The show does a phenomenal job at crafting a wonderful story and it does it whilst at all times treating the audience like mature adults. It didn't shy away from sex, gratuitous violence and harsh language. Where in other shows/movies an over use of these things can come across as cheap or cheesy here it did not because it had a very strong well written story running through the core and holding it all together with context and well written characters.
Characters that die at a moments notice. Nearly every time a key character dies I was caught off guard. So many years of watching TV have made me accustomed to seeing the main characters survive to fight another day and left knowing the "good guy" always wins had left me naively unexpectant. GoT completely it seems forgot this pillar of traditional TV stories and decides that churning through cast members is the way to go. The Red Wedding being but one example and I am sure I'm not the only one to be left completely speechless by the end.
Never before has a series played with my emotions so much. Characters I started disliking I grew to love and characters I initially liked I grew to dislike. This is the key to good believable characters, they show progression and an ability to sway your emotions towards them. To often characters are statically the "good guy" or "bad guy" but here that notion is not always an apt description.
Jamie Lannister being a shinning example of someone who motives and story ranges on both ends of that spectrum. Tyrion a character I found I cared little for initially by the end of season 6 is my favorite character. My favorite scene of the whole series so far might just be the scene towards the end of S6E10 when Tyrion is made Hand of the Queen. The emotion in that scene where he is finally recognized and gets deserved recognition for his contributions that he has yearned all his life for had me with a lump in my throat. It was title given to him not because of his name or because his family felt obligated to give him a token position but because he deserved it.
This is why the series is so damn amazing, looking back on season 1 and now looking at the end of season 6 seeing the full journey some of these characters have made is an incredible testament to character development. Development that has been nurtured for 6 seasons, stories that at first appeared separate individual chapters that are now becoming intertwined into one final plot piece
A boy is pleased but mournful of the wait for season 7
Submitted March 01, 2017 at 10:23AM by CheloniaMydas http://ift.tt/2lWS1Va
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