Let's Rewrite the End of Game of Thrones [ Part 2 of 2 ]

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[@HelloFutureMe]

And here we are, the resolution to the stories of Jaime, Cersei, Arya, the Hound, Sansa, Tyrion, and Jon. Please keep in mind that I'm trying to work within what the show gave us, so not everything here is what I would *perfectly* like. My perfect rewrite would involve a Mad Queen Daenerys and a loooong period of dealing with the aftermath of the Unsullied, Dothraki, and the power vacuum, but merely two episodes limited me. What did you think? Love your support for me and Supreme Leader Mishka! www.patreon.com/hellofutureme Get my book! tinyurl.com/y5mwpyyj Instagram? instagram.com/tim_hickson_hfm/ Stay nerdy! ~ Tim

[@ewanmacdonald-clark4579]

Hello Future Me omg I love you

[@ewanmacdonald-clark4579]

Just ordered the whole set of books

[@lottam9972]

Love all the got rewrites yet and if you’d want to put your ideal show ending into a video as well I’d watch the hell out of that!

[@chuckjamm]

I applaud you sir. Too bad you can't write the game of thrones based on how you would do the show

[@wisdommanari6701]

Nitpick, Ned was cleaning ice not sharpening it. Valyrian steel keeps its edge, you don't sharpen it. Also the iron-born a culture of sailors have sailed west several times and have never found anything beyond the lonely light. Arya's gonna die of Dehydration

[@MisterPagin]

"he goes to his dire wolf and hugs him closely and tells him he's a good boy" 10/10 best ending ever

[@SV-og2rq]

Should be "goodest boy"

[@ari3903]

@@SV-og2rq no "sam tarly"

[@nvelasquez4216]

me made cry so hard!

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

Jon: Game of Thrones Ghost: Game of Goodboy

[@thegreatpage5912]

I'm not sure if I was the only one who noticed the obvious problem with Torment keeping Ghost. This is the same guy who bragged about screwing bears and goats.

[@nessunamore]

No 15 min scene of Tyrion organizing chairs?

[@a.pourihosseini]

:DDDD

[@samsuh]

in the final scene, tyrion can move chairs before talking about winter vegetables.

[@soundninja99]

But that was the best scene in the real episode

[@thescgrand1831]

@@soundninja99 it was my favourite scene in the whole series

[@boswickvonbigglesworth3530]

"A warm pool and a mountain cave." - That is the perfect line for Jon, and I am so pissed it wasn't in the actual script.

[@sp0pie928]

it's a warm pool in* a mountain cave

[@kimjongun5613]

sp0pie yep, hearing that made me tear up, too many fucking emotions in one simple line

[@iainhansen1047]

Stefanos Nickoloff I cried when he read out that line, So perfect!

[@Bluecho4]

Jon was always let down by the latter parts of GoT, because he didn't seem to want anything. At least here, he could say "I _aggressively_ want nothing to do with you people".

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

@@Bluecho4 and that would have definitely been in character for him after seeing all this horror and death for power. Jon would be absolutely finished with westeros

[@BR-ng1kp]

Arya killing Sandor would also give meaning to her faceless man character, "Mercy".

[@user-ko3rx2ps7t]

I cannot believe a random guy on KZbin wrote a superb ending to Game of Thrones, using ONLY the last 2 episodes of a shambolic season. We were really robbed.

[@Rooibos_Marvelous]

Ehem... he is not a random guy. He is the Hello Future Me Guy! :P

[@rainmanslim4611]

D&D really are hacks. It would be amazing if Disney hired Hello future me to write the next star wars movie. I bet he'd write a damn kickass movie

[@benzenefire]

Rainman Slim cut them some slack - D&D have a lot more people around them to satisfy, and they had to (or at least felt they had to) finish with the same beats as Martin’s pre-planned ending, which Hello Future Me doesn’t do

[@509megsy]

@@benzenefire Don't be an apologist for those idiots. They weren't forced to do anything.

[@samk522]

If D&D wanted to move on and weren't willing to take the time and effort necessary to give GoT a satisfactory conclusion, they should've handed it off to someone else. No guarantee that their replacement would be any better, but they couldn't be any worse.

[@ALeaud]

When you said that Jon was sharpening his sword just like Ned I literally cried. What a perfect ending. Thank you for making this.

[@RileyRivalle2]

I'm sorry to rain a bit on this "perfect ending", months later and all that, but you can't really sharpen a valyrian steel sword. Ned was just cleaning it from Will's blood.

[@dutchpangermanist5673]

@@RileyRivalle2 that annoyed me so much in the show, people sharpening Valyrian steel.

[@robertmcveigh302]

I like the idea of Tyrion giving away Casterly Rock. Since I believe the Lanisters originally stole Castery Rock from another house. It has nice symmetry for it then to be given as a gift to a "friend". Would really make Tywinn roll in his grave lol.

[@rannierunsfast]

Robert McVeigh it gives the dumb Bron plot a better ending too. Bron getting fucking Highgarden and appointed master of coin makes no sense.

[@RealGateGuardian]

@@rannierunsfast Highgarden made sense since the Tyrell's are extinct in tthe show.

[@RealGateGuardian]

Tywin not Tywinn

[@niteliniN]

I would add one thing. there Bron states "well, who would have guessed, it is true, a Lannister always pays his debts"

[@Carrottime]

It's not as though the Rock is even his to give.

[@LennardJaros]

The best part about this is that where the characters end up are very similar for the most part. Jon beyond the Wall, Sansa as Queen in the North, Arya sailing abroad and Dany, Cersei and Jamie dead. And yet, it's so much better...

[@thegreatpage5912]

I like to think Davos goes on to advise and mentor Gendry in the Stormlands.

[@elwynbrooks]

As with most stories, it's about the journey ... not the destination

[@Vee_9001]

I have some problems with it, but within the confines of working within the last two episodes, I struggle to think of a better overall storyline.

[@SilvX610]

It's better because of the events leading to it. I always felt like Jon belonged beyond the wall, but i hated the fact that he was sent back there as a traitor for killing Daenerys. Completely unearned

[@johnroach9026]

​@@SilvX610 It also makes Jon feel like a more active character in avoiding kingship and going beyond the wall. By all rights in the original plot he should've been made king; regardless if he killed Dany or not. Here, Jon plays the Game and gets the outcome he wants

[@songwright]

This is a better ending for Cersei and Jaime. She dies as a result of her character flaws, having learned nothing from her failure. This is also a good way to complete Jaime's redemption arc.

[@petramccafferty5902]

Ramon Sanchez yup. I knew Jamie would die. I had hoped it was something like this. I will pretend this is what really happened.

[@edienandy]

In the show Cersei dies from her flaws. She characteristically overplays her hand and suffers the consequences.

[@gbeepee9995]

Your rewrites are so good I can actually feel my mind overwriting what I saw on tv

[@bradleyouambo1371]

^^^this I’m actually forgetting that horrible ending

[@mcrsmash8319]

Facts

[@alka4823]

same! I feel content now...I finished got today and I was frustrated the entire day..thank god I found this

[@ivanbobanovic]

honestly

[@satana8157]

Your story was so satisfying, that even listening to it made me feel like I'm actually watching the show. At the end of original story I didn't feel anything, I was just waiting for it to end. But at the end of your version, I felt nostalogic. Important part of it was the fact that it wasn't the ending I liked to happen either, but it was logical, it made sense and nothing seemed forced. Great job man.

[@Keandros]

All hail Future of House Me, First of his Name, King of the Rewrites and the Character Arcs, Lord of the Worldbuilding and Protector of the Continuity.

[@fatalshore5068]

And his liege lord Mishka

[@stefanmarkovic8424]

@@fatalshore5068 Mishka is dead with no heir... Let the war begin.

[@persephoneklein]

@@stefanmarkovic8424 And so begins again the game of thrones

[@achillfe]

Long may he reign!

[@Visforelvenshireling]

All Hail!

[@Nicholas339]

HBO as a response to the online petition tells fans to write their own ending if they didn't like theirs in the most smug way. Hello Future Me does it. What now HBO

[@JustButton]

Nicholas Mohammed Nothing! Fans help satisfy themselves, with no help from HBO. The joys of fanfic.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

@@JustButton pretty much. Also HBO is going to be busy with the GoT prequel, the Watchmen series, the Chernobyl series, His Dark Materials and whatever else is coming up.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

Fans: HBO, REWRITE THIS EXPENSIVE SERIES THAT YOU POURED HOURS OF HARD WORK INTO! HBO: Write your own. Fans: (Pikachu face)

[@nicholasmosteller6760]

@Revanante, poor use of meme.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

@@nicholasmosteller6760, accurate use of meme.

[@KidderRachel]

Moments that this 30 minute rewrite made me tear up/ cry: 1. Jon sharpening his sword under the tree 2. Jon saying he wants a warm pool and a mountain cave 3. Tyrion saying he has a soft spot for cripples, bastards, and broken things Moments the final episode made me feel an emotion: 1. When it ended and the relief that D&D can no longer murder the story washed over me

[@Pocolas]

Your rewrites are my new head canon. Thank you

[@keithwinget526]

I fully agree. I decided to forgo watching the last two episodes of season 8, so these rewrites fill in that gap. Although, I like the previous episode rewrites better than the show as well.

[@TheStormWolf10]

^ this...110% agree this is my new head cannon

[@ianjohnson182]

Yep, I'm just going to choose to believe these videos from now on.

[@johnsphpaulin1162]

@@keithwinget526 I wish I hadn't watched the last two episodes now. If this had been my first introduction to the ending of game of thrones, I probably would have been a lot more satisfied in general.

[@neuralmute]

Absolutely agreed. Apart from my previous headcanon that *IF* the Iron Throne were to survive, Sansa would follow how neatly GRRM had set her up as a parallel to Elizabeth I, and use the knowledge of "playing the game" that she had gained the hard way to bring Westeros into a Renaissance of sorts. With Ser Brienne as the head of her Queensguard, of course, and Tyrion as her faithful Walsingham. These being the words of a history junkie, who's been finding the historical parallels for everyone in the books since my first reading. (The Lannister twins as Lucrecia and Cesare Borgia are particularly amusing/tragic... )

[@Clockwork0214]

Had to pause the video to comment on how great it is to give Bronn Casterly Rock instead of Highgarden. Much, much more satisfying thematic fit

[@seankumar2154]

It would’ve made even more sense if Tyrion has Bronn marry a Lannister cousin, maybe Janei daughter of Kevan, and taking the name Lannister. That at least seems plausible, as Bronn would have a claim

[@Redrally]

@@seankumar2154 House Blackwater sounds more badass though.

[@son0fhobs-again]

Casterly rock was originally taken by a cut throat (or something like that), it would be fitting for it to end up with one as well.

[@dutchpangermanist5673]

Some Lannister cousin will just kill Bronn in this scenario, just like in the show one of the many Tyrell branches realistically will.

[@bendrescher7185]

I’m glad that this rewrite actually made the battle of kings landing an actual battle. It made the Lannister’s look competent. Cersei during all of the seasons has proven she never surrenders until her enemies are dead, and episode five totally abandoned her character.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

What's wrong with the battle of King's Landing being a curbstomp? Lannister's look competent, but now the dragons look weaksauce.

[@fakub2026]

@@Revenante_of_Asylum How Drogon looked weak? in this rewrite Daenerys only loses because she doesn't want to destroy everything and be Queen of the Ashes, not because she was week. It makes perfect sense.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

@@fakub2026 Because the Drogon is no longer the destroyer of men previous battles have established him as being. He's relegated to support, weighed down by armor which logically should do nothing to stop missile projectiles capable of piercing the toughest scales in the world. The Targeryen dragons have gone from the deciding factor in their conquests to being the backup. The Lannisters losing the the battle proper had nothing to do with their supposed incompetence. It was them going up against the equivalent of a nuke. Edit: Further consideration. Drogon destroying the scorpions himself can be symbolic of humans folly of trying to take down the apex predator with unwieldy siege engines not traditionally designed for precision aiming, and thus unable to hit a moving, unimpeded target that knows about their existence and fly accordingly.

[@fakub2026]

@@Revenante_of_Asylum In the rewrite they would lose too but Daenerys holds back, is like USA deciding to not nuke Japan. And we see the Scorpions piercing Dragon bones, the armor only give him a little more time to keep burning things. And it makes sense that they will give him an armor because Rhaegal died last episode without one, and Daenerys will be afraid of losing his last son.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

@@fakub2026Rhaegal died last episode because he was injured and having trouble flying, and was caught off guard flying at leisure and not in a active combat situation. The main strength and defense dragons have against those bolts are dodging them entirely, which is easy to do when you are mindful of them, as they're incredibly heavy and cumbersome, hard to aim in a close up combat situation when your enemy is flying circles around you. The armor is completely redundant given how hard dragon scales are, and worse would only serve to make the dragon wearing it more susceptible to scorpion attacks by virtue of making Drogon a slower, easier target. Daenerys and others would more reasonably assess that any bolt able to pierce dragon hide would be more than capable of punching through any man-made plates like paper, except maybe made from metals like Valyrian Steel.

[@Spearced]

"He is a definitively honourable man, even if only he knows it." That genuinely made me start welling up a bit. Christ, they messed up so badly this season, so many chances for this kind of nuance. Bravo, this re-write is canon as far as I'm concerned.

[@JustAnInconspicuoussCat]

This is, honestly, the best rewrite I've seen/heard. I watched 2-3 other videos and I found things that didn't work with the plot or character arcs or that made other, minor, mistakes. On top of that, you worked with GRRM's writing style of not falling into common troupes. Thank you for sharing your talent and for bringing peace to so many people who have been reeling from the show's ending! Edit: Would love to see a video where you come up with your own perfect ending for GoT, without the restrictions of the show!

[@tyrellesmith9265]

One annoying issue with the last 2 seasons is that they were bursting with generic fantasy tropes. It's like no one involved with the show realized the very point of the series was to deconstruct and avoid those tropes. So frustrating to watch....

[@Skip6235]

Right? I want to hear his take with the end of season 6 as the starting point.

[@ChaoticBiRanger]

Can we all just appreciate Tim's audiobook voice acting? His inflections and subtle changes in accent and tone are on POINT

[@Jane155-x6d]

''He goes to his direwolf and he hugs him closely. He tells him he's a good boy'' YES! If I didn't love this script before, I sure do now!

[@AliceDiableaux]

I honestly almost choked up at that

[@mutton_man]

Yeah I prefer this rewrite because it felt like it was Jon's choice to be by the wall with his wolf and wildlings rather than it being forced upon him.

[@hanneslundback3228]

THIS IS THE ENDING I WANTED (and kinda thought of) "the wheel" that dany wanted to break was the wheel that aegon built when he conquered the seven kingdoms and made the iron throne, the wheel is the seven kingdoms, the wheel is the iron throne. so in this ending danys story and goal is finished because of her but not in the way she thought, that she would rule.

[@FreedomIII]

"What do you want, Jon Snow" Now THERE'S the Tyrion flippin' Lannister that I know!! I wish I could give you more likes just for this single, brilliantly in-character line!

[@mysouptoocold1656]

I would have Jon answer that question with : "I want to go home." Like a good parallel to Dany in season 1. Both are forced to do what they don't want to do

[@maadtee6281]

Jon: screw you guys I'm going home

[@kamerasengan]

Why is this line so brilliant? I'm probably forgetting something, am curious 'cause I love what he's done with the ending but that didn't hit any notes in my head of something particularly special

[@timothykurdt7645]

@@kamerasengan "You know nothing Jon Snow"

[@andrewdarby8843]

@@kamerasengan Check out Charisma on Command's video on how Tyrion plays the game of thrones. Basically, one of Tyrion's greatest strengths as a political manipulator is that he cares what it is that people want and makes it so that he is their best option for getting it. Think of pretty much every one of his greatest and most believable manipulations: "What do you want, Bron, gold, women? Golden women?" "Don't fight for your king and don't fight for your country, and don't fight for riches because you won't get any... those are your gates Stannis is knocking on, and if he gets in, it will be your homes he destroys." One of the first things he does when he is with the night's watch in season 1 is to learn the stories of everybody. "A Lannister always pays his debts." Soon after meeting Varys: "What do you want? Tell me." With the hill tribes, he offers them weapons to take the Vale for themselves. Different players of the game have different strategies. Tywin exuded power and put everybody under himself, LittleFinger treated people like pawns to be lied to and manipulated, Varys plays a subtle game, rarely ever trying to change the way others think, but instead learning who would be best able and willing to further his goals (or the goals of the realm) and ensuring that they are given the information to do so. Tyrion's strategy is to treat people like people, each with their own desires and stories. At the very end, him treating Jon like a person and recognising that he has his own things that he wants rather than just assuming, like so many other players of the game do, that Jon must want whatever Tyrion would want in his situation... well, that would seem like a final reminder of why he was so successful for so long and that this is the same Tyrion.

[@animefan77]

4:14- Euron: I'm leaving to be a main villain of a Game of Thrones spin off!

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

Which makes sense, as all evidence shows him to be the main human villain of the books

[@cbrreezzyy69]

@Apathetic Apparition if he’s still human*

[@tyrellesmith9265]

I like this ending a lot better. It makes a lot more sense logically and thematically. The seven kingdoms were forged in dragon fire so the last dragon dying with Dany and the cruel quest for power dying with Cersei leaving a path for total independence is something I can understand. The fact that Dorne and the Iron Islands did not demand their own independence in the finale really highlights how D&D don't really understand this world at all. I still don't think this series did enough to show Sansa as a competent leader, they just kept saying she totally was without tangible examples but leaving her to rule with Tyrion as her hand improves on that a bit. And Jon choosing to leave and live beyond the wall on his own terms and not part of some weird nonsense punishment gives a lot more closure to his ending

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

Also the fact that Dorne has a PRINCE. By all Dornish laws the Princess of Dorne should be Sarella Sand, as the oldest surviving daughter of Oberyn Martell.

[@bleh4824]

Wow, that ending made me more emotional than the HBO one. I definitely think that Jon ending up on the throne is actually an unhappy ending for the character, given how much he loathes ruling. He could be a great king but he would hate it and he'd been trapped in a position he never wanted to be in. Going beyond the wall is definitely his happy ending and honestly, I feel the guy deserves it after all the stuff he's been through.

[@robert47743]

Dude your picture is so fantastic

[@rnjesus9950]

That moment when you realize that this is as valid as the show since the depiction of both ends are fan fiction. I, for one, will choose to remember it this way. Thanks for taking the time to put this together, and give us the closure we were denied by d&d.

[@cbrreezzyy69]

Closure will come in the form on TWoW and ADoS

[@pyrosianheir]

"A warm pool in a mountain cave." UUUggggghhh... How dare you, that's so GOOD! I hadn't watched any since season 5, planning to binge the whole thing when the show finished, and from everything I've heard, this is already a WAY better ending than whatever awaits me.

[@patrickd7988]

Oh you poor summer child. You have quite the misery waiting for you

[@pyrosianheir]

@@patrickd7988 I've not worried about getting spoiled, so I know exactly the awfulness awaiting. XD Heckin' D&D ruinin' it.

[@TMWriting]

I goddamn love your ending for Tyrion. I can so clearly see him tearing up at the Hand of the Queen pin, evaluating it, looking back up at Sansa and slowly taking it from her. It capitalises on their deep, complex respect for one another and is honestly just a nice idea, them living out the rest of their days in Winterfell together. Excellent. I think what I love most about rewriting Game of Thrones is that the show has already done so many seasons of masterful character work, setting up conflicting themes and parallels within every relationship that can each be individually tracked and woven together for satisfying conclusions. The groundwork is there, but the final season just left so many pieces on the table. Yara, for example. She contributes nothing to the broader story, but her story obviously needs to be paired with Euron’s to satisfy both of their arcs (he’s introduced by stealing her home from her, they meet later when he kills most of her men, he captures her by humiliating her brother and she - never sees him again?). So while I think some things could have been reworked even more to be slightly more thematically engaging - The Hound could easily choose to forgo his revenge on The Mountain by choosing to save Arya from something, as she’s what steered him away from that path (and him, her). Even having him fight The Mountain *for* Arya would do the trick, and not just completely undercut his entire character development - I applaud your incredible ability to pick up and satisfyingly the off all these different narrative threads. The breaking up of the Kingdoms, for example, was a genuine master stroke, and shows a deep awareness of the political world we’ve been shown for so long. Why the hell would the Iron Islands and Dorne stick around if the North got to bow out? And why should the rest of the Kingdoms stay together if the other three got to leave? It all makes perfect sense in a way that the show completely failed to even attempt. So well done! Thank you for at the very least sparking the inspiration in me to consider how I would have ended this show, how my construction of this season would have treated each character and theme. It’s been a fascinating thought experiment and has removed at least some of the bitter taste left over from an unsatisfying finale.

[@TMWriting]

@@jakefitzsimons4245 you should read my comment on the last video. It's way longer and involves proper fanfiction (Jamie gets burned alive sitting on the Iron Throne!)

[@rimonino]

@@jakefitzsimons4245 lol well you read it....and if you didn't, literally why do you care

[@TMWriting]

@@jakefitzsimons4245 so you're like, a really sad person, yeah?

[@jakefitzsimons4245]

@@TMWriting lol only like two weeks late with the response 😂

[@apomtaylor8054]

@@jakefitzsimons4245 Chill out dude, what's up with the neg vibes. Totally unnecessary champ!

[@agostonbarany9668]

One minor change. I would add a scene where Jon leaves longclaw at winterfell saying he wont need it where hes headed This would make jon entire leave his heritage for a peaceful life and the Starks getting a valyrian steel sword again. Also a scene when tormund and jon meet up and tormund calls him king in the north and kneels before jon tells him “we dont kneel around here” At which tormund laughs like he usually does I feel like these little callbacks is what the show desperately needed. But not in a forced manner and for absolutely no worth. Just make it smooth Wish you were the writer all along

[@w.camera1204]

Your critique of Bran as King is well-stated. I totally agree.

[@sebastianstrom-helbekkmo7648]

I absolutely loved this ending, it felt so much more like the early seasons of GoT we all fell in love with! The only thing I would like to add is a small detail on the death of Danerys: As she lies dying, next to Drogon and surrounded by her faithful Bloodriders, her gaze shifts towards the skies. There, in the last moments of her tragic life, she recalls words spoken to her, so long ago now it seems almost as a dream. And as she dies, a faint smile forms upon her lips, and with her dying breath she utters: "My sun and stars.."

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

OUCH!! That line absolutely destroyed me! God this is the perfect bittersweet ending for Dany! Showing what the Iron Throne quest has done to her but not in a way that breaks her character. Realizing what she has become but still dying with her old morals. It's heartbreaking. It's beautiful. It's the perfect ending for my favorite character.

[@eddiespeight8103]

I stopped before the original ending. So this is canon to me now.

[@sebastianpog]

Even if the story is bad, I would still recommend watching it for the visuals and cinematography

[@genericuser-1]

@@sebastianpog Agreed, this is indisputably the best season in virtually every aspect, accept the plot, story, and writing. Which is the most important part lol. It is very sad, everyone involved put in some of their best work (with the exception of the Satan spawns *cough* *cough* I mean Dumb and Dumber.

[@hellwain]

yes, you did, don't lie for fake internet points.

[@Elcrisso1]

Sure you did...

[@eddiespeight8103]

Not entirely sure why I'd bother lying, but fine.

[@cenedra20]

So... I like how KZbin became audiobook-fanfics for GoT😅

[@pedrosolly3023]

Thank you for giving Jamie a great ending.

[@carktheshark]

In the show, I honestly thought he was gonna go kill Cersei. He should have been the only one to do that because he still loves her but knows that she's a danger to everyone else. It would have brought his growth and arc to an good end.

[@pedrosolly3023]

@@carktheshark exactly, in my opinion, the show butchered Jamie's Character in episode 5

[@iryu7288]

@@carktheshark and it fit the duty is the death of love far better than what John did

[@iridescentdemon]

MUCH more satisfying, especially Jon's arc. I said I would actually be in favor of him abdicating and going north but the way they turned him into a wishy washy simperpot didn't help him get there. Him going to the one place where he felt truly content is perfect. And the line about just wanting a warm pool and a mountain cave is lovely

[@AbelDuviant]

Honestly, the way you narrate this video makes the rewrite just that much better. Great job on these vids, man. Can't believe I didn't subscribe to you before now. (Also can't believe I ever thought season 8 could be any good)

[@95BWG]

"Ser Davos's seafaring son, Stannis Seaworth..." Now that is a great alliteration.

[@PintsofGuinness]

i didnt know davos had other sons until i googled it

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

Isn't he like 10 or is it only in the books?

[@perezo27]

So, I love this Specially the Tyrion thing and how the political part of the story ends Amazing, seriously great job man

[@stephanieclark8327]

Man, Bronn will be pissed when he discovers that Tyrion left him with an empty gold mine and mounting Lannister debt....XD

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

He’d probably sell Casterly Rock for a bunch of sellswords and take over the Twins.

[@i.147]

22:29 This ending is so much better, but this is what totally convinced me. Quality writing.

[@dylanschor9824]

Wait, so season 8 could've been good even with 6 episodes and D and D are just incompetent storytellers?

[@avanishdutta2658]

When did dungeons and dragons become storytellers?

[@Bazman123zx]

@@avanishdutta2658 D&D=Dan and David

[@mcrsmash8319]

Always has been

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@mcrsmash8319 It could have been better if Your papa George finished the last book first so that simultaneously the show could be finished, but then again idiots are idiots.

[@ineednochannelyoutube2651]

The writer’s of the show should really have known enough about their own show by this point to write a decent ending if they had any skill at all.

[@tsakibubis]

2 years. They had 2 YEARS (!) to write the ending coherently (yeah, seasons 5-7 weren't always brilliant, but still), and yet we got a lazy and idiotic ending to what could have been one of the greatest shows ever (which it was, until the final season). Such a shame. Great rewrites Tim - i wish the actual ending was similar

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Until the books come out, I'm just going to pretend this is how it ended. Even after the books come out, I might still prefer this ending...

[@himanshusirohi3489]

Books will end the same way as show did, but GRRM will do it in a great sense.

[@petramccafferty5902]

Books will end the same but it will make a lot more sense. Or I will die before another book is released...

[@tammymartinez7488]

Sorry GRRMs ending is the ending. It’s his story his taking US along. Enjoy and don’t change it! Side note GRRM hates fan fiction!

[@aaroncartmill9359]

Ok, small brief change that i think would be better. Jaime confronts cercei alone in a tower of the red keep. An open window beside them. Jamie yells at cercei for murdering thousands of innocents. Cercei screams that everything she does and will do is for him and her unborn child. Jaime says that love is kind and unharming. You cannot murder thousands in the name of love. You are not a queen. You are a monster. Cercei screams and pushes Jaime through the tower window. At the last second, Jaime grabs cercei's heel and pulls her through the window with him and falling to their deaths. The final shot is both of them broken and bloodied on the ground, with Jaime' s hand on cercei's heel. That's just a small change I would make. In the first book cercei says that their mid wife said that he came out with a hand on her heel. They would exit the world the same way they entered, together with a hand on her heel

[@krisp5735]

good call, but in this rewrite he could reach for her as he is dying, and the heel is closest, to tie it together :)

[@leonievw2466]

Good one. Dramatic haha

[@joegill9081]

Great idea, but I like would change it to Jaime pushing Cercei out the window, then jumping to his death to be with her.

[@herefortheshrimp1469]

You actually made me able to feel some emotion for this story again. I actually felt those crushing heartbreaks and saw the show I loved - I deeply appreciate both of these

[@Tousicle]

Not even finished, but wow; that ending for Jaime and Cersei is utter perfection. Bravo! EDIT: Thank you for this ending. It's beautiful, bittersweet, and real.

[@asthajindal5275]

I especially like that he called her sister, for two reasons. The original stigma around their relationship was because they were siblings, it drove so many plots, trying to hide it and killing kids and whatnot, and then the later seasons just kind of ignored it, and Cersei being mad while Jaime tried to deal with her became the main conflict in their relationship. And more importantly, I always felt that their bond was so strong because they were twins, and that is also why they turned to each other when they reached sexual awakening, not the least because they lived in such a politically charged environment that the only people they could trust not to kill them is either themselves or literal twins. I was kind of hoping that with so much incest going on in this story, writers had tried to destigmatize romantic relationships between related people; although it does lead to unbelievable amount of genetic diseases, we cannot ignore that it has a huge social prejudice and ick factor against it too. Its wierd, but its also more natural than people think that people we trust and love the most in the world are the ones we have known our entire life. Its a very prevalent yet hidden problem all around the world, and all the negative connotations around it just make it more of a forbidden fruit. Dating your cousins is practically porn by now. We really need to talk about this.

[@beevie4081]

It's an interesting ending but I don't get how it is redemption. Episode one he is a King Slayer who attempts to murder a child for the sake of love. In the end he becomes a Queen Slayer who murders his own child for the sake of... justice? I don't know. It definitely brings up strong feelings, but not 'Ah yes, Jaime is redeemed ' more like 'oh shit, he will be a monarch killing child murderer forevermore'.

[@bendrescher7185]

Game of thrones season 8: Visuals: 10/10 Cinematography: 10/10 Directing: 10/10 Acting: 10/10 Writing: ....

[@mazenyehia3588]

Acting 10/10??? Lol Muh Queen

[@lee7956]

@@mazenyehia3588 the writing made the dialogue weak. Kit acted as well as he always has

[@Dunmerdog]

This is the only season where Emilia Clarke really came into her own as Daenerys. Still felt like being force fed a wet sock when she and Jon interacted but whatever

[@Ninja9191]

@@mazenyehia3588 Do you think actors go to work and just make up their lines as they go? Lmao.

[@stillwaitingforblackmetalr2503]

Honestly, am I the only one who thought the green screen and a lot of the effects looked fucking awful? Jon and Dany’s first dragon ride, the Lannister men preparing and mounting the scorpions on the walls of kings landing....... it all looked so fucking amateur hahahahahah am I really the only one....??

[@everything-has-a-handle-now]

"And tells him he's a good boy." Would be the best ending possible.

[@ragnaice]

It has never occurred to me to financially support a youtuber because well frankly there's plenty of you and if one or more have to quit that's not a loss to me. But your analyses have impressed me so much that I have pre-ordered your book and look forward to reading it even though I'll never write a book or a story where it might be useful to me. Regarding this video, well... everything is better than canon...

[@desoan]

"A warm pool in a mountain cave", if in the show, would've been one of if not the most powerful line of the series. this is also now canon for me 👌

[@SB-ou5yp]

Regardless of what happened, GoT has definitely sparked conversation among viewers. That's the major positive. Wasted potential is still frustrating though...

[@LuisSoto-fw3if]

Bad writers make great writers.

[@Giondi]

Yeah but the conversation it sparked was about how bad it was. I don't think they deserve credit for fans talking about it, fans were always going to talk about it. Poorly churned out work (whether you think that comes from laziness, incompetence, or rushing it to get to Star Wars) on the part of the writers is not the only way to spark conversation, a well written final season would have done it as well.

[@aria5614]

You are awesome at writing Tyrion. I smile every time you mention him in your rewriting.

[@mariatserpe8730]

Man, this ending makes so much sense, the characters get the endings they deserve without having their character development thrown to the fire and the overall world doesn't stay unaffected by the whole story and does care to try and make a better world, without one tyrant to rule them all. If this was the show's ending I would had definitely cared, maybe even cried over the tragic deaths or the sweet ending the characters got, anything better than the total frustrating, dissatisfying and/or uninteresting ending we got. Judging from this videos you seem to be a really talented writer and I will look forward to actually checking out your own book. I wish you find successes and happiness, keep up the good work!

[@frederic5974]

That's exactly the end how I imagined it. I was so upset when Bran was chosen as ruler of the six kingdoms I wanted 7 independent kingdoms at the end. But I also wanted more explanations about the night king and the white walkers But you have well done. Your ending for GoT is far better and logically than the ending we all saw last week. I hope your book gets many requests and reach many many people :) Good luck with it

[@Phoenixdark1]

This is MUCH, MUCH better. Still kind of lacking for Arya's story, but you only had the last 2 episodes to work with, so it's understandable. Her killing the Hound that way would have been so good. Sigh...

[@cbrreezzyy69]

She still got to kill TNK, there would be no reason for anything else to happen in her story, if it were to play out this way.

[@aurorasyreen863]

This is canon now. For me at least. Though I am looking forward to GRRM finishing his books finally, to see what he would do xD

[@DahLekKnight]

BAM, mic drop...you have written a far, far better end. This is my show headcannon from this day to the end of my days.

[@kali.9255]

oh my god. jon’s “a warm pool in a mountain cave” line is actually so heartbreaking. a+++ writing, my guy

[@Luka1180]

YESS! Jaime absolutely needs to kill Cersei. It only makes sense that way, especially after all the build-up of his redemption. It's his arc for crying out loud. Thank you Hello Futre Me!

[@irrevenant3]

True. But Martin has historically fulfilled arcs in unexpected (but satisfying) ways. This seems a little too neat for me. That's a nitpick though - this ending is messy enough elsewhere to make up for it.

[@meaningfulmind]

Everything is perfect for character arcs... I would love it if these two things also happened: 1. Bran and Samwell should go to the Citadel, for one is the entire human history book and other knows the ways of Citadel. Just like Bran sees visions by touching the weirwood tree, he can see visions by absorbing the light of that big discoball atop the citadel (since that has always been teased in the intro) 2. Just to give justice to Jon's Targaryen lineage, I think it would be great to see Jon surviving dragon fire in one of the battles. Maybe in the battle of winterfell against Viserion. While Viscerion is wreaking havoc, Jon sees Arya sneaking into Godswood and after buying some time distracting Viserion, he supposedly plunges to his death to distract/kill Viscerion. The ice dragon breathes blue fire and tearing out of the flames emerges Jon, digging Longclaw deep into viscerion's throat... or whatever.

[@krisp5735]

I love the suggestion that Bran goes to the Citadel, it fits for him perfectly, and this rewrite doesn't do anything with his character

[@patwiklund6275]

1. Agreed. It would also be the perfect shot to end the series on. Bran can finally have a reason to live (exploring the memories of Westeros) and Sam would be a wonderful person to get the last line of dialogue because he is GRRM's proxy. I love the rewrite, but ending on Sansa and Tyrion planning food supplies is slightly underwhelming. A teeny wink to the 4th wall by having Bran interact with the "disco-ball" (LOL) from the intro and Sam sitting down to write the story of the Ice & Fire could be perfect if done right.

[@alw87642]

Bran’s not included in this alternate ending because Hello Future Me had him die in the battle of winterfell

[@Timberwolf410]

*applauds* This was awesome! I love how you bookended it all, since I'm a strong believer in the whole "the story ends where it began" type of stuff. And thank you for doing justice to the Jaime/Cersei/Euron thing. -it boggles my mind how he NEVER questioned how Tyrion knew about the baby- And the Stark family finally got their new beginning! And Tyrion...finally free from the Lions' Den, as it were. And the most important thing, Ghost got some love! It's official: THIS is how it ended for me (:

[@nightgazer5780]

I just tell myself he reckons Qyburn told him in their little conversation, its easier that way

[@existenceisrelative]

That whole "what do you want, jon snow" part actually got me choked up a little. That's... that's impressive.

[@songwright]

I agree that the Hound's arc ended long ago at the sept.

[@roryschussler]

The Hound: You don't want a life like me. Don't live for revenge. Arya: Dude, I killed a guy's family, baked them into a pie, and fed it to him before killing him. Your revenge story ain't got shit on mine

[@joegill9081]

Agree. It is the Hound who should turn away from his quest for vengeance, leaving Arya to kill the Mountain. Then take the Mountain's face, and then...

[@homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe]

thank u lord hickson, first of his name, breaker of bad writting, father of wisdom

[@Slendermanz7]

"Killing all the villains would give too much of a happy ending" Like the happy Dany and Drogon deaths we got with the last episode rewrite?

[@rebecca4680]

Slendermanz7 . I feel it’s fine to kill all the villains, as long as it comes at a great cost to the heroes too. That way we don’t just get “the heroes win and live happily ever after”. Hello Future Me’s rewrite ends up killing a lot of villains and heroes alike, which I approve of.

[@apomtaylor8054]

are you not satisfied with her fate? i personally was at it mad a lot of sense.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

the final scene should be Euron sneaking up on Arya's ship LOL

[@grumpygoof349]

@adrena i have no issue with her dying, but her dying at kings landing with greyworm defending her was the only part of this I did not like.

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

The problem is that Euron is, beneath the smiling eye which the show version almost always showed (save for a couple scenes), too great an evil to deal with in the last two episodes. He's a tall and twisted thing, sailing on a sea of blood. Him surviving is a good thing, IMO, because it shows that the war isnt over. It will never be over. The storm will come again, and it's name is the Crow's Eye.

[@humanperson9952]

I'm sad this isn't how it went down. Great work, and congratulations on your book!

[@hairohukosu433]

What do you mean? This is canon now

[@gizmo7396]

This is brilliant. In your retelling, Dany still gets an amazing end for her arc that is bittersweet. After all she's done she dies with her people as a result of showing mercy to the innocent. Through her actions, although she isn't there to see it, she set in motion the steps required to finally break the wheel

[@Wommyo]

This is really good writing, but I'm afraid it's too long-winded to work for the three and a half minutes the showrunners wanted to spend on the last few seasons, may I suggest a more expedient ending: Rocks fall, everyone dies

[@upg5147]

While I know you joked at the end you're write. Even in his "Fixing the Night King" video he didn't work within the realms of the time slot given which is a HUGE game changer

[@LindsayCatherine]

I love Jon choosing the next king- It gives his title more relevance to me. Jon would make a good king but he doesn’t want it...so it only makes sense that his qualifications tee him up to choose a good ruler (which subsequently changes the way we know all the kingdoms and how they are ruled from here on out) Bravo

[@buddhidev7877]

Your rewritten script is good. That's what I think: it should return to 7 independent kingdoms just likes before Aegon's conquest. Thanks.

[@davidking6242]

that's how I thought it would end in the books, or better yet humanity will be so low in numbers that most of Westeros are ruled by the last king being king bran since king bran might be in the books too

[@frking100]

King bran is not so out of the loop. But the show doesn't build on it and basically forgets all of the greenseers power. The ones who Broke the arm of Dorne and sunk it into the ocean was the greenseers and then tried it again in moat caylinn and turned the entire area into a swamp. By all rights bran is as close to a god as there is once he masters his powers. This could be used to heal the land (also with nk being dead there shouldn't be year long winters) and feed the people after most of the kingdoms have been raised. There is also the fact that Brynden lived 120 years meaning bran could rule a good 100 years or more this having plenty of time to stabilize the realm and form a loyalist backing (Franklin Roosevelt was elected president for 12 years and many doubted that he would ever loose an election if he kept running for president due to so many voters basically growing up with him as president)

[@AliceDiableaux]

It's the only logical thing really if you think about it. They've always been independent kingdoms until the Targaryans came and had to kneel because of the superior (literal) firepower. Now all the dragons and all the Targaryans are gone, why would they stay together?

[@frking100]

@@AliceDiableaux Because it is economically advantageous. The 7 kingdoms being united means that there is no wars inside the continent allowing for uninterrupted trade. There would also be little to no trade tariffs as they are all part of the same nation. It also gives the country more trade power when dealing with other nations. It is also good for defending from foreign invaders or trade wars. The coinage system would also need to be changed and would devalue and compete with all the coins in the same continent not to mention that minting coins is incredibly expensive.These are all important points as every kingdom gets substantially weaker now that it is independent. We can look at our own history why a united country is better than separate kingdoms. A modern example would be the EU and the UK. During medieval times there was the HRE, China, Spain, France all which where separate smaller kingdoms united to have a better economy despite having different cultures and sometimes different languages (even today Spain has many municipalities that have completely different cultures to their neighbor and France while less obvious can be observed in the countries outskirts)

[@ReporterRed]

@@AliceDiableaux Also, while the reign of the Targaryens wasn't all perfect and peaceful (there were still civil wars and rebellions), Westeros was characterized by the Seven Kingdoms' constant warring and feuding over minor issues like border disputes and bloody conquests prior to being united under the Targaryens. War was a constant before the Targaryens united the realm, and compared to this time period, there was relative peace and more prosperity under the Targaryens. Again, it certainly wasn't perfect, but it was a lot better. A lot of people don't like the current ending of GoT because they believe the nobles would just logically subvert the elective monarchy and go to civil war, and while this is certainly a possibility, it's almost guaranteed if the Seven Kingdoms broke apart again. It would just return to the old days of constant wars and even more needless violence and death. It would be regression, not progression.

[@flusel4949]

I just LOVED that finally there was someone asking Jon the question what he really wants! After all this amazing dialogue from him in the last season ("I don't want it") it's so nice to see it having at least some kind of pay off.

[@SB-ou5yp]

Imagining tuning in with more excitement for a re-write than the original

[@tibot4228]

I really appreciate what you said about Jamie lapsing back into his love for Cersei not invalidating his trajectory as a character. At the same time, it is true that a Cersei who was not out of character would not hesitate to sacrifice innocents by the score (seriously, there was no good reason for her not to use wildfire effectively), and after his journey, Jamie would not have been able to just stand by. So to me it seems that if the pieces had been moved correctly, the only reasonable outcome would have been for Jamie to kill Cersei. As an aside, I do hope that in the books both Jon and Jamie kill their Queens, it would be so thematically fitting for the series to end with the Kingslayer reconfirming himself as such (though in different circumstances) and for the most honorable man left alive to commit the same crime. In true ASOIAF fashion, there is no privileged outlook on life, only actions and consequences, and opposite paths can lead to the same (yet differently nuanced) result. Fooling myself into thinking you'll read this and reply, were you thinking about what Bronn said about all noble houses being founded by cutthroats and killers when you had Tyrion give him the Rock? Not that a no would make it any less a stroke of genius.

[@johnronel7980]

And that my friend is how you end a saga. Please write a fantasy novel. I'd be on the first line of you fan/costumer

[@KiyokoSa]

A most wonderful re-write, however, now I'm even more mad at the official ending.

[@avanishdutta2658]

How about i say start an online fundraising for this rewrite to be filmed by good director and acted well by good actors? I mean the community can do it. Hell, all the fans dissatisfied with the original ending can do it.

[@KFoxtheGreat]

You broke my heart at 7:15. I am weeping. Thank you. All of your rewrite videos for this season are amazing and I appreciate you doing them.

[@itslizmiu]

Nobody: . . . . . . Everyone: *buys D&D a copy of your book*

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Dumb & Dumber should've had you outline the story, if only we can go back in time and rewrite history, like Endgame.

[@theflashgordon193]

Or hire other competent writer.

[@ataridc]

We have to go back to each individual moment of bad writing and erase it. From bad poosi to Sansa being pawned off to Ramsey by little finger for no logical reason.

[@seanlehning1542]

"How many alternate endings did you see?" "14,000,605." "And how many were better?" "Literally all of them."

[@pastelnyx8736]

"He goes to his dire wolf and hugs him closely. He tells him he's a good boy" I was pretty positive this was the exact way I wanted the show to end but this sealed the deal. lol

[@alexmoreira9901]

YES THATS SO SATISFYING THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE SERIES FOR ME

[@aaron.debattista]

Watching GoT: "This is so bad it depresses me." Watching these rewrites: "This is so good it depresses me."

[@buckeyeinblack]

Jon tells Ghost he's a good boy. 10/10 Best season ever!

[@JiyoonChoi-p7l]

this is official canon now. as far as i'm concerned, the season 8 by d&d never happened.

[@clarinamascarenhas7499]

Can you pitch your version to netflix

[@Mermzies]

Im having a hard time wrapping around my head that episodes of 30 minute narration done in a few days As a thought experiment Made me feel so much more eMOTION than more than an hour of whole episodes with complete and stunning visuals and writers paid to do it with huge amounts money and a lot more time at their disposal D&D fucked up big time is a massive understatement

[@songwright]

I always thought it would make more sense for all of the kingdoms to become independent, so I agree with your version of the political ending of the story.

[@gracexcon]

Not only are your rewrites worlds better, your dialogue inserts are so, so in character, and you even manage to get the actors' vocal inflections while saying the lines! Just brilliant. Already in the process of overwriting this as the actual ending in my head

[@ayou2470]

Now THAT is the way to end a story ladies and gentlemen. I felt more in this video than I did watching the entire last season. Well done. I'm buying your book.

[@masterchock328]

This story made me cry. Feels much more reasonable than the ending we got.

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

"In the Name of King Jon of the House Snow, First of his Name, King Beyond the Wall and of the Freefolk, Lord of the True North, and the Shield that guards the Realms of Men."

[@akulkudari7281]

jaime scene killing cersei would've been better if he said "the things I do for love" before he plunged his sword into her

[@alisaurus4224]

He could say it as he breathes his last with six swords in his chest

[@Nespar89]

Thank you very much for giving so many characters the ending they deserve. I can live in peace now

[@sierra750]

I'm just gonna keep rewatching these 2 videos until all memory of the show episodes has faded away and all I'm left with is your rewrite. Thank you

[@NevG27]

Bravo(s), excellent story telling. I imagine you'll have to follow D&D to Star wars to fix their mess there too.

[@skewercorn9894]

This actually gave me a bittersweet feeling. Well done.

[@MrAquatos]

Amazing .... Especially the part regarding Tyrion giving up Casterly Rock !...... That was pure Genius

[@Strrroke]

I totally support this. Just fits in perfectly.

[@jarrod752]

Thank you. Watching this and the rewrite of the battle of winterfell was way more satisfying than the actual ending.