I have thought a lot about why season 8 gets so much hate and how it could have been better. I don’t want to start any arguments or say anything controversial, but I do believe a big part of the reason we don’t like season 8 is that we grew to love these characters and to end the series many of them had to die. I think people were sad about that as much as anything else, and, in fairness, that’s not the showrunners fault.
I have come to think that smart, good endings are generally a little ambiguous. Dumb, poorly written endings try to neatly tie up all the loose ends. I do think that this was tough because after eight seasons and however many years, people wanted to know what happened to everyone in the show.
So, in the final scenes, when everyone sits down at the small council meeting, I don’t think I am alone in saying that I felt like Westeros was not in the greatest shape. The most hilarious example is Bronn being the Master of Coin when he had admitted not understanding how a loan works in a prior episode. Candidly, I never really like Danaerys but I felt her end was a bit of a waste given the time we had all invested watching her ascension. Finally, Jon Snow was raised as a young semi Lord in Westeros and we are meant to believe he was happiest living out the rest of his days among a bunch of barbarians on a frozen tundra? That doesn’t really compute.
Here is what I think they should have done, given my prior statement about ambiguity. And I know this is going to infuriate some people, but hear me out. Also, I think the specifics of my thesis are flexible and someone smarter can likely adjust them while maintaining the overall structure of my ending.
Danaerys should have sacked King’s Landing. But, doing it because of Missandei being killed was stupid. She was an ok character but the whole story shouldn’t have hinged on her death. Dany should have made an attempt on Cersei’s life (during negotiations or something) that should have failed and someone MAJOR should have died instead (by mistake). The only two major people who really could have died and my idea to work would be Tyrion or Sansa. I think Sansa. I like her, but leaving her as queen of the north was stupid, there was nothing to indicate she was strong enough to do this or would be a good leader, aside from being a true born Stark. In an effort to hide the truth, Dany blames the assassination attempt on Cersei. Enraged by this, Jon and Dany should have attacked King’s Landing. After the city is sacked, there should have been a split between Dany and Jon, where he learns the truth and they part ways BARELY avoiding war between Dany’s army and the north. And here is where the ambiguity and the smart ending comes in. With this frail peace between the north and the south, Arya, the assassin, should tell Jon she is going to kill Dany to avenge Sansa, but Jon should implore her not too. The show ends, with the ambiguity of not knowing if Arya will listen to preserve peace in Westeros, or if she will avenge her sister and start the cycle of violence all over again...
Submitted January 31, 2021 at 06:44PM by Narrow_Evening_5524 https://ift.tt/39Cl1vT
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