When the storywriting pen is handed from one to another, there are bound to be shifts in character, and the lack of books to guide the TV series undoubtedly made the unstable characterization more prominent.

Sam Tarly who first killed a Night Walker, his knowledge saved us of dragon glass and valeryian steel. By this yardstick, The biggest victim of this storyline cull was the long-running mystery of Jon Snow's parentage. GRRM has already done the title drop in the books. But this also only works in the earlier stages of the story exactly because you care to You can't replicate this same effect in a finale, really. all were made so great by the build up.

The same Tyrion who admitted 5 mins previously he has been wrong about everything but hey I might be right this time.Bran is elected King relatively unknown to the rest, they accept it.Bran said throughout the whole season the throne doesn't matter only the true threat from the north, he cant be a lord or king he's the three eyed raven now. Having previously written for various sports and music outlets, Craig's interest soon turned to TV and film, where a steady upbringing of science fiction and comic books finally came into its own. Risked his life to steal books for the good of all men. Game of Thrones became one of the most beloved TV series of all time, but its final season is one of the most hated. Arya of the Carribean.Azor Ahai Jon Snow, "born of smoke and salt, dagger plunged into the heart of the one true love." There's nothing more powerful than a good STORY (get it wink wink ;)". See how i listed all these reasons for why she turned evil, i guess it was good writing after all.Then later, and even worse we get his speech: "What unites people? Game of Thrones season 8, episode 5 was great in spite of everything that had happened to get there.

Hey let's all spilt up. But even then, knowing it was on the table as a possibility inherently weakened the shock value a bit when it actually happened.The funny thing is they even did it with the Night King too. That quite frankly should of killed many of you sat there. Spoilers must have warning. Long-running series are seen as an investment of time and emotion on behalf of an audience, and if that effort isn't paid off by the ending, the entire journey can feel like a wasted exercise.

Previously would of taken episodes to … It is a safe place regardless of where you are in the story.

Sansa could pardon him at any time. Here we go. Go to the wall.It rushed to conclusions that were not earned at all. So imagine the general sense of disappointment when Jon being a To make matters worse, R+L=J was far from the only Craig first began contributing to Screen Rant in 2016, several years after graduating college, and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room. Since joining the Screen Rant fold, Craig has been involved in breaking news stories and mildly controversial ranking lists, but now works predominantly as a features writer. Flags? Redditors unable to follow the [sub's rules](http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/w/posting_policy) are banned.Press J to jump to the feed.

All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers A one-stop shop for all things video games. Couple of bafoons.The whole season was full of moments like “remember that thing we said in season 2? Be legal and respectful to others. We were built up for seasons that he was the BIG BAD and the FINAL BOSS and the most dire threat Westeros could ever face a... and then he's just gone. Euron and Jaime fight was just.. pointless.Sansa decides that the true born heir to the stark name, Brandon Stark that have been followed by the north for generations won't follow a stark when they become king.

This season's "big" moments didn't have that so they fell flat.Remember when they chopped Ned Stark's head off, and then they immediately skipped forward 3 months in time with no explanation of what happened so they could have time to do some jokes about brothels?This has been the issue since they ran out of GrrM's story. spoiler. !Yup, and the letters written by Varys send out to tell everyone who the real king should be.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castThis is a place to enjoy and discuss the HBO series, book series ASOIAF, and GRRM works in general. Among book readers, the R+L=J theory had been central to the entire series for years, with Jon's Targaryen heritage easily the biggest point of discussion at the end of each season. Content must be relevant. That's why we all loved it at the start, so much detail, so many intertwining stories.Why does Jon have to take the black when there's like 0 threat anymore?He Didn't, It was a way to make it look like he would be punished for killing Dany that didn't involve Greyworm executing him.Arya's dagger is the one the hitman used when he tried to kill Bran, Littlefinger gave it back to bran when they were at winterfell, before his death, and Bran gave it to Arya.Great points and there are so many others too. What about Sam becoming Grand Maester after 5 seconds.

(esp. [SPOILERS] Everything wrong with Game of Thrones season 8, from my point of view; 24 reasons. The future of Westeros is essentially decided by Tyrion Lannister who had been in jail for weeks. Decided in one episode, where all the Lords and ladies just agree because Tyrion suggests it.