Absolutely awful ending to an absolutely awful season. Literally the only good thing about it was Daenerys becoming a mass murderer and dying, and only because of how much it triggers the YAS KWEEN crowd.
Let's start with the Night King: he didn't matter AT. FUCKING. ALL. He died in one episode, then is never mentioned again. Pointless plot arc. Utterly unsatisfying. Arya just comes home from Bravos and teleports behind him. The end.
Varys sending out ravens: was just for a cool cinematic shot, I guess? Jon's heritage didn't end up mattering at all either, despite being a huge reveal.
Again, awful, awful time skips. So many important things happen off-screen. Daenerys gets killed? ..... screen goes black, skip forward a few weeks. Fucking really? No reactions shown, nothing. And then after the skip, nobody really cares that Daenerys died. Not in the "she sucked, whatever" way, but it's barely acknowledged. They just breeze over it.
Samwell's "hehe democracy" speech was fucking retarded and shoehorned in. Yara laughed at it, despite it being the way her people choose their kings, btw.
Daenerys murdering all the innocents was glossed over, no one called her to account for it properly. "Cersei tried to use them as a shield", and everyone was like "mm yea it was still kinda bad tho", no one pointed out how it was utterly unnecessary and achieved nothing.
And now for the most retarded thing in the entire fucking show: Bran being selected king. What the actual fuck? So, so fucking stupid. It made no sense whatsoever. Seriously. What the fuck?
This guy who's one step from being a literal vegetable, this creepy staring teenager who has spoken two awkward words in each season, is READILY chosen as the king by everyone?!?!? Because of Tyrion's utterly nonsensical speech about fucking stories that made no sense whatsoever?
What kingly qualities has Bran ever displayed? When has anyone seen him do anything that would imply he'd be a good ruler? On the contrary, as his first act as soon-to-be-king-if-people-still-agree, he demonstrates some insane favoritism to his family by letting the North become an independent kingdom, and EVERYONE STILL AGREES TO MAKE HIM KING, AND NOBODY ELSE GOES "yeah, us too btw or no vote"?!? Written by literal morons. Everyone just agreed that Stark supremacy everywhere was the best thing ever, and forgot about self-interest.
Jon Snow trial? Happened off-screen, of course. Wouldn't want to show reactions, etc. Why are the Unsullied and Dothraki fine with Jon's non-punishment? Oh yeah, everyone just sort of forgot about Dany dying. On that note, why the fuck is Jon even being punished? The Unsullied and Dothraki sail away. So... nobody left who would be angry at Jon. Still, sent "to the Night's Watch" because.... reasons. The Night's Watch that doesn't exist.
Drogon putting forth so much effort to melt the throne was retarded and random.
so apparently Drogon understood that it was the structures of power that the iron throne represents that killed Dany, rather than Jon?
A philosopher.
Drogon: My rider got stabbed with a sword! Wait, that chair is made of swords! THE CHAIR IS A TRAITOR!
Bronn becoming the master of coin despite Tyrion having to explain the concept of loans to him earlier makes a ton of sense.
Arya decides to sail west because she wants to randomly die on the ocean when her supplies run out as she looks for New Lands or something. Makes sense, since it's been at least an episode since she said their family will never be apart again.
Peasant: m'lord my crops died during winter and my house got burned down by dragonfire.. my wife died...the children died serving them Lannisters...i dont know where to go...what do I do m'lord
King Bran: You looked beautiful that day when your wife died
Bran: I can never be Lord of Winterfell, I can never be Lord of anything, I'm the three-eyed raven.
Also Bran: I'm the King
What an unsatisfying, idiotic ending to an unsatisfying, idiotic season. I'm just glad it's over so I don't have to watch another episode of this steaming garbage.