Daenerys's transformation
Makes sense from a broad point. In the pilot, she was one of the more weak, helpless victims, and by the final episode, she's the main villain. To be honest I feel like that's the main theme of the series.
shareIt really could have worked, if they'd taken the time to make her gradually more unbalanced over time, but they didn't. They had her go from zero to batshit in about three episodes, and made a complete mess of the idea. An unstoppable dragon queen that nobody can beat and who's getting crazier over time could have been great!
My fantasy alternate ending is one where, among other things, Jon and Danerys Targaryan become enemies and fight for the Iron Throne, and all the other characters take sides and kill each other - no more plot armor! In that scenario, which would have taken another two seasons, what with doing a proper job of fighting against the Others, Danerys would have had the time to gradually destabilize, and let her baseline ruthlessness turn into real crazy.
Agreed.
shareI largely agree. The final season is not just bad, also too rushed.
To justify killing Danerys, there need to be more. Danerys can't still be an idealist, she did not do this for the people of 7 kingdoms.
Also not just about Danerys becoming more ruthless or consumed by power. John Snow should not have killed Danerys simply because one battle involved of the death of civilians, he should have at least voiced his objections, like I would leave if this kept happening. There is not that much difference between Danerys and the other rulers of 7 kingdoms, why Danerys was held at that high a standard.
Tyrion also should not have acted like some idealists concerned about the death of civilians. The road to throne is paved with death and blood, Tyrion knew that from the beginning. He was born a ruler, in his words, it was his birth right, he did not care about the little people, at least he did not show that until the last season.
In the final season it was suddenly a Disney show.
Well, there needed to be more of everything in S8! Like a full season or two, not just a few slapdash episodes!
As for Jon realizing Dany was now a whole anthill short of a picnic, that wasn't because she attacked civilians, like any general he has to accept ruthlessness. It was because she attacked civilians pointlessly! Seriously, Cersei had no heir and was standing up on a tower in plain view, right where a dragon could blast the tower and end the war. Dany had been a brilliant general for 7 seasons, but she ignored her #1 target to torch harmless civilians, which was useless, stupid, crazy, and unworthy of a queen.
There are a lot far worse things done in wars, like flaying civilians when battles were over, like letting soldiers loose, having them killing, robbing and raping civilians as rewards, it was not even uncommon in GoT world. Comparing to those Danerys was basically snow white.
So that is hardly some last straw in killing Danerys.
Like I said, in the final season the moral standards were suddenly very Disney.
I'll put it this way - worse things happened during S8, than Jon realizing that stupid, crazy, counterproductive slaughter made someone unfit to rule! It wasn't completely believable, of course, but as a plot twist it wasn't nearly as head-slappingly stupid as king WHO???
Or a hundred other idiotic ideas that weren't shot down when they should have been.
GoT is popular I think because it is showing to what extend people were capable of in pursuit of power, it's realness, no sugar coating anything.
In the final season, to me it is suddenly a Disney prince, princess and dragon story.
Don't be silly! Most Disney stories are FAR more coherent and believable than S8!
And if we don't agree on which was the most irritating S8 fail, well. There are so many to choose from, of course opinions on what to hate most will vary with that much crap to choose from.
Most Disney stories are FAR more coherent and believable than S8!
Well, at least we can agree on that. share
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