Well, that's over.

I am probably the only person who likes the 8th season. A lot. More, at least, than most other seasons with the exception of the first and some of the seventh (and Hardholme.) IMdb is giving the last episode of the last season 5 out of ten stars, Metacritic's given the last two episodes 2.9 and 3.4 out of ten stars and R. Tomatoes has the last episode at 57%. Yup, people really hated the last few ... okay, everything from the moment Sevarian was killed went downhill. Great everything, every concept, except the writing of it. 

But I also think I am the only person who was never team Daenerys and never considered naming my daughters Khaleesi a, b and c. Come on. That blonde bitch did nothing but scream "I shall take back what's rightfully MINe with fire and BLOOD!" every time she was on screen, when she wasn't executing people who didn't agree with her. Saying she went crazy is so lame, did people even watch this shit? She didn't go crazy, she just went full Targaryen. She was raised to believe she is better than anyone, almost god-like because someone once experimented injecting dragon blood in her ancestors, and entitled to the point she genuinely bought how the thone belongs to her and everyone who thinks differently is an enemy with having their neck opened. You know, especially people in a major city who had zero to do with politics. And their little kids. 

I thought that last bit was really well done - I've never seen such devastation on screen, such a detailed portrayal of people going completely apeshit on civilians. maybe in The Pianist, but how can you compare a portrayal of an actual war to this cartoon? Well, they certainly tried. That burnt man, wandering through the city streets, long dead he just didn't compute yet ... That shit was freaky. Not knowing whether it's snowing snow or ash. Jon going to wander the wasteland, Arya becoming an explorer, Brianne writing Jaime's history, the whole Edmund Tully scene...  that was so well done. Even how the throne was melted and how the city gradually came back to life ... 

I just seem to be the only one to think so. Guess this show elevated the quality of fantasy Tv to the point fans demanded to be brought to a squirting orgasm every episode. Guess good Tv is nowhere near good enough anymore. Guess fans wanted Dany+Jon to hold hands, sit ruling together, smiling, and have lots and lots of babies. Demented or otherwise. 

That's a really big fucking banner to have on standby, in case you win some war and find a wall tall enough still standing. Imagine being a seamstress and getting that sort of a commission. 'Make it big, make it black, and make the sigil flawless even in the wind.'