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hinted? She has SUCKED the whole time. Lil brat.

 

the arc for all the characters is nature over nurture and that no matter how much you try to change, you are who you’ve always been.

 

REALLLLLLLLL ORIGINAL.

I preferred Nature over petty human politics and bullshit with the WW destroying them all.

 

- i liked the symbolism, as on the nose as it was, of Jaime and Cersei standing on top of the painted map of Westeros as the kingdom crumbled around them. i guess my headcanon is Jaime wanted to believe he could live a lowkey life as an honorable man, but had a taste of what the highest point of that life would be like and it wasnt enough for him.

- i was bracing for Cersei's inevitable "last trick" until they made it to the basement level of the keep and saw how defeated she was. that was one trope i would have put money on seeing here.

- on the note of Cersei, Lena gave an incredible performance that i am still thinking about. her heartbreak over the realization she was going to lose another child was palpable.

- Euron's final line was a 2 out of 10 but was raised to a 3 out of 10 by the fact that he didn't even kill Jaime in the end.

- with maybe even five more episodes i think we could've gotten to a point where Daeny's turn felt a little more earned. it's a shame we didn't because the moment itself in a vacuum was executed masterfully. it was tense and there were some strong "PLEASE GOD. NO ONE MOVE LETS BE FRIENDS" vibes on my couch

- on some more heavy handed symbolism that i was very there for, the Hound spearing Gregor through the keep into flames was perfect. maybe the most faithful conclusion to a character arc we've gotten this season beyond Jorah's.

i prob have more thoughts but am gonna rewatch it first. very glad i didn't read the leaks, because no matter how good or bad it was, it was a ride that i was sucked into the whole time.

ALSO ALSO pro wrestling did Clegane Bowl first just saying

 

Cersei and Jaime’s death was stupid and dumb

 

My wife mentioned Thrax immediately. Post the meme!

 

also if there are more leaks can yall not talk about them at all because the thread was insufferable the whole time last week cause of them thanks

 

it wasn’t. cersei and jaime death was well executed and one of the highlights of the season. lol fuck y’all suck.

 

nah

 

yeah it's not like they didn't suffer. it was either that or two other things

- they both give a one liner before being stabbed that ranges from cheeseball to passable
OR
- we get the millionth instance of say Cersei about to kill someone and then a sword punches through her head from behind

for this show at this stage, their deaths are as good as we were gonna get lol

 

you should know better than to think this kinda comment is gonna do anything but cause dumb bickering around here

 

I hope anyone who hates this aspect realizes that their criticism is spitting in Mufasa's face.

 

It's as valuable as saying "y'all suck" when I feel like there's been plenty of reasoning for why people didn't like the scene in question, even if one disagrees.

If the episode had delved into Jamie and Cersei's mentality, really showing what got them from point A to point "dying in each other's arms under collapsing rubble", I could see it working. But the episode didn't do that. The majority of their screentime was Jamie missing an exit and having to detour by running around the entire castle and Cersei standing in one place like the "this is fine" cartoon dog.

 

and yeah I can't say I'm a fan of genetic determinism. My favorite movies tend to actually hammer down the opposite message when dealing with it. Spider-Verse and the Last Jedi are good recent examples.

 

Think this review sums up the episode really nicely

https://www.avclub.com/game-of-thrones-brutally-asserts-that-the-game-in-quest-1834707954

 

which is to say it isn't valuable at all

whereas this very much is

 

It’s at the point where I feel kinda bad for D&D cause they’re gonna be the subject of so much Nerd Rage from terminally-online types for years to come, but also...they fucked this up pretty bad.

 

in my experience of playing tabletop RPGs, hardcore fantasy nerds are lowkey sometimes the most toxic people around. i cant imagine what would happen if you found the deep interweb version of that person and gave them a twitter.

 

But I love Benioff :/ Sometimes you just bite off a little bit more than you can chew...

 

I LOVE you

 

As far as I can remember we never saw a closeup of her again, just saw Drogon raining down fire and death from above, which I thought was a great touch.

I have to watch the episode again, because I did get kind of drunk during it, but I enjoyed the hell out of the episode even while the story was basically 100% doing everything I had been hoping it would not do.

 

^^^^^^^

 

But I don't like that rationale any better than it's in her nature...

Meep.

 

Also - fans of this show could only be so lucky to have their favorite show end with the show's BEST SEASON EVAAAA.