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amovingtargetGame of Thrones 8.01 - 8.04
watched 10 - 11 May
These are surprisingly still binge watchable even when I don't like them very much. I suppose I haven't cared properly for the show in a while, I think the last time I watched it, I was two seasons or so behind? Even this time it was because I saw a gif that made me go Jamie and Brienne? canon? and I don't even ship them. It's true Jamie is a large part of why I kept watching even when the show started getting terrible for me.
I stopped being fond of Dany long ago, -- I find her arrogant and cunning in a way that's not... quite smart? I don't know what it is exactly. I don't like the way she talks about being queen. I think she reminds me a little bit of Cersei, so I'm not loving the idea of her being queen -- so I'm not really enjoying any of her scenes. I don't remember why any one thinks she would be a good queen apart from the fact the freed slaves once? Being a Targaryen should be... the worst reason for the wanting to put someone on the Iron Throne. Though, I did feel some sympathy for Dany when everyone was praising Jon for all the things she's been doing for ages.
I don't care much for Jon/Dany -- a lot of people thought their little romance last season was sweet, but I just didn't see it and it made the whole thing feel rushed and kind of tacked on. I'm less interested in Arya/Gendry than I thought I would be, and more interested in Sansa/Tyrion than I expected, for some reason -- now that they're both in different situations (and I liked it a little back then too) I kind of like the idea of them having a quiet and political marriage, with low key respective affairs that they would discuss over dinner along with politics and just generally being smart without being assholes about it to other people.
Other nice faces to see again include Edd -- I was so pleased to see him that I should have known he'd die -- and Theon -- whose death I was spoiled for, but I was sorry to see him go. It was nice of Bran to comfort him, both he and Sansa treat him like a Stark which is nice considering the reason he did what he did was because he (or was it someone else goading him as well?) let his hostage status go to his head. I'm glad Podrick survives the battle. Oh, speaking of which, that episode was too fucking long, too fucking dark, and... terribly edited? Or is that just me? I could barely see anything for whole scenes at a time. I like that Arya got the killing blow on the Night King too.
I love seeing Sansa again, though I feel bad for her having to be on guard all the time because of Dany, she's got good instincts -- and holy shit she had to earn them the hard way -- and it pains me when no one listens to her. Here's another time where I'm totally bemused by how tumblr takes things out of context: I saw spoilers saying that Sansa said she glad of all the things that had happened to her.
I'm not sure how that reads like she's glad? It's an acknowledgment that it happened, and she survived it, and that it turned her into a person that can survive anything -- in a world where that's a skill she needs, life is not a song, sweetling. Hell, she doesn't even say she's better or stronger for it. I don't see how it's much different to the oft quoted “My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.”
I love the drinking game between Jamie, Tyrion and Brienne, they're definitely still faves and I love that Jamie and Tyrion are friends again -- I can't remember quite how they left it last season -- oh, but when the game goes sour because Tyrion surmises that she's virgin and it's true, ouch, I feel that. I'm also pretty sad that Gendry doesn't see his lordship of Storm's End for what it is, it seems blatantly transparent to me. At least it looks like I'm getting my dream of the Hound and the She-Wolf roaming around getting revenge together?
Over all, I don't feel very impressed. I felt like the white walker threat was ultimately pretty anticlimactic? I feel like there's been even more lazy writing than usual, but hey, at least it'll be the last season.
watched 10 - 11 May
These are surprisingly still binge watchable even when I don't like them very much. I suppose I haven't cared properly for the show in a while, I think the last time I watched it, I was two seasons or so behind? Even this time it was because I saw a gif that made me go Jamie and Brienne? canon? and I don't even ship them. It's true Jamie is a large part of why I kept watching even when the show started getting terrible for me.
I stopped being fond of Dany long ago, -- I find her arrogant and cunning in a way that's not... quite smart? I don't know what it is exactly. I don't like the way she talks about being queen. I think she reminds me a little bit of Cersei, so I'm not loving the idea of her being queen -- so I'm not really enjoying any of her scenes. I don't remember why any one thinks she would be a good queen apart from the fact the freed slaves once? Being a Targaryen should be... the worst reason for the wanting to put someone on the Iron Throne. Though, I did feel some sympathy for Dany when everyone was praising Jon for all the things she's been doing for ages.
I don't care much for Jon/Dany -- a lot of people thought their little romance last season was sweet, but I just didn't see it and it made the whole thing feel rushed and kind of tacked on. I'm less interested in Arya/Gendry than I thought I would be, and more interested in Sansa/Tyrion than I expected, for some reason -- now that they're both in different situations (and I liked it a little back then too) I kind of like the idea of them having a quiet and political marriage, with low key respective affairs that they would discuss over dinner along with politics and just generally being smart without being assholes about it to other people.
Other nice faces to see again include Edd -- I was so pleased to see him that I should have known he'd die -- and Theon -- whose death I was spoiled for, but I was sorry to see him go. It was nice of Bran to comfort him, both he and Sansa treat him like a Stark which is nice considering the reason he did what he did was because he (or was it someone else goading him as well?) let his hostage status go to his head. I'm glad Podrick survives the battle. Oh, speaking of which, that episode was too fucking long, too fucking dark, and... terribly edited? Or is that just me? I could barely see anything for whole scenes at a time. I like that Arya got the killing blow on the Night King too.
I love seeing Sansa again, though I feel bad for her having to be on guard all the time because of Dany, she's got good instincts -- and holy shit she had to earn them the hard way -- and it pains me when no one listens to her. Here's another time where I'm totally bemused by how tumblr takes things out of context: I saw spoilers saying that Sansa said she glad of all the things that had happened to her.
Sandor: You've changed, Little Bird. None of it would have happened if you'd left King's Landing with me. No Littlefinger, no Ramsay... none of it.
Sansa: Without Littlefinger, and Ramsay and the rest, I would have stayed a Little Bird all my life.
I'm not sure how that reads like she's glad? It's an acknowledgment that it happened, and she survived it, and that it turned her into a person that can survive anything -- in a world where that's a skill she needs, life is not a song, sweetling. Hell, she doesn't even say she's better or stronger for it. I don't see how it's much different to the oft quoted “My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.”
I love the drinking game between Jamie, Tyrion and Brienne, they're definitely still faves and I love that Jamie and Tyrion are friends again -- I can't remember quite how they left it last season -- oh, but when the game goes sour because Tyrion surmises that she's virgin and it's true, ouch, I feel that. I'm also pretty sad that Gendry doesn't see his lordship of Storm's End for what it is, it seems blatantly transparent to me. At least it looks like I'm getting my dream of the Hound and the She-Wolf roaming around getting revenge together?
Over all, I don't feel very impressed. I felt like the white walker threat was ultimately pretty anticlimactic? I feel like there's been even more lazy writing than usual, but hey, at least it'll be the last season.
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Date: 2019-05-12 10:40 pm (UTC)I feel like I've been seeing a lot of this sentiment. Poor GoT viewers!
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Date: 2019-05-13 07:11 am (UTC)