I had (and still have) so much love for Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryean and I fell deeper in love with her this season. Emilia Clarke really does her best work this season with her intense body language and facial expressions and I'm really rooting for her getting an Emmy. "The Bells" took a surprising turn when she literally burned down King's Landing to the ground and at first I thought these writers were insane for making her look like the bad guy so swiftly but I realized that It had been foreshadowed all along since the beginning of the show. Still, I felt like it was too sudden and rushed. Nothing made me feel more disappointed than Jaimie & Cersei's death. I really really wanted Cersei to have a really slow and painful death but I guess the writers had other plans. We really need to give it to Lena Headey. Even though she was evil, her character was loved by many because of how well she played it. The finale was bitter-sweet for me and even though I let out a considerable amount of liquid from my eyeballs, I still had mixed feelings. Do I have mixed feeling because most of my theories never became part of the story or am I just sad the show's ending?? Maybe a little bit of both.
At the end of the episode, I was left with so many questions I wish I could get answered. What was the point of revealing Jon's true parentage? Was it just to make Dany mad? How is the real heir to the throne banished to the Wall just to make Greyworm and his soldiers happy? His parentage was literally the biggest secret in the entire Westeros. Jon was tagged a bastard, had a tough childhood, was murdered and brought back to life only for him to be exiled to The Wall. He would have been the perfect king but it seems like the writers are hell bent on making sure they never give the viewers what we expect or what we think is the logical way to go. How is Bran the right ruler? He doesn't even believe he's still human and can't make proper conversations. Tyrion thinks he'll make a great king because he was pushed down from a tower. If we're going with who had a better story then we'll definitely be looking at Jon, Arya and Sansa. There's nothing exciting about Bran being the king. His character was very unsatisfying and somewhat irrelevant. He gave really annoying one liners with the worst being "Why do you think I came all the way?"
Really?
So why go through the trouble of telling Jon his true parentage when you knew all along you would be the one to take the throne?
What was really the point of banishing Jon to the wall? There were no longer threats North of the Wall so why didn't he just go back to Winterfell? If he voluntarily decided to go back to The Wall, then that would have been a different situation. Arya, Sansa and Bran's reactions to Jon's exile was very unexpected. I mean, these *siblings have been apart for years. One would think they would finally want to be together in one place (Winterfell) now that the war was finally over but no, Arya wants to discover the rest of the workd and Jon is okay with staying at The Wall with the wildings. He had Tormund and Ghost, so why won't he be okay. Right?? Will Jon really spend the rest of his days fathering no children???? It was really sad to see them go their separate ways again but I was consoled with the fact that Sansa was going to rule the North. That was literally the only satisfying scene throughout the entire episode.
Grey Worm murdered hundreds of people these past two episodes so what was stopping him from killing Jon on the spot instead of taking him prisoner? How did he know Jon murdered Dany since there was no body? Did Jon confess?? The last few scenes were a few weeks after the war so I'm still trying to understand how fully built houses appeared in Kings Landing. Jon stabbing Dany was supposed to be a much bigger deal than it was (even though I thought Arya would do it) but it lacked impact because of everything that led to that particular scene.
Ramin Djawadi never disappointed with the score and it felt more emotional this season. His score should be studied by upcoming composers because there's no other score like it! Every song gave me serious goosebumps with "The Night King", "The Long Night" and "Not Today" being my favorites. The cinematography this season was glorious to look at. It was so well filmed and you can't help but truly appreciate the crew and how much work they put into making 6 movie like episodes. The directing this season was flawless and it amazed me how they were able to make sure each character had something to bring to the table. Game of Thrones was a story of power but that symbol was destroyed by a very angry Dragon. It'll forever be one of the best TV shows created but I wish they took more time to give us a proper goodbye. I understand that they can't make everyone happy but the last two season felt super rushed and I wish the writers took more time to make things naturally unfold. It's the end of an era and I'll never forget moments like "The Red Wedding", Cersei's walk of shame and her burning of The Red Keep, Khaleesi burning the slave master, all the scenes with Ramsay Snow, Hodor and of course, Arya murdering the Night King. I'm still in awe of the magic that was created with Game of Thrones and I doubt they'll ever be anything like it.
Long Live Bran The Broken....
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