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aceCrasher t1_iz8r7ma wrote

I still cant believe people rated S7 so highly, it was just as nonsensical as S8. Maybe people were still expecting it to culminate in something good.

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TransitionRecent2834 t1_iz8udrp wrote

I still remember Petyr Baelish's death in S7. He was like the OG Big Brain and suddenly had -69 IQ Brain rot. GOT needed 10 seasons

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EmberOnTheSea t1_iz9c5vc wrote

>He was like the OG Big Brain and suddenly had -69 IQ Brain rot.

Did the same thing to Tyrion. Still annoys me.

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TransitionRecent2834 t1_iz9fedu wrote

Yeah mate. I really really like characters like Varys , Tyrion and Baelish. They all got smacked by side character syndrome.

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cuatra51 t1_iz92tpe wrote

I have the same surprise for S6. I feel like I was already getting whiplash from the plot acceleration, bored of Dany's character and sick of the "we are vErY rEaLiStIc also Jon Snow survived a solo charge towards thousands of archers without a scratch"

I think there was a lot of wanting to see it to the end, so being willing to look at and enjoy the good parts. Also, I think a lot of what people enjoyed (specific characters' development, great, grand battle scenes, dragons!, nudity :P) was still there.

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Kaellian t1_izkotp3 wrote

Watching last few seasons of GoT was like watching a diving competition. Sure, they weren't going to land the world record and probably wouldn't score all that well, but it's still impressive in its own right.

But then they splattered on the side of the pool.

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1v1meGwent t1_iz96jjl wrote

I think non book readers still had the feeling that the plot and character arcs were well thought through. They thought it was all leading to masterful conclusion.

Then S8 lifted the veil

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647843267a t1_izbcj4x wrote

Nah, S7 was definitely a step down, but it's nowhere near the dumpster fire that S8 was. Plenty of cool stuff happened in S7, NOTHING about S8 was good.

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forgotmypassword-_- t1_izd4wgq wrote

> NOTHING about S8 was good.

S8E2 would have been great if S8E3 had killed of most of the cast the way we were expecting. Instead, nobody important except Dolorous Ed and Lord Friendzone died.

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grandekravazza t1_izifxlo wrote

It was still quite bad, 7.5-8 at most and that's mostly for production value.

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sonaar__ t1_izczq3l wrote

Agreed. Season 7 was slightly better than 8, and that's not saying much.

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