Also I love that he became Master of Ships, especially because I feel like in the book when Stannis offers him the title of Hand, he counters that he'd be better as Master of Ships. THat could just be headcanon but I thought that was part of the exchange in the books. I can say without a doubt that "Stannis ground his teeth" was part of it though!
Rewatching the finale right now, like legit re-watch, and all the choices def sit better with me on re-watch. I feel so bad for Dany, Jon, and Drogon in the throne room scene. And I def think Drogon knows the difference between right and wrong and understands why Jon did what he did. And that really makes me want to have something that explores the dragons more in this world.
Whoa, here’s a random thought. Lets say the WW and the NK won the Battle of Winterfell and take over Westeros. Who would be the only other “person” left? The Mountain, right? He can’t be turned into a wigt or WW and unless they literally torn him apart he would have likely just kept killing them, right?
Here’s something to consider. Imagine how angry people would be if they waited for Martin to finish writing the books before they made the final few seasons. Very few shows can finish it off right to please everyone. I think it’s important to realize that the show for the most part maintained its key cast throughout the run. They didn’t have to replace a main character because of contract issues, or wrongful acts committed in their personal lives generally speaking. I read a good fan re-write summary of the final season. I’ll give them some credit for coming up with a cool alt ending. But, I’m sure that person wouldn’t have had the guts to kill Ned Stark in season 1. Also, if you save certain characters, you must kill others. For Dany to survive, that would mean Tyrion, and probably Sansa, Bran and Arya would all die in the long run. Most of the violent by nature/or design characters died to bring peace to the land. Except for maybe Grey Worm. Arya, Jon, Bron, Brieanne were all sort of violent by need (revenge, advancement protect).
To be fair they did a shit job explaining what he could and could not see or do but yeah, that’s not right lol
They explained so little with him and left so many possibilities open for his motivations that that’s about as believable as him being benevolent and good for the realm. Someone even did an edit going into that theory at length and it was pretty cool.
gf's family threw a party today and it was a giant session of taking turns taking a shit on the GoT finale lol
I thought Tyrion’s reasoning and shit for picking Bran was out of left field but I completely forgot that he did the whole “good story” thing back in Season 6 with Dany while he was trying to rule while she was gone. “The mother of dragons! The breaker of chains!.....all that.” That makes it make a bit more sense. But I also think it’s quite easy to challenge the idea that he has the best story there. Both of his siblings have had rides just as crazy as he has. Davos has a hell of a story himself. And of course he should have made a case for Jon even though Greyworm wouldn’t have allowed it. This is where those scenes and Tyrion and Bran talking together should have been fleshed out more with a few more episodes, but, you know.
I think the Bran having no potential heirs was a selling point to “the council”. The crown wasn’t fixed to a family anymore based on the new plan. Bran wasn’t controlling them as much as allowing things to happen as planned like a prophet watching their prediction come true. More than anything, he just seemed so out of it to be in charge of anything. Yeah he didn’t want the power, but he didn’t seem to care about the importance of properly handling the power.
Eventually being the key word there. It’s pretty funny to think about the lords having hope of Bran changing how succession works to keep it from being one family and then he lives for generations.
It’s a weird way to leave it, for sure. If Bran doesn’t step down as King, the rest of the people who made this decision about the voting system could be dead before it becomes time to appoint a new leader. Haha. Couldn’t there possibly be a new three-eyed raven? Maybe Bran steps down so he can “train” the next one.