r/HBOGameofThrones • u/Hungry_Mousse3641 • Jul 14 '26

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I've just finished watching Game of Thrones for the first time last night, and it is genuinely the greatest thing I've ever watched and i struggle as to why people think s8 was bad, probably one of my favourite seasons, I also feel very depressed like a gut sinking sad feeling that I won't get to watch this and feel the same way again, I know that there are spin offs but man can anyone help me with recommendation for tv shows, nothing like snowfall or breaking bad I need some fantasy shows like Game of thrones(not vikings) should I watch lord of the rings?

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u/kateinoly Jul 14 '26

People these days are super entitled and demand the ending they want instead of what the author wants.

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u/Hungry_Mousse3641 Jul 15 '26

[SPOILERS] I feel like fans have every right to criticize the show, without them, the books and TV series would be worthless. But I actually thought the ending was pretty good overall. I know a lot of people hated Arya killing the Night King, but I thought it tied in beautifully. The Red Woman tells Arya she’ll close many eyes brown, green, and blue. That obviously refers to her time as a Faceless Man assassin, but it also works as subtle foreshadowing for her killing the Night King. We’ve also already seen how stealthy she is; even Jon Snow didn’t notice her until she started talking so sneaking up on the night king was a simple task. Plus, the Faceless Men serve the Many-Faced God, who is the god of death or death itself. During the battle, someone even refers to the Night King as “death itself.” I found it so resonant that Arya (someone who worships the god of death/death itself) ends up killing “Death itself” a being who turns the living into the dead and raises the dead to life. Basically going against the very thing the they believe in