to the Night Watch was that it was officially punishment but also highly likely that he would be able to go off with the wildlings.

 

[mx wcfc]

Bit sort of "what a rubbish ending".

Not sure how I wanted it to end, but that wasn't it.

Plenty of scope for spin offs, obviously,

 

[Mogden]

I've also just cancelled my Now TV subscription. I wonder just how big of a drop off they've had because of the end of GoT and whether anyone clocked it would happen cos I was fully expecting a "have a month half price if you carry on with your subscription" type thing before the last episode.

 

[mx wcfc]

I've also just cancelled my Now TV subscription. I wonder just how big of a drop off they've had because of the end of GoT and whether anyone clocked it would happen cos I was fully expecting a "have a month half price if you carry on with your subscription" type thing before the last episode.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

That was a bit meh. Arya heading off for some Jack Sparrow cosplay was possibly the worst bit - she's just spent several years fighting to return to her family, then as soon as she gets back she decides to Frodo off into the west?

Edit: And that stupid bit with the book can fuck off too. "It's called A Song Of Ice And Fire. Like the show. Geddit? GEDDIT??"

 

[Cloo]

I think overall I'm happy with the end as an end, what led up to it was a bit of a mess, eg despite their role in cutting down the forces of the North to make taking on Cersei a bit harder (which it wasn't in the end, because dragon), the whole White Walker thing felt a bit 'Oh', and I felt like we should have seen more of Cersei being evil and were perhaps cheated of a glorious death, although at the same time I quite liked the pathos of it.