I wouldn't have been happy, really, with a slow descent into full up tyranny, but if it MADE SENSE that at least would have been something.
That's where I'm at, too. It's not that I want everything to be sunshine and roses for the ending, but some level of consistency and competence when it comes to storytelling and planting those little moments to demonstrate her slow descent into madness. In good storytelling, there is foreshadowing and then following through all throughout that story with giving particular moments to pay attention to, a gradual build-up with character development. They could have shown the inner struggle she had with not only being a leader and a ruler, but also with the conflict with her bloodline and demonstrating the duality of her greatness as well as madness. That is what they should have done, which would have added more emotional weight to this particular ending for her. I mean, it would've been devastating and heartbreaking, but it would've made sense and I would've accepted that. Not, whatever this random 180 bullshit they pulled out of nowhere.
This is the main problem with Game of Thrones, though, is their fundamental misunderstanding of what the story is actually about. ASOIAF is very character-driven, with The Others being the main unknown threat yes, but the characters all go through personal battles such as their paranoia, whether through prophecies, visions, warnings, internal fears, etc. The show removed all those important character elements and only focused on the surface level nonsense that, in hindsight, didn't advance the story at all. I mean, I kinda knew this years ago which is why I stopped watching, but seeing how they fucked up even more towards the end, it's just...astounding.
Really, I know fandom is discussion, but there's really no discussion to be had when one of you thinks the show has jumped the shark and one of you thinks it's a masterpiece.
I've mostly seen many people rage/rant about it overall, but I have also seen a handful of people who think it's amazing which, sure that is their opinion and they're allowed to it, but they will then turn around and claim that this outrage is just people "overreacting" and then start arguing with people over it, which is annoying because then it becomes this stupid fandom drama (which is not pretty, I've seen that side as well lately and, whew boy, not going there). So, I don't blame you for wanting to turn comments off for whenever you make your post.
If you ever need to rant further though, this post is always open for you to do so, or you can PM me or whatever.
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That's where I'm at, too. It's not that I want everything to be sunshine and roses for the ending, but some level of consistency and competence when it comes to storytelling and planting those little moments to demonstrate her slow descent into madness. In good storytelling, there is foreshadowing and then following through all throughout that story with giving particular moments to pay attention to, a gradual build-up with character development. They could have shown the inner struggle she had with not only being a leader and a ruler, but also with the conflict with her bloodline and demonstrating the duality of her greatness as well as madness. That is what they should have done, which would have added more emotional weight to this particular ending for her. I mean, it would've been devastating and heartbreaking, but it would've made sense and I would've accepted that. Not, whatever this random 180 bullshit they pulled out of nowhere.
This is the main problem with Game of Thrones, though, is their fundamental misunderstanding of what the story is actually about. ASOIAF is very character-driven, with The Others being the main unknown threat yes, but the characters all go through personal battles such as their paranoia, whether through prophecies, visions, warnings, internal fears, etc. The show removed all those important character elements and only focused on the surface level nonsense that, in hindsight, didn't advance the story at all. I mean, I kinda knew this years ago which is why I stopped watching, but seeing how they fucked up even more towards the end, it's just...astounding.
Really, I know fandom is discussion, but there's really no discussion to be had when one of you thinks the show has jumped the shark and one of you thinks it's a masterpiece.
I've mostly seen many people rage/rant about it overall, but I have also seen a handful of people who think it's amazing which, sure that is their opinion and they're allowed to it, but they will then turn around and claim that this outrage is just people "overreacting" and then start arguing with people over it, which is annoying because then it becomes this stupid fandom drama (which is not pretty, I've seen that side as well lately and, whew boy, not going there). So, I don't blame you for wanting to turn comments off for whenever you make your post.
If you ever need to rant further though, this post is always open for you to do so, or you can PM me or whatever.