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[–] Ultraviolet 66 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

The problem was the execution. A tyrannical Daenarys as the final villain after the White Walkers were defeated makes sense, but she was never actually given the time to be the Mad Queen. She should have gotten a whole season as the big bad after her entire arc from book 1 to present being the buildup to her reign. It's like they were given the bullet points of the ending and instead of fleshing it out into a proper story, they just used the bullet points as the entire source for the script.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it could have been interesting to watch her slow decent into madness, but it was like they crammed all the major plot points into a day or two.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Not that I'm going to watch the last season again to verify, but it felt like she went from savior to genocidal maniac in about 3 minutes of screentime. It was jarring.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 6 points 8 months ago

That's actually my memory of it too, but I thought I would be generous by saying "a day or two" to give the show the benefit of the doubt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, didn't she snap when they executed her servant?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This was a show that was totally cool spending 2-3 seasons for a payoff. I can't believe I'm still upset by how they speedran through everything.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I'm still surprised how GoT was on the forefront of pop culture and within 2 seasons any and all interest was morphed to apathetic disdain. No one really talks about it anymore. It's only "they fucked up the ending". Blue balled an entire fandom so bad that it impacted the show runners careers. I'm really hoping HotD brings the fandom back (also, a reboot of the last 2 seasons as a whole new show would be dope)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

I can't think of another pop culture fall from grace as dramatic and quick. It's always amusing seeing all the overstock GoT merch at hobby stores that they can't unload. Nobody gives a fuck.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The final season fucked up so badly that it killed not only my love for the show, but the Game of Thrones universe as a whole. I had planned to read the books and certainly would have watched HotD, but now I just don't care anymore.

[–] marcoff 1 points 8 months ago

I also felt like that but after some time i watched HotD and it was great, the only thing i'm worried about is it getting worse with the new seasons like GoT did

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Fans had been predicting that Dani would have a heel turn since the first book so it's not like it wasn't built up. D&D were just admittedly fanboys of the character and white washed her on the TV show so the twist came seemingly out of nowhere.

Edit: Thinking on it a bit more, it's also in the books favor that we have access to Dani's internal dialogue. It's through this that we get a lot of foreshadowing about her future turn, and is definitely a way the books would have handled it better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Even in the show Dani is basically a child who's convinced it's her birthright to rule over the world. People were rooting for her because the story arc was cool, but if we take the character seriously she's completely deranged since season 1.

[–] jenny_ball 6 points 8 months ago

i support this. i personally was waiting for a better fight between the big guys.