8x06 Review Thread (Spoilers)

The idea of Jon or Dany (or both) ruling in the end has always seemed quite naive to me. GRRM wouldn't give the story such a happy ending after 6 and a half books of nihilism.

I never believed that Dany and Jon would actually rule together as king and queen either, to be honest. But I thought that Jon's parentage would definitely play a major role. I had this idea in my mind that Dany would eventually give up on her persuit for the throne for the sake of achieving a greater purpose. That her, Jon, Tyrion and other characters would be instrumental in reshaping Westeros into something better. Maybe that's naive, but to me, that would have been the most satisfying way to end this story, and to give meaning and purpose to the journey of every single character, dead or alive.

Dany having a cruel streak about her has always been intriguing to me. This idea that she does have some of that Targaryen "Fire and Blood"-mentality in her, but is actively fighting against it and is ultimiately able to overcome it. I never thought that they would turn Dany into a straight-up psycho, who is so delusional to actually believe that killing everyone in King's Landing = liberating them. And then wanting to "liberate" the rest of the world as well.

I liked the first half of the episode better because it maintained the tone of the previous episode. The second half of the episode with the jokes and winking at the audience(A Song of Ice and Fire) felt horribly out of place considering a main character just committed genocide and was murdered by the person she loved. I mean Jesus, let the story breathe a little.

Yeah it was way too over the top for me.

Yeah they should have started Dany’s madness thing like...three years ago.

They really, really did. That's why I still love her, maybe even more so than before. 

Because what they had her do and the way they presented her in the last episode (with some good old fascist imagery) feels so wrong for her character, it doesn't even register as canon to me. It's kind of bizarre.

Alright my review. I did give it an 8/10.
The cinematography was excellent, the music was well used and the acting overcame the weak ass script.

Liked:
Tyrion-the scene where he finds the bodies of Jaime and Cersei, his lonely/dazed walk through KL, his speech to the Lords, his talk with Jon. Peter was the MVP of the episode.
Brienne-Getting a scene to finish Jaime's write up in the Kingsguard ledger
Jon-reuniting with Ghost
Sansa-being made Queen of the North with that gorgeous frock but also seeming very world weary by the prospect.
Dany-her scene making the speech to her armies. Emilia taking a shit show and making it work. Drogon nudging Dany's body.
Sam-advocating for the small folk to have a voice in electing their "king"

Robyn Arryn grew up. Edmure puts in a appearance. Yara's allegiance to Dany was recalled.
Call backs to earlier seasons: the moving chairs, love is the death of duty, pissing off the wall...

I guess it was ok-
The small council: At least the small council was not filled up with traditional Lords and Ladies of Westeros, though Bronn being there is a mystery to me

Didn't like:
The Argument for a A Separate North (as mentioned above, why didn't Yara and the Prince of Dorne ask for the same?). While the North has struggled for independence since Ned's death, wouldn't it have made sense to have Sansa mention to Bran and the others that they lost too many family members in the south (grandfather, uncle, aunt, father, mother and brother) and that their brother and mother died for Northern Independence. Of course the other lands could make the same argument.
Sam's idea of letting the small folk have a say in their ruler being laughed off: HAVE YOU PEOPLE LEARNED NOTHING?
King Bran the Broken, first of name king of the Andals and First Men (BLAH BLAH): I can see why this choice was made, Bran is not the Bran we met in season 1. He seems to have loyalty to no house and claims not to be Bran Stark anymore. As Tyrion notes he cannot father children (though that's never been determined, the show is going with that) so they don't have to worry about him making little crazy Joffrey's... BUT given how Westeros is about inheritance and shit, you don't think Bran is not going to be challenged many times during his rule. What happens when he dies? What happens when his council dies off and the second wave is not as supportive of him? I think Davos would have made a better king.
Dany the fascist: while the speech was gorgeous and definitely put Emilia in for Emmy contention (the Emmys love nothing better than her speechifying in a made up Dothraki or Valyerian)...the fact that she wants to take over the world with her defeat of King's Landing in the guise of freeing people to be their leader..was so OOC, I can't.
Jon needing a slap in the face: Sees the utter destruction of KL, sees Grey Worm killing men because they fought for Cersei, has to be aware that a Queen Dany means Sansa and Arya are in big trouble, knows that Tyrion is dead meat...still needs Tyrion to tell him why letting Dany be Queen is a bad idea.
Bronn on the small council: huh?

Neutral on: Jon back at the Night's Watch. Tyrion is right that a compromise that works is one that makes no one happy. I just couldn't see Sansa and Arya letting this stand, but I guess everyone was tired of fighting and this was done to appease Greyworm and Yara. Plus it cuts off the Targ line for good.
Arya leaving Westeros: I would have liked to see the pack stay together somehow but I guess that's part of the bittersweet ending. She's leaving on a Stark ship, so presumably this is something she and Sansa are working on together.

i really was so sure that sansa and daenerys would make it past their issues and become besties....

OMG yes. I was telling other people to calm down because "their feud is going to be resolved in one episode. Y'all overreacting."

#SweetSummerChild