Ok, so last night was the Game of Thrones series finale and I have feelings, and what better place to work out these thoughts than on the blog. Please be aware that there will be spoilers in this one so if you haven’t watched yet save this one for after.
Daenerys
Ok, so I want to start by saying 90% of the audience was tripping with their response to episode 5. I saw this storyline coming since Olenna Tyrell told her to be a dragon, sis told us seasons ago that if it took fire and blood that’s what it was going to take but her death seemed so unnecessary given how the rest of the finale played out. They gave her that amazing speech at the top of the steps, she got stabbed by Jon, and then what? I just don’t think the writer’s room fully understood that GOT deaths always feel purposeful and Dany’s just didn’t to me, and I think hers should’ve been one of the MOST important.
Jon
Girl, why did we learn that you were a Targaryen for you to go be a wildling in the end? Why do you get to kill Dany for you to just run off into the forest with Tormund? In the words of Cardi B, WHAT WAS THE REASON?! I get they were trying to give Jon “his happy ending” since he literally hated all his promotions but it felt like a slap in the face to all the build-up they had about his lineage. Ew, just ew.
Arya
My complaint with Arya is minor. Did my sis ever get to shut some green eyes? Because that prophecy was mad important a few weeks ago and now it means nothing? They made the best killer in the 7 kingdoms basically useless for the past couple weeks and now she’s Christopher Columbus sailing the seas? I guess.
Bran
Am I mad Bran got the throne? Yes. But, at least it makes everyone wheeling him around all season have purpose because I was not seeing it for him at all this season.
Sansa
At least one person got a fully fleshed out arc with intention. Congratulations Sansa, we love you sis.
Jamie & Cersei
What a waste of two great characters. Jamie’s redemption arc went out the window for what? And Cersei is likely one of the best villains of all time and we just let a rock fall on her and that was that. I’m upset.
Tyrion
Girl, who gets to give a monologue, pick the new king on death row AND get a promotion all at once? Tyrion that’s who. Tyrion was one of my favorite characters until this season made him stupid. I hate to see you go out like that.
Brienne
Brienne isn’t technically the main cast but she’s in MY main cast so let’s talk about how the writer’s room paid my girl dust. Why on earth would you have Jamie leave my sis crying in the snow over Jamie just for her to go write his biography after it was all over? Did he really earn it? NO, because Jamie and Brienne’s arcs were paid dust.
Well, at least we got to see Jon pet ghost, that (& the shot of the dragon’s wings behind Dany) was the best part of this entire episode. But I’d love a second opinion. What do you all think of the ending of Game of Thrones? Did you love it? Did you hate it too? Let me know in the comments!
11 thoughts on “And Now Our Watch Has Ended…”
I agree 100%, Cersei was completely wasted at the end.
Haha I did not watch one episode of GOT but your post sums up all the sentiments on my TL about it. I think a lot of people are feeling like the season didn’t build up to the last episode well. Almost like the writers got to this ending and we like, let’s roll the dice and see what happens.
I don’t really watch GoT but a lot of my friends who watched also feels the same way. They were not happy with the last episode
I loved reading you thoughts on the finale. I thought it was a good wrap up episode, but I wanted more excitement.
To be honest, I haven’t watched a single episode of Game of Thrones nor read its book. I only found out its finale when I was on Twitter, and oh it was trending. I heard some were not satisfied with the finale and it’s totally different from the book.
The books actually aren’t caught up with the show so the writers got to kind of take their own liberties within the series. Which I think may have been part of the problem
Love this. Your evaluations of each characters ending had me cracking up. I agree! Although, I thought the ending was okay only because it didn’t leave you with any questions as to what happened to the characters. I hate when shows do that.
I haven’t watched Game of a Thrones yet. I’m hoping it’s on Netflix or Amazon Prime so that I can start the series this summer.
I know it’s hard to believe but I haven’t seen Game of Thrones. I’ve heard a lot about it, like a lot lol and all of the people that I know who watched it, feel the same about the ending.
I have not watched GOT for a few seasons now but obviously, I heard my co-workers talking about it . It seems to be very disappointing for most people. I like your review because I feel like I watched it after this . It just seems like it was a rush job to get it completed to me .
That’s exactly what it felt like to watch lol