Game of Thrones things

[avrelia]

1) You know, one thing I, at the time, don't want for finale to happen is Tyrion and Sansa ending together. I like Tyrion, and I love Sansa, and I think at this point she really really doesn't want to be married to anyone.

2) Otherwise, I am rooting for the giant flu epidemic (Spanish/Dornish?) to wipe out all the rest of Westeros population. It would be both shocking and realistic. WIn-Win!

3) a bit of fannish disclosure: I was never that big of a fan of the TV series. First seasons were too full of graphic sex and violence for my taste. THen they were full of graphic sex and violence and too slow, and then too fast and with almost random character development. But I loved the characters as they were portrayed in the series. Many of the character moments and character interactions are the things that will stay with me forever. Even if they are too violent and horrible. And I love the fannish conversations surrounding the series- something I can still enjoy for years to come. ;)

Comments

[shadowkat]

1. Agreed. Also no trial, that makes no sense. I despise the rumors I've read about the finale. So have made the choice not to watch it live and wait to watch on Monday or Tuesday or next weekend, and let myself be spoiled. I watched it live last Sunday and got pissed off. (I stayed up late for that? Ugh.)

2. Agreed. Except I want the dragon to live. Also possibly Arya. Everyone else, can die.

3. Yeah...I liked the dialogue and the character arcs, and was invested in the story arc. But I admittedly found the show hard to watch at times. The books were actually easier and far less graphic, which is saying something considering. A friend of mine recently binged all seven seasons in two weeks, I thought -- eh, I can't do that. There is no way I'm going to rewatch the torture of Theon, the burning of Shireen, the Red Wedding, Ned Stark's beheading (even though I disliked Ned because he was a twit), the rape of Sansa, everything with Ramsay Bolton....again. Once was enough.

So you are not alone in this.

[avrelia]

I managed to avoid the rumors so far, and generally want to get it over with as soon as I can. Trying to lower my expectations as low as possible for now.

there were a lot of good, satisfying moments, but I can hardly imagine rewatching all horrible ones to get to them.

[shadowkat]

Agreed. I feel the same way. There's some really good stuff in there, but you have to plow through a lot of stuff that I really don't want to see again to get there.

Also, there's a lot of other things to watch instead.

I'll watch the last episode, but after the last two episodes, I have very low expectations. And after seeing the cast interviews on it? Even lower. Kit Harrington deemed it "disappointing", Emilia Clark laughed nervously while deeming it as the best ever, very tongue in cheek, and Nicolai Costa-Walder and Peter Dinklage...seemed to indicate likewise.
So low expectations.