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13 more days until GoT, what are the best endgame theories you've heard?
Personal favorite, is that Bran is the Night King, way long shot and probably not possible to explain with only six episodes
Personal favorite, is that Bran is the Night King, way long shot and probably not possible to explain with only six episodes
In the books and the show they've been building up to Daenerys turning into a villain but I don't know if they're going to go through with it. She's a fan favourite and there's a chance her "break the wheel" talk is a straightforward attempt by the writers to set up her as a liberator and saviour. If she does turn into a villain I'm going to guess she'll burn King's Landing like her father tried to.
As for who will sit the Iron Throne: I'm guessing no one. (And no, I don't mean Arya.) I think the Seven Kingdoms will split up (not necessarily into Seven) and the Iron Throne will become powerless. If someone does claim it I don't think they'll rule anything except for maybe around King's Landing area which may or may not have been burned to ash anyway. Best guess for someone claiming a worthless Iron Throne: Daenerys if she survives, Tyrion otherwise.
There is a chance I suppose that they'll play things completely safe. In that case Daenerys will sit the Iron Throne as a benevolent queen, Jon Snow/Targaryen will be her husband so they can continue the Targaryen line, and either Tyrion or Missandei will be the hand. That wouldn't be my favourite ending but by this point I'll be happy to have any ending at all.
Something horrible is going to happen, something to rival the Red Wedding. I see in the flames a dragon burning Winterfell to the ground, with Sansa and several fan favourites inside it. Jon will attempt to avenge his family by killing Daenerys, but he will fail, and Jorah will kill him. Tyrion will succeed in killing her however, when he realises what a terrible queen she would be.
Gendry somehow ends up on the Iron Throne. He quickly tires of the responsibility and develops a taste for wine and prostitutes.
The wheel remains unbroken.
They filmed multiple endings as to keep even the actors and crew in the dark on which one is real.
GRRM has previously stated the ending of the series will be bittersweet, similar to LOTR. I suspect that either Jon or Dany will die, but not both, or maybe they both live but all the dragons die out in the world forever. Either way, it's GOT so I expect lots of character deaths in the final season.
I really really really hope Daenerys is not on the throne, would be the weakest play imo
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I personally don't see an ending that will satisfy me unfortunately. My response to any possible outcome would be "yeah.. alright.". I guess this is because what I enjoyed the most out of GOT was the drama in King's landing, the political intrigue, the betrayals, the surprising revelations, the great dialogue, and the developing stories of individual characters. The whole dragons and prophecies stuff was the least interesting part for me. And unfortunately the ending will focus exactly on those things in one way or another. Even if we get Helm's Deep 2.0, sure I will enjoy it, but ultimately it won't be what I remember when I think about GOT/ASOIAF as a whole.
Yeah when I started the series and the books, I enjoyed the geopolitical aspects of them a lot. Ever since, the series went beyond the books, everything as turn much more simplistic and straightforward. Just look at how Littlefinger died. In the books he was a threat because he controlled much of the supplies and had connections everywhere. In the series, he was just plotting to turn the characters against each other.
It seems like they made it so that everything is possible in the series whereas I enjoyed it more when things were more realistic and dialed down.
My favourite theory (not as in the one I'd like to see but the most fun to think about) is that Jon will sit in the iron throne as King of the Night.
But in general I like the theory that nobody will sit in it. I never quite got the impression that Essos was under the Iron Throne's power, and the North kinda does its own thing too. If Kings Landing burns, which seems likely, then there isn't much to rule over.
That was kinda my point. 90% of the show happens between Essos, King's Landing and the North. If Essos is not part of the equation in the first place and King's Landing burns, what's there to rule over (from a viewer's perspective)? The Starks de facto rule the North. It would be very … underwhelming, you know?
Come to think of it, in the show, I really never got the impression the Iron Throne had any power beyond King's Landing. Think about it: We see the Iron Islands which are clearly their own thing, we see Casterly Rock which is controlled by the Lannisters anyway. What else do we see for any meaningful amount of time? The Citadel?
Resuming watching season 5 just to come back in order to participate in this thread. That's because I heard so many bad things about season 6 I kinda gave up on GOT.
Ultimately it's still a great show. The quality of the writing dipped a bit when they ran ahead of the books but it's still one of the best shows available IMO.
Season 6 is great, just nowhere near GoT great because DnD are good at adapting, not creating their own original storylines.