wrote down my thoughts to help make sense of the mess, here is my brain dump.
Episode 6:
The queenslayer.
So Dany went bonkers and roasted king's landing. Its framed as a terrible injustice *but* remember previously in the show sieges are talked about how the entire population is starved to death so while it is unfortunate and not fitting her character, it is not unprecedented. Also, Cersei Lannister.
Tyrion reveals his true allegiance to the Lannisters by letting Jamie go to (try to) save his sister.
Facing his execution, Tyrion then convinces Jon to kill Dany. Now, how the show has framed her to this point as a crazy madwoman, so at this point in time it made some sense as the "right" thing to do for "the people".
BUT, In the talk with Tyrion in his cell, Jon rationalized Dany's brutality under the context of war (and given the norms of war at the time as mentioned above, thats reasonable that he would reluctantly believe that)
It was when Tyrion said Dany would kill him and *his sisters* that he visibly made the reluctant decision to kill her. They would be rivals so this made sense.
When Jon met with her at the iron throne, it was very clear that she still loved him, did not consider him a rival and had no intention of killing him (or his sisters).
It was at this point, that personally I was willing to give Dany the benefit of the doubt and let her try to recover her sanity. (Emilia Clarke said basically the same thing on social media after the show) I thought the show would end on a positive note.
But Jon succumbed to the manipulations of Tyrion Lannister and killed her.
The biggest problem I have with this is that Tyrion saw no consequences for this. Remember Tyrion even said afterwards "WE killed her"
While Jon was banished with a "life sentence" away from his friends and family on top of the grief of losing the woman he loved. Sacrifice and hard decisions should be rewarded in good storytelling, not punished.
SO
I will make the assertion that the Lannisters "won" the game of thrones. Sure Tyrion isnt *that* Lannister and he is about a deep and sympathetic character as there is on the show next to Jon. I wouldnt have a big problem with it (in fact it makes a great twist / underdog story) if it were not the way he went about it. The fact remains that his ultimate loyalty was with the Lannisters, and he manipulated someone to kill the queen, and he now holds the most power in the kingdon.
Bran is not interested in governing (see: kings council meeting ) so Tyrion has all the power and is the effective "ruler"
Speaking of Bran,
Fuck Bran. Shitty character, shitty writing. After trudging through a too many seasons of boring "3 eyed raven" bullshit, things *finally* got interesting with him when his powers were revealed via the retroactive mind-fucking of Hodor. Some really cool shit could have come out of that, but nothing did. All of that was just a plot device for him to discover that Jon is a Targaryen. Which Samwell found out anyway. Which also didnt end up mattering. At all, since Dany didnt consider him a rival and nobody brought it up at the end.
So after that he is basically was dropped for a season or so, then comes season 7-8 where all he does is tell us that he isnt even Bran anymore, that he is basically medeival Google in person-form, and all he does is talk in monotone and stare off into the distance while wearing a fluffy jacket. Clearly King material. And lets not forget that previously he abdicates winterfell to Sansa because he wants nothing of leadership, but now that its all of westeros, all of the sudden "thats why I made the trip!"
And triple-fuck Bran the little shit for not free-ing Jon and at least mentioning that he is a targaryen when you damn well knew it. (would have made a great hand of the king, like Ned Stark!)
Youre the fucking king and you cowtow to the wishes of a dickless mercenary? This is a medieval king who can kill people for fucking sport.
And lets talk about this "kingdom" for a second. Sansa is allowed to secede and run her own gig. Why wouldnt everyone else too? What army does this kingdom have? Unsullied- gone, Dothraki- gone, Northmen - gone. Leaves absolutely no army.
*Anyone* with a small army could (and would! game of thrones, remember!) march in (Dorne, Bravos, etc) and take over without even a fight. And given history, would probably be more brutal than Dany ever would be. Did you think that one through Tyrion and Jon?
Episode 6:
The queenslayer.
So Dany went bonkers and roasted king's landing. Its framed as a terrible injustice *but* remember previously in the show sieges are talked about how the entire population is starved to death so while it is unfortunate and not fitting her character, it is not unprecedented. Also, Cersei Lannister.
Tyrion reveals his true allegiance to the Lannisters by letting Jamie go to (try to) save his sister.
Facing his execution, Tyrion then convinces Jon to kill Dany. Now, how the show has framed her to this point as a crazy madwoman, so at this point in time it made some sense as the "right" thing to do for "the people".
BUT, In the talk with Tyrion in his cell, Jon rationalized Dany's brutality under the context of war (and given the norms of war at the time as mentioned above, thats reasonable that he would reluctantly believe that)
It was when Tyrion said Dany would kill him and *his sisters* that he visibly made the reluctant decision to kill her. They would be rivals so this made sense.
When Jon met with her at the iron throne, it was very clear that she still loved him, did not consider him a rival and had no intention of killing him (or his sisters).
It was at this point, that personally I was willing to give Dany the benefit of the doubt and let her try to recover her sanity. (Emilia Clarke said basically the same thing on social media after the show) I thought the show would end on a positive note.
But Jon succumbed to the manipulations of Tyrion Lannister and killed her.
The biggest problem I have with this is that Tyrion saw no consequences for this. Remember Tyrion even said afterwards "WE killed her"
While Jon was banished with a "life sentence" away from his friends and family on top of the grief of losing the woman he loved. Sacrifice and hard decisions should be rewarded in good storytelling, not punished.
SO
I will make the assertion that the Lannisters "won" the game of thrones. Sure Tyrion isnt *that* Lannister and he is about a deep and sympathetic character as there is on the show next to Jon. I wouldnt have a big problem with it (in fact it makes a great twist / underdog story) if it were not the way he went about it. The fact remains that his ultimate loyalty was with the Lannisters, and he manipulated someone to kill the queen, and he now holds the most power in the kingdon.
Bran is not interested in governing (see: kings council meeting ) so Tyrion has all the power and is the effective "ruler"
Speaking of Bran,
Fuck Bran. Shitty character, shitty writing. After trudging through a too many seasons of boring "3 eyed raven" bullshit, things *finally* got interesting with him when his powers were revealed via the retroactive mind-fucking of Hodor. Some really cool shit could have come out of that, but nothing did. All of that was just a plot device for him to discover that Jon is a Targaryen. Which Samwell found out anyway. Which also didnt end up mattering. At all, since Dany didnt consider him a rival and nobody brought it up at the end.
So after that he is basically was dropped for a season or so, then comes season 7-8 where all he does is tell us that he isnt even Bran anymore, that he is basically medeival Google in person-form, and all he does is talk in monotone and stare off into the distance while wearing a fluffy jacket. Clearly King material. And lets not forget that previously he abdicates winterfell to Sansa because he wants nothing of leadership, but now that its all of westeros, all of the sudden "thats why I made the trip!"
And triple-fuck Bran the little shit for not free-ing Jon and at least mentioning that he is a targaryen when you damn well knew it. (would have made a great hand of the king, like Ned Stark!)
Youre the fucking king and you cowtow to the wishes of a dickless mercenary? This is a medieval king who can kill people for fucking sport.
And lets talk about this "kingdom" for a second. Sansa is allowed to secede and run her own gig. Why wouldnt everyone else too? What army does this kingdom have? Unsullied- gone, Dothraki- gone, Northmen - gone. Leaves absolutely no army.
*Anyone* with a small army could (and would! game of thrones, remember!) march in (Dorne, Bravos, etc) and take over without even a fight. And given history, would probably be more brutal than Dany ever would be. Did you think that one through Tyrion and Jon?