#jon can't rule the North cause he's a bastard but he's going to be seen as legitimate over Dany okay

[fromtheseventhhell]

A Sansa/Alicent stan really wrote that bullshit (while rejoicing that the Green ideology, misogyny and male primogeniture, won. Never beating the male supremacy allegations).

Dany is screwed because Aegon and Jon are going to be considered “legitimate” (whether they are or not) because they’re male they’re going to supersede any claim she has. She wants the IT she’s going to have to take it and that’s going to ensure she dies.

BUT SANSA WILL BE QITN EVEN THOUGH BRAN AND RICKON ARE STILL ALIVE ??????? AND JON IS MORE LEGITIMATE THAN DAENERYS, I THOUGHT YALL HATED BASTARDS.

Well, that's generally the kind of logic you come up with when you're not really invested in the story. The ones who come up with theories (and I use that word loosely) like this don't actually care or pay attention to the story being told, they just want their faves to "win".

I think the best example of their hypocrisy is that they use Stannis' quote about Rhaenrya being a traitor/usurper as proof that Aegon was the rightful heir, but if you bring up Stannis pointing out that Sansa is legally "Lady Lannister" then suddenly he's an unreliable source and you're a misogynist. It's kind of maddening that they refuse to consider aspects of the story as part of an ongoing narrative. Rhaenrya being crowned without issue actually could've helped set a precedent for female heirs, which would've benefited Sansa, but they don't see the big picture like that. Sansa is going to become Queen over her two living brothers and Dany's two male relatives are going to be deemed legitimate over her. Right. For those of us actually paying attention, we know this is ridiculous but then we aren't looking at the story with only one or two characters in mind.

[theirondragonrants]

8 Thoughts on GOT 8X06 - The Bittersweet Ending

I might be lit up in flames for saying this, but I didn't hate the ending? Granted I was ready to be disappointed, but I think it wrapped up everything the way it promised to wrap it up, despite the shit season its riding up behind.

1. Daenerys Targaryen's ending

Dany spent so long trying to get a throne that wasn't hers, on behalf of a family she didn't get a chance to know, for a cause that didn't stand.

Daenerys would've never stopped fighting, because there would always be bad men to burn, whether they knew it or not. There was always going to be a reason to make people into the bad guy. Like the kids she burnt, and the ones she would've burnt.

It hurts because she wasn't a bad person. She was a good person whom circumstances soured, but at least she can rest now.

2. Jon Snow's ending

It's no secret how much I LOATHE Jon Snow. I think all Stark men are absolute peanut heads and their moral absolutism keeps getting them into shit.

That being said, Duty is the death of love and I loved that they brought the phrase back because it's exactly what I assumed he was thinking. Jon lost the woman he loves over a throne he didn't want, because she thought him a threat. He wanted away from the Wall, and he has to go back because that's how you get a hateful ending, but he can go to the true North now. He even gets ghost because they both belong beyond the wall.

I won't justify the stupid writing decisions that were made to get him here, and I won't admit people have a reason to hate what they did to him. But honestly what's worst for Jon than losing all you gained, but getting to return to your true home anyways.

3. Arya Stark's Ending

Arya Stark, the princess who was promised. Arya Stark who looks death in the face and says not today. Arya Stark who wanted to go home.

I appreciate the way they wrapped up her story because to do anything else would've promised that, eventually, they would've sacrificed her character and her sense of self to marry her off, or rule over a castle, or something like that.

She's wanted to know what's West of Westeros for the longest time, and much as she wanted to come home and avenge her family, this is both bitter and sweet. Arya Stark will get to see the world, and be herself.

3. Tyrion Lannister's ending

Bran said it best. He thought he was clever and he made a lot of mistakes, and he'll spend his life paying for them. He told Shay once that these people were what he did best. This power hungry city and the people in it.

But he's gone past that because power killed people and power corrupted a woman he believed in so deeply he let her worst flaws go on behalf of believing in her.

So now, he gets to live in the city he had a hand in burning, fixing the Kingdoms he played a hand in destroying, for a King he had a hand in crowning. And unknown in the story of the fight he had a hand in playing out. Seems fitting for the hand of the King?

4. Daenerys' troops ending

This is a virtue of shitty writing, but the Dothraki and the Unsullied ended up being war criminals. They killed innocents, and prisoners, all in the name of Daenerys Targaryen.

She's gone now. They have no place in Westeros because without Daenerys they've got nothing here. So they lose their Queen, and their purpose here, but they get to go home.

Grey Worm who lost so much in the end, and lost his humanity, held on to Missandei's last wish and got to take his men to a peaceful place, where they can live it out.

Grey Worm doesn't get what he deserved after years of loss and pain, but he can fulfill Missandei's last wish.

5. Brandon Stark's ending

I'll admit I didn't see that coming? Again, granted, probably the virtue of shit writing but I digress.

Maybe Bran didn't want the Lordship of Winterfell because it was his mission to gun for something bigger? Maybe this is the rightful ending to the struggle life of the Stark family? But who better to rule a kingdom than the one person who can see every injustice and truly punish the guilty and reward the good?

Brandon didn't want power, but maybe the best man to sit on the Throne is the one who doesn't want it. He also gave independence to the North and I live for that.

6. Ser Brienne's ending

Brienne lived her life for duty. She served the Starks because duty to Catelyn compelled her to, and then proved herself worthy of everything by being the most kickass knight in the Seven Kingdoms.

But she lost the man she loves, and now she gets to write the end of his story, including the part about Cersei, and she'll live out her life protecting the Stark King. Podrick lived to serve by her side in the end, and I'm glad he got knighted (though I am almost 100% sure Brienne did it and I would've loved to see that).

Brienne gets to be a knight, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Kingsguard for a King who is good and just. Just not the King she wanted. And she survived through insurmountable odds, but lost the man she loves.

7. Sansa Stark's Ending

Sansa Stark, first of her name, the Red Wolf, and the Queen in the North.

MAN I'VE BEEN CALLING THIS FOREVER! THIS IS WHAT VINDICATION LOOKS LIKE!!!!

Honestly I've got nothing but happiness that this is a thing. They fiddled the least with Sansa's story in this shitty season, so I 100% believe she deserves this. Sansa's been telling people what they're doing wrong and that they should listen to her. And yet nobody does.

Sansa had the piece of mind to make sure Bran knew, in PUBLIC, that she loves him but the North fought for its freedom and it deserves its freedom.

Nothing feels better than hearing a room of men chant for the Queen in the North, after so many Kings in the North (especially because the ones we've seen were well meaning morons).

8. Game of Thrones' ending

(lmao anyone notice they told us from the start with the Raven on the seat? Sorry just thought it was funny)

Shitty writing decisions aside, the Game of Thrones was the story of the ruling families of Westeros fighting for a throne.

It was the story of the Stark family, the family that lost everything to love and duty and had to fight to get it back. It was the story of the Targaryen family that conquered Kingdoms and held them by fear, and lost the favor of the throne. The Lannister's who could buy the world with their gold until the gold and the power ran out. The Baratheon's who blindly followed orders, no matter who or what other factors were in the way.

And now, there's no more Throne to fight for.

The Targaryen's are dead, except for a Bastard in exile.

The Baratheon's are dead, except for an unknown and unprepared Bastard.

The Lannister's are dead, except for the imp son who may as well be a Bastard.

And the Starks live in the end. The King of the 6 Kingdoms, the Hero of the World,The Queen in the North and a man who is finally free.

At the end of the day, the Starks who lost everything for the Throne are now the ones who won the game, and that feels like the most poetic justice in the world.

Final Thoughts

I've taken this season at face value. For the effort of the cast, the crew, and the amazing story they brought to life. The writers and their decisions aside, these people took on a titanic job and delivered the most amazingly acted and visually gorgeous story they could.

So Thank You, Game of Thrones, for the last 10 years of my life. Thank you for the theory fodder, and the ending that I can't entirely hate, and the characters that have shaped my life.

Thank you for a strong Sansa. A just Daenerys. A loyal Jon. A brave Arya. A wise Bran. A clever Tyrion. A dutiful Brienne. For every character that was not black and white and played the game. For the characters that left early but made this story so important.

Thank you, GoT. Despite your final flaws, you went out fighting.

Thank you.

BONUS GHOST REACTION

A GOOD BOY GOT PETS IN THE END AND HE GETS TO LIVE IN THE NORTH I LOVE THAT FOR HIM!!!!!