Game of Thrones 8x5 | Watch Along
Added 2025-05-15 14:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Did you completely miss that Varys was being burned because he attempted to poison Danny?
TigerMyth
2025-07-25 01:53:57 +0000 UTCThere some valid complaints about this episode, but what these ladies are mentioning are not it.
Abdul-Rahman Lawal
2025-06-25 00:36:17 +0000 UTCI mean it was foreshadowed through the entire show many times that she would do this. Like when the witch in S01 tells her that she killed Drogo and her baby, it was for the greater good so no more innocents have to die. Dany's first response is "but I saved you" which kind of secretly shows her tactic as a leader - I saved you so you are in debt to me. And the witch replies with reasoning that should've been the main lesson Dany learns - she was already raped many times by dothraki before she "saved her" and they killed most of her people. "Now you see what life is worth when everything else is gone". The war and the Throne Dany wants so much will cause death to many innocents if she is not careful. She burned the witch even though she was the one who asked her to perform magic rituals. Then at the gates of Qarth she threatens to burn the city if they don't let her in - even though she is no position to make threats and it's very reasonable to not let unknown savages known for pillaging into a city. It was right then when I knew she is going to end up like her father, 6 seasons before. In the vision in season 2, she sees the throne room in a ruin, covered in snow and possibly ashes. Foreshadowing not just the winter night king brings, but also the ruin she will bring to get to the throne. Through the entire show she was very self-righteous, vindictive and had a Messiah complex - an absolute recipe for a character that seems like a hero, but ends up as a villain. She wanted to break the wheel and "change the world", but only if it included her being at the top.
Anna J
2025-06-17 20:18:01 +0000 UTCthe worst part about the writing is when you realize why it was so bad.....David and David were offered to produce a high level star wars show by disney around season 6. so they started rushing everything, killing character growth, ignoring George Martin.....then season 8 was so poorly received, disney pulled them off that project lol. Fckn karma
Justin Dodge
2025-06-14 00:25:41 +0000 UTCHonestly I feel sorry that you’re having to watch this, but I’m enjoying your reactions, so many of us felt just the same, especially after following the show for years, sharing it with our friends, rewatching it before a new season came out, wondering how it was all going to end, and then this, one of the most disappointing ends to what started out as one of the best ever few seasons of a TV show, all the depth and believability of characters, the intricacies of the world building, all gradually eroded by a script that feels like it was put together via a game of consequences.
Mathew Hill
2025-05-28 22:12:12 +0000 UTCIt's giving major Penguin "the thing i wanted to happen didn't happen so everything is dumb" energy.
Ste Rawlings
2025-05-26 02:48:04 +0000 UTCYall kept saying what did Danny do wrong that made her worse than Jon or what made Jon better... Well what makes Danny better than Jon exactly? Like she dosent have the claim to the thrown over Jon... And she is prone to jump to violence from the start, only difference is there were ppl to advise her about holding back. If ur a king who is violent and need ppl to calm u down, then ur not worthy. If ur a king who is violent, have dragons, ur father was the mad king, don't have the best claim to the throne and u lost all ppl who kept u in check from violence then ur definitely not the good option and far from the best option. Instead of questioning Varis listen to what he said. He served many kings. Which means he know what kind breaks and when. And Danny was showing signs of breaking. Even before all this, if ur decision is to burn ppl alive instead putting them in jail. And ur family has a bad history of misusing fire then that's a bad sign.
Shahbaj Mohammad
2025-05-21 22:04:53 +0000 UTCRIP to the womb-to-tomb ride or dies.
Alicia Hauskins
2025-05-17 19:23:39 +0000 UTCSome people think the Daenerys ' evil turn was done well. I just completely disagree. They have showed her violent tendencies, but her turning her rage towards thousands of innocent peasants is a huge departure from her character. The writers also completely assassinated Jaime when he said that he never cared about innocents. That line seems purposefully calculated to upset the fans of the show/books. Finally, I just can't even watch the Varys stuff. As you mentioned, he prematurely betrays Daenerys before its justified. He also openly commits treason against the queen and tells her closest adviser and her boyfriend about it. Varys in the early seasons was a great player of the game because nobody knew what he was doing or what he wanted.
Matthew s
2025-05-17 13:32:03 +0000 UTC
