People Had Incredibly Divided Reactions to the Game of Thrones Finale
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones has finally come to an end, and fans had wildly different opinions on the finale.
Many had predicted that Jon Snow would kill Daenerys after watching her burn all of King’s Landing in the penultimate episode. But people were divided on whether that confrontation was earned after an uneven season of rushed plotting.
But the most controversial scenes were perhaps those that took place in the aftermath of Daenerys’ death. Tyrion manages to upend Westeros’ entire political system with one short speech. The rulers of the kingdoms vote Bran to be king. Later on, his council members bicker over whether to spend the government’s money on ships or brothels. Some were delighted by scenes of Tyrion returning to his chair-straightening ways from many seasons ago at the council table again. Others lost patience with such scenes in an episode that had to wrap up many characters’ storylines.
Here were some of the most divided reactions to the Game of Thrones series finale.
TYRION: People love stories. And no one has a better story than Bran
ARYA, WHO LEARNED SHAPE-SHIFTING AND MURDERED THE INVINCIBLE ICE KING OF DEATH: Bran has what now— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) May 20, 2019
wait I’m confused did Jon Snow write the Coke commercial or not
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) May 20, 2019
“what else is there”
“you’ve been craving edmure tully content right”
“...”
“and do you want to like talk a lot about bran but also not see him do anything cool”
“that’s what i personally crave but I don’t want to speak for the viewers”— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) May 20, 2019
i could have read Middlemarch or learned some math
— Let's read books (@Choire) May 20, 2019
FUN FACT: The entire script for this episode was written in slow, painstaking calligraphy with sighs between each word.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) May 20, 2019
in the end the iron throne belongs to....STORIES????? Lololol writers are such epic dorks
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) May 20, 2019
me after final episode #GameOfThrones #GameOfThronesFinale #GoTFinale pic.twitter.com/nSdFeNzjU8
— oğuzhan (@theoguzhan1) May 20, 2019
The only redeeming scene of the finale #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/sM5f6l4UX8
— Laura Fernandez (@91LauraMichelle) May 20, 2019
I've watched all 8 Dexter seasons, there's no way I will ever be let down by a show finale ever again.
GoT: pic.twitter.com/eoQAKq0twV— TrikSlyr (@Trikslyr) May 20, 2019
Yes. It was great. Tied up every storyline. Was surprising and makes sense if you really look at the writing and narrative of the entire series. https://t.co/DaEP4Rfoda
— Emily Kuhn (@emkuhn) May 20, 2019
Sansa got a crown, ghost got a hug, Tyrion got to tell a brothel story... all good by me 🤷🏻♀️
— Jess Piché (@JessicaPeach) May 20, 2019
I might be crazy, but I kinda liked the series finale of Game of Thrones pic.twitter.com/I3f88dMVRz
— BMOnus🥡 (@BMOnusGamer) May 20, 2019
Guys I actually liked the #GameOfThrones finale but I’m mostly excited for the Arya the Pirate spin off
— Sarah Jorgensen (@SarahLJorgensen) May 20, 2019
Think #GameOfThrones stuck the landing (despite so many problems in getting there).
Very clear to me that the writers had this ending in mind (and it's a good one), and tried to write their way there from the end of S6. They clearly struggled to do so in the time allotted.— Jackson (@jacksondahl) May 20, 2019
a bittersweet, meditative, ultimately satisfying end to an astonishing technical achievement that launched numerous now-beloved stars into the stratosphere and consistently served so much entertainment to so many of us, for eight years. i’m thankful for it all. #gameofthrones
— Kelley Rand (@kelley_rand) May 20, 2019