#btw this post isn't about how monarchy is the best system its about how dumb and illogical the writing of season 8 was

[rynnthefangirl]

Whenever I think about how annoying the end of Game of Thrones was, I just imagine Bran the Broken's dumbass reign collapsing from all the awful political situations they set up.

A united seven kingdoms is done. Now that the North is independent, the Iron Islands and Dorne will follow soon after. They never wanted to be in the Seven Kingdoms to begin with and have been fighting rebellions and wars for centuries. Particularly after all the recent conflicts, there is no love for King's Landing from those two kingdoms right now. And regarding the Iron Islands, Yara promised *Daenerys* that she'd put an end to the reaving and raping ways of the Ironborn. She made no such promises to Bran.

The Reach will never stand for Ser Nobody of the Blackwater being given HIGHGARDEN over any of the remaining Tyrells or the dozens of smaller houses who all have loyally served as House Tyrell's bannermen for years and have way better and more deserved claims. The show treats it as this fun little fan service moment, but in reality that is a MAJOR political insult. A war-worthy political insult. Give it a month before Bronn is driven from the Reach (if not killed, although I think he is wise enough to give up and flee). Then with the North, Iron Islands, and Dorne having declared independence, I don't see the Reach sticking around for much longer. They are the wealthiest, most prosperous kingdom of Westeros, they can easily thrive on their own. And they'd have way more money and power by controlling the biggest food supply in Westeros and locking down on trade routes. Good luck to Sansa supporting her brother King Bran when winter comes and her people's biggest food supply is now rebelling against the crown.

And with four kingdoms independent, it's really just a matter of time before some lord or another in the remaining kingdoms thinks "hey, why the hell am I bowing down to a Stark that I never even voted for" and jumps into that power vacuum to declare themselves king. Since ya know, they didn't bother to hold a proper Great Council with equal representation and agreement from across the realm, instead just going with House Stark and all their friends and allies.

And what is King Bran going to do about any of this? He has no dragons to unite the Seven Kingdoms as Aegon the Conquerer did. He doesn't have the strength to cow half of the realm rebelling, and even if he did how would he be any better than Daenerys denying the North their independence? It'd be hypocritical to the max for House Stark to tell other kingdoms that they can't have their independence after they committed treason against their Queen over it. His only chance would be to use some Three-Eyed Raven voodoo, which I guess is not out of the question, but literally that would just make him the villain and no better than the Conquerer.

While we are imaging chaos, why should Daenerys' forces just cease to be an issue once their Queen has been murdered? Fuck that, the Dothraki are in Westeros now with no Dany to keep them in check and the Unsullied I guess are going to start their own House (???) which will 100% have intense and burning enmity for the Crown.

The once united realm will break up into seven independent kingdoms, with all the wars and inter fighting that plagued the land before Aegon I showed up. Much happy ending. Yay democracy (oligarchy).