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The good
-Tyrion's explanation of Dany's perceived insanity. The "everyone will believe their own shit if everyone else confirms it long enough" stance was good.
-John's decision to kill Dany. We watched her decent to the point where she could justify homicide. The dialog between her and John in the throne room was actually pretty solid. You could see the second that her words forced John's hand.
-Tyrion as hand. I think this worked well.
-Sansa as queen of the north.
-Bran as the king. He seemed to know this was all going to happen, the smug on his face was interesting. I don't mind his being on the throne.
-John fulfilling his destiny. Every time someone is brought back form the dead...they seem to have one purpose and that's it for them, they're done. John wasn't brought back to stop the Night King or stop Cersei, he was brought back to stop Dany from raining fire on the innocent all over the entire planet. He did that, his role was done.
-Breanne of Tarth writing in Jamie's timeline. I liked this part, actually. In the end, Jamie did accomplish quite a lot and did die defending his queen.
-Sam the Maester. I liked his character, it liked his ending.
The bad
-Arya's stupid final Odyssey. Dumb.
-John's returning to the wall. Not 100% what else they would have done but I'm not sure what use the Night's Watch would have moving forward. I guess the writers had to put him somewhere.
-Bronn as a lord and master of coin...dumb, dumb, dumb. Completely out of character...he wouldn't give a good shit about anything other than living in a castle, drinking, and fucking.
-Grey Worm turning into a homicidal manaic...I don't know, they turned him into a super dick. I know he was a killing machine, but it seemed like the personality he had developed disappeared.
The ugly
-Drogon melting the iron throne...not sure why this was necessary. He was pissed his master was dead, sure, but I'm gathering he wouldn't be smart enough to know what the iron throne was, let alone take out his rage on it.
-Tyrion finding Jamie and Cersei...in Ep 5, they make it seem like the entire basement collapsed. By the time Tyrion got down there, it was barely a pile of bricks...it was as if the two could have simply walked over 10' and dodged the cave in. I understand it was necessary that they show the two dead to stomp out "they could have survived" claims...but it was done horribly.
-Anyone taking residence in King's Landing. Why? The town was burnt to a crisp, the castle was in ruins...what was the point? At the end, they made it look like the castle was livable again...and there would be no way that was possible.
That's all I have for now...
Your explanations kind of make me think now that:
- Grey Worm did nothing wrong. He really was a killing machine, and Missandei was the safety feature.
- Bronn was either going to die in KL or get a castle and stupid titles. 5 seasons straight he was promised things and never got them. Bronn was the one surprise left off the spoiler list, so it was welcome, as far as I am concerned.
- Jon had to return to the wall. It was basic writing convention and probably from the outline that GRRM provided.
- The scene where Jaime and Cersei die actually was the problem. Go back and watch episode 5 and tell me that they couldn't have walked over to that spot in the catacomb where the light was peering through. Probably less likely to get crushed by bricks there. But Tyrion finding them was a nice touch, and also, not in the spoilers, so welcome surprise.
-Drogon melting the throne because it's what Denaerys was talking about - break the wheel. The characters may have stopped short of a pure democracy, but the idea of primogeniture ended when Drogon melted the throne and no one could simply sit on the throne, like Jaime did after killing Aerys II, before Eddard told him to get off.
I'm going to reiterate that the real ugly in this finale episode was editing. Scenes were too long, unnecessarily, and boring. Jon talking to Tyrion. Denaerys's death. Drogon melting the throne. Edmure Tulley's exposition. The entire 7 kingdoms counsel scene. The stupid small counsel scene. All of these could have been tighter.