8 Things Everyone Is Getting Wrong About Game Of Thrones

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Good response to those who are upset about the latest episode of GOT

[dewsgirl]

1. I don't even watch, but it seems half of the fans have lost their damned minds.

[democratisphere]

3. I agree.

[shanny]

6. odds are better the show writers lost their damn minds

just sayin'

[RandySF]

2. What people don't understand about last week's episode (spoilers)

Overthrows rarely ended peacefully through human history.

[Docreed2003]

4. Or especially in Westeros

[tymorial]

5. I have never been into it. Then again I read Tad William's so I already get the theme

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I understand the arc now.

And I'm bracing for the end.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. The first thing everyone gets wrong is that it's worth watching.

Second is, even if you watch, it's just a fucking TV show! Get a life people, get a life.

[Upthevibe]

9. PoindexterOglethorpe...I haven't watched GOT because it's just not the type of

show I get into (fantasy, knights, sword fights, things of that nature/era just never held my interest at all). Having said that, I absolutely LOVE the kinds of shows I do get into which are actually quite varied: Breaking Bad, Big Little Lies, Lost, and many, many others over the years. Nothing thrills me more that great writing with great story lines, great acting, great characters, etc. I don't think that the fact that people are excited about GOT means they need to "get a life."

One of my passions is totally getting into some of the AWESOME shows that we've been fortunate enough to have been exposed to over the past 20 years. I adore having conversations with friends (over dinner, coffee, etc.) about plot development, characters, acting, and many other elements involved in the making of what I consider to be art.

I write on the side (as do some of my friends) and that's why I take exception to your comment. There are folks on the planet who cry when they hear Moonlight Sonata - I'm one of those people. It's about being moved by a story, a song, a painting. And then there are those (like my roommate) who is currently watching The Maury Povich show. I guess, as they say, that's what makes the world go round.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. You are right, of course, and I had no right to say what I did.

Just because I personally have no use for such shows doesn't mean they aren't worth watching for others.

Since I've never watched GOT, and never read the original novels, I must be circumspect in my comments.

I have never been a fan of fantasy or high fantasy, even though I'm of the precise generation that rediscovered Tolkien in 1965. I never got it. At some point someone, intending to be helpful, said I should start with The Hobbit. OMFG. For me it didn't help. The truly essential point is that I do not appreciate fantasy.

Hard science fiction? I'm your gal!

I happen to live in Santa Fe and I sort of know George RR Martin, although he doesn't think he's ever met me (anecdote below). I will say this about George. He's done truly wonderful things for this city. Some years back he was wandering in the downtown area and noticed a closed theater and thought, Hmm, someone ought to reopen this theater. And then he realized, *I* could reopen this theater. And so he did. It's the Jean Cocteau and it hosts many wonderful events. Normal films. Plus author events. Plus magic shows. Plus, he shows GOT on the big screen because he thinks that's how we all should experience it. Oh, and better yet, the GOT event is free. Just get there early enough to get a seat.

I've been to many events at the Jean Cocteau. And here's my George RR Martin story.

I attend various science fiction things, and I've crossed paths with George at several of them. And while I don't expect he remembers precisely who I am, I thought he'd at least remember he's met me. Alas, he's made it clear he hasn't a clue who I am.

Forward to 2017. I saw the total eclipse that year with Connie Willis, who is (in case you don't already know, and if you don't, please look here up before proceeding) a very large name in the science fiction community. Suffice it to say, Connie and I are friends. So in the spring after the eclipse, I'd seen her at the Jack Williamson Lectureship in Portales, NM (look it up, it is an amazing thing) and now she was in Santa Fe for an event there. Ok. I walked into the Jean Cocteau Theater. Connie and George were in that small room, and Connie took one look at me and came across the room to give me a big hug. George had a "Who the fuck is she?" look on his face.

My current near term life goal is that George RR Martin remembers that he's already met me.

[Solly Mack]

10. Hey! Repost that cartoon from the other thread! Please!

Loved it!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Here you go

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Solly Mack]

12. Thank you.

I love it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Oh, wonderful!

I have not watched GOT, have no interest in it, but from what I've gleaned from on line comments, that looks perfect.

[meadowlander]

15. The thing is... it's 2019. (Spoilers)

And in 2019 if you're going to write a story where the main female character is set up for eight seasons as a strong and caring leader you don't get to have her burn down a city in the second to last episode because she got PMS or whatever and then bring in male characters to pick up the pieces after she went hysterical. No matter what her family history is and how many "clues" you've left along the way. Just no.

IMHO they barely, barely, barely salvaged things in the last episode (thank Christ Jon didn't end up on the throne - that would have made the entire series irredeemable) but there was about ten minutes in the first third where I couldn't stop shouting "Pull up!" at the screen.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. I'm guessing you didn't watch the video

Based on this remark, "burn down a city in the second to last episode because she got PMS."

The video suggests rather than snapping she always had that bloody side. Remember the first season when Kahl Drago killed her brother with molten gold? She was rather dismissive of it saying, "He obviously wasn't a dragon."

[meadowlander]

17. I did watch the video

which is why I said "no matter how many "clues" you might have left along the way."

I was never Team Daenerys precisely because of her sense of entitlement and her liberator complex. But that doesn't make it acceptable to set up as a female role model and potential leader and then have her stumble at the last second because she can't manage her emotions.

Really? We can't do better than that?