Originally posted by Roy
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Writing is weak. Almost all of the main character arcs in development for the past 7 years were pointless. "Let's just make these characters 'switch' personalities in one season". Lame. It's like they handed the ball over to a bunch of hormonal 6th graders and moved on to Star Wars. 
-Tyrion was truly clever and an amazing negotiator through season 6. Now- a bumbling idiot who keeps making one mistake after another. He should have been killed 2 seasons ago.
-Build up Jaime to accept his flaws and try and be a good person, only to say "nah, bruh, I'm full of hate like my sister" and split. Nice how he took a few stabs to the kidneys and lung, yet made it all the way up to get his sister. Awesome writing!
-Build up the Golden Company like it is one of the greatest armies in history- only to have them decimated in one blow. Much like how the Dothraki were 'supposedly' taken out against the NK. lol
-Build up Brienne like she's some strong, virtuous fighter- only to have her turn into a sniveling teenager who lost her first bf.
-Bran- pointless character development and useless in the end. What is the value of being the Three-Eyed Raven? Other than mind-melting poor Hodor. We only needed Sam to read about Jon in the books to accomplish the same darn thing regarding Jon's lineage. The writers should have just killed Bran with the fall in season 1 and then had Arya push Jamie and Cersei out of a window from the Red Keep last night.
-Arya- for someone who doesn't 'fear death', she sure tucked tail and ran. How many times did she 'die' while running in the streets during last nights episode???
-Dothraki/Unsullied- obliterated against the NK, and all of sudden there were hundreds (thousands?) of them last night? ***?? Plausible acceptability at its finest.
-Euron and his fleet- pinpoint accuracy last week. This week, nah- scorpions got a 100% nerf. Not to mentions the fact that Dani runs from a handful of ships last week, but takes out his entire armada this week? Makes sense... I mean, you would think someone like Eruon (a legendary marine battle strategist) would be smart enough to arrange his ships in a formation to prevent attacks from all sides. Then again, just about EVERY battle this season has been led by baboon writers, err, 'strategists'.
-Build up Cersei like the most twisted villain- gets to be 'evil' all of 15 minutes this season and taken out by a brick.
-Jon. Lord of Light must be wondering why the heck he brought this dude back. Useless against the NK, and if anything, the main reason Dani went insane. What have we learned from this? If your girl is needing some lovin', do whatever it takes to please her or thousands will die!!
-Prophecy? what was the point. It's like the writers read every possible theory/prediction and said "let's do the opposite".
I could go on and on. Point is, good writers actually build main character plots so that they ultimately have some 'valuable' purpose in the end. This is why people love Arya so much. We saw what she went through, and she brought value to her character development by killing Frey and the NK. Cersei was hated so much because of how she used her vile and cunning wits to keep her family in power. What has been the value of Jon, Tyrion, Jamie, Brienne, Sansa, Gendry, etc... this season? Nothing. None of these main characters (living or dead) in this season have had added any real value to their development. Dani going 'insane' and killing thousands of innocents does not add any value. So who kills her? Arya- the hero again?
Yes, I nerd out on this show, and this is just my opinion as a fan. And FTR, it is still entertaining- so need for the TBH 'dude lighten up' squad to get their panties in a wad. I actually felt whoever did the directing for last night's episode did an outstanding job! It was the only thing that saved a subpar script. Clegane Bowl was superb!
-Tyrion was truly clever and an amazing negotiator through season 6. Now- a bumbling idiot who keeps making one mistake after another. He should have been killed 2 seasons ago.
-Build up Jaime to accept his flaws and try and be a good person, only to say "nah, bruh, I'm full of hate like my sister" and split. Nice how he took a few stabs to the kidneys and lung, yet made it all the way up to get his sister. Awesome writing!
-Build up the Golden Company like it is one of the greatest armies in history- only to have them decimated in one blow. Much like how the Dothraki were 'supposedly' taken out against the NK. lol
-Build up Brienne like she's some strong, virtuous fighter- only to have her turn into a sniveling teenager who lost her first bf.
-Bran- pointless character development and useless in the end. What is the value of being the Three-Eyed Raven? Other than mind-melting poor Hodor. We only needed Sam to read about Jon in the books to accomplish the same darn thing regarding Jon's lineage. The writers should have just killed Bran with the fall in season 1 and then had Arya push Jamie and Cersei out of a window from the Red Keep last night.
-Arya- for someone who doesn't 'fear death', she sure tucked tail and ran. How many times did she 'die' while running in the streets during last nights episode???
-Dothraki/Unsullied- obliterated against the NK, and all of sudden there were hundreds (thousands?) of them last night? ***?? Plausible acceptability at its finest.
-Euron and his fleet- pinpoint accuracy last week. This week, nah- scorpions got a 100% nerf. Not to mentions the fact that Dani runs from a handful of ships last week, but takes out his entire armada this week? Makes sense... I mean, you would think someone like Eruon (a legendary marine battle strategist) would be smart enough to arrange his ships in a formation to prevent attacks from all sides. Then again, just about EVERY battle this season has been led by baboon writers, err, 'strategists'.
-Build up Cersei like the most twisted villain- gets to be 'evil' all of 15 minutes this season and taken out by a brick.
-Jon. Lord of Light must be wondering why the heck he brought this dude back. Useless against the NK, and if anything, the main reason Dani went insane. What have we learned from this? If your girl is needing some lovin', do whatever it takes to please her or thousands will die!!
-Prophecy? what was the point. It's like the writers read every possible theory/prediction and said "let's do the opposite".
I could go on and on. Point is, good writers actually build main character plots so that they ultimately have some 'valuable' purpose in the end. This is why people love Arya so much. We saw what she went through, and she brought value to her character development by killing Frey and the NK. Cersei was hated so much because of how she used her vile and cunning wits to keep her family in power. What has been the value of Jon, Tyrion, Jamie, Brienne, Sansa, Gendry, etc... this season? Nothing. None of these main characters (living or dead) in this season have had added any real value to their development. Dani going 'insane' and killing thousands of innocents does not add any value. So who kills her? Arya- the hero again?
Yes, I nerd out on this show, and this is just my opinion as a fan. And FTR, it is still entertaining- so need for the TBH 'dude lighten up' squad to get their panties in a wad.
I actually felt whoever did the directing for last night's episode did an outstanding job! It was the only thing that saved a subpar script. Clegane Bowl was superb!In the case of Dany, I don't think we should be too surprised she went crazy. She is the daughter of the mad king, it's well documented that Targs have the crazy gene and the show has been taking her in that direction since last season. Martin himself likes characters switching from good to bad, bad to good, this might be the same outcome in the books as far as Dany goes? If we ever get the books? I would love to know how much input Martin has had in the final 3 seasons? I did read he was NOT happy about how Rhaegal died.
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