How did George drop the ball this hard?>Many viewers felt that Jaime Lannister killing the Night King would have been perfect for his character arc, turning the derogatory "Kingslayer" moniker into an honorable title, redeeming his past by slaying an "Ice King" (Night King) to match his slaying of the "Fire King" ("The Mad King" Aerys Targaryen), and fulfilling the potential seen in his journey from "villain" to hero. Instead of being mocked for breaking his Kingsguard vows to stop the Mad King, he'd be celebrated for slaying the ultimate threat. He had previously killed a king who wanted to burn the world; slaying the Night King would have been stopping one that wanted to freeze it, a perfect parallel. It would have solidified his redemption, proving his true honor lay in protecting the living rather than in blind loyalty. Moreover, Jaime's Valyrian steel sword, Oathkeeper, was forged from Ned Stark's greatsword, Ice, making him literally and symbolically equipped to end the existential threat. While many found this thematically fitting, it was Arya Stark who ultimately slew the Night King; while Jaime's story concluded with him anticlimactically returning to Cersei and dying with her at the Red Keep.
>>216487769they wanted to subvert expectations / direct the next star wars trilogy
>>216487769There were like half a dozen better options to kill the Night King, and yet they managed to pick the stupidest possible one. It's truly impressive how bad the last few seasons were.
>>216487769It would also make sense for him to kill Cersei and become the Queenslayer. Basically there were countless scenarios where things could work out and those two fucking kikes chose the only one in which everything was shit
They said they were working off of GRRM's outline for the finale, and that fat fuck is known to change things around if fans catches on to where the story would logically progress towards.
>>216487769Normies in King's Landing don't even know or believe in white walkers
I'm kinda thankful for the two braindead directors for making so many reddittors and normies to get butthurt
>>216487769Jaime became a king in the Gurm’s original outline and there is foreshadowing left in the first book. Brian thinks Jaime looks like a true king and Ned Stark saw him sitting on the Iron throne after killing the Mad king.
>>216487769He should have been redeemed by leaving his evil sister for Brienne. This would have worked both in the books and the series.
>>216487769>GoT slopgrow up
>>216487769The “subversion of expectations” as it is typically done is a Satanic ritual of corruption.
>>216488231KekThey didn't even see themZombie army didn't even cross into half of Westeros
>>216487855Even the simplest change to the scene as written would have been better: instead of having Theon die for nothing, have him die in a way that distracts the NK to give Arya an opening. That makes it about teamwork and sacrifice.
>>216487769Very banal and by the numbers. Not the kind of storytelling that makes asoiaf great.
The little girlboss was a favoite of fat tattooed women watchers and basedlennials
>>216488947That's why it's good. It would have been subverting expectations.
>>216488947How did Arya's dumb ass John Wick shit make it great?
>>216489488She doesn't do anything mary sue like in the books.
>>216489488Umm girlpower ????
>>216488947The Night King should have won and turned most major characters into zombies. That would have really subverted expectations. Maybe have Euron (the real Euron from the books, not the imposter from the show) defeat the white walkers, but his rule of Westeros proves even more dark and brutal than the alternative. Who says GoT or ASoIaF needs a happy ending?
>>216489696If you wanted to go full allegory/cautionary tale, the Night King winning was the way to go. I guess in this case GRRM wanted to be only semi-edgy and have this particular story be more hopeful, since in the real world we do have the power to put a stop to what's been slowly killing us; we just don't. And may not try until it's too late.
>>216489696Ending the show like that with a rag tag of leftovers forced to flee to safety would've been an epic ending leaving it open for a sequel that people would be begging to be made
The night’s king felt like a Marvel villain. He did not fit in the show at all.
>>216490216It also would blend far better. As it is, the early GoT with all its political intrigue (when it was actually good) feels completely pointless since it all just comes down to a cookie-cutter good vs evil conflict in the end, and good wins as expected. The early political intrigue would have carried far more weight if mankind had lost in the end, but had they set aside their petty quarrels from the beginning and joined together as one big army, like Bobby B envisioned, they would have held back the night. Ned Stark's senseless death, Tywin's thirst for power, Stannis' ruthless devotion to duty, none of these things really have anything to do with the white walkers in the end, and it's just not a cohesive story, when it easily could have been.
>>216490216>since in the real world we do have the power to put a stop to what's been slowly killing us; we just don't. And may not try until it's too late.???
>>216491921idk probably climate change or Trump, just check the front page of reddit for the current bad thing
>>216487769You really didn't fucking need all that text. You or your indian chatgpt translation just fucking said the same thing multiple times.
I don't like the lannisters so I'm fine with arya
