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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

A lot of people shit on the final season, and rightly so. The ending didn't fit the entire narrative of Ice and Fire, Arya's training was basically useless, Daenerys's ending didn't make sense

I'm yet to hear of how anyone would rewrite the final season to be good, or where the plot points are all resolved. You would need to change a LOT, particularly how you conclude with the final battle AFTER Kings Landing is taken/won. There's a few novel ideas there:

  • Bran warging into a dragon
  • The Night King ignoring the North and going to war with Kings Landing
  • Arya using her skills at some point to attack/kill Cersei
  • Jamie's redemption, and possible pairing with Brienne, to leave Cersei alone and unhinged. Perhaps even Jamie killing Cersei?
  • The Night King being such a credible threat that he actually takes over Westeros and the final battle being waged in Essos, or with the full "world" involved
  • Jon ascending to the throne, as prophesied - but leaving the throne and escaping north
  • Westeros just generally being destroyed and no one winning. " The dragons siding with Jon, leading to Daenerys's madness
  • Bran slowly turning into the new Night King

So many avenues, but I'm yet to read a coherent plan.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My main gripe with is with the final episode, the final ,"bran should be king" happy ending. Like come on. It's so counter to the rest of the show. They just rushed the cleanup so badly.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My headcanon is Bran warged into the writers and made them do that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

D&D certainly displayed the same level of intelligence as Hodor in writing the last 2 seasons.

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