![]() ![]() ![]() And not only does Gendry go along with it, but so does everyone else. Bran the Broken, yes that’s his new title, is named king via a coalition of the assembled power-brokers. The real crux of the scene is of course who is crowned king, and it’s the moment where House Stark rips off the mask and punks everyone in the room. ![]() Which is kind of weird considering the whole thing is basically a hostage negotiation interlaced with a trial. There’s lots of jokes and jibes back and forth, with Davos and Tyrion playing the refs. The assembled lords and ladies of many of the major houses are here to decide what to do next. Which given the tone set by Dany’s dramatic Season 7 entrance at the same location, it’s a nice touch to illustrate the lack of her presence over the city. We get a black cut to the Dragon Pit of King’s Landing, and there’s an ominous silence over the whole scene. Did he just confess and somehow not end up getting murdered by the Unsullied? Because we all know the honorable fool could never lie about what he just did. But what I cannot forgive is that the screen cuts and we see literally none of the aftermath of Jon actually doing the deed. There’s Drogon melting the Iron Throne, which is some really obvious symbolism, but OK I’ll let it slide, gotta build a new world after all, why not start with a new throne. The next scene is where things roll downhill really fast. His mournful and pained scream is both an example of excellent sound design for the show and a clever use of emotional cues to evoke a response from the audience. Not because Jon stabbed his love, but the episode made me care about Drogon. Complete and utter destruction of the element of her character that was built around giving those who had no choice an opportunity at freedom.Īnd I’ll be damned, the show actually even made me feel pity and sadness at this scene. “They don’t get a choice,” Dany responds, essentially damning many more to die. ![]() “What about all the other people,” Jon Snow asks his queen, “Who think they know what’s good?” During the exchange leading up to her death, there’s a crucial moment that I just cannot stand. The death of Dany also further undermined her character of the last 7 seasons in a new way. But that’s not the thing about this whole build-up to the obvious conclusion that makes me feel cheated. This whole bit feels more like Benioff and Weiss arguing with their own justifications for why the story went out this way than actually telling a story though. Daenerys has to die for what she has done, and Jon has to do it. We then get a scene of Tyrion trying to convince Jon to “do the right thing” and it is very obvious to the viewer what that means. This is of course after giving a really dark speech to the Dothraki and Unsullied which means there’s more bloodshed on the way. She reveals that she knows about his freeing Jaime, and has him arrested for treason. The real capstone of the scene is Tyrion basically telling Dany to take her Hand and shove it, in not so many words. ![]()
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