Reacting to the END of Game of Thrones... | Season 8 EP4-6 *got reaction*

[@Curtkatycat]

Drogon burnt the iron throne because he knew Bran would bring his own chair

[@christiana7424]

🤣

[@andreavalencia2604]

😂

[@blueblack3591]

😂😂😂😂

[@fedegerman1690]

He saw a genocode happening and did nothing

[@jeanfranco5414]

Lmaoooo

[@Mike-di1og]

20:20 The showrunners’/writers’ direct quote for why this happened was “Dany kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet.” Just in case you were wondering the degree to which they were checked out when producing this season

[@HerHollyness]

Oh god I almost forgot about that one. Probably my most hated quote from them. ‘Kind of forgot’, fucking HOW? They were the worst show runners ever.

[@KittyKatTube]

So all her counsel forgot too? Lol like they made it very clear that Dany went drastic cuz she was literally backed in a corner with all her advisers turning against you

[@natalhab]

'they kind forgot' as a fandom meme is how this was hahaha

[@emmadow4880]

Honestly, and he said that with his CHEST 😂 the audacity

[@orphanedhanyou]

Yeah you aren't hyper vigilant 100% of the time even in war. It's why mistakes get made.

[@paradoxhamartia7843]

While there are *many* things that show how bad this finale is overall, I think the "Brienne being ashamed of being a virgin" is a prime display of how the writers completely gave up on actually following the logic of the story. This is westerosi, feudal society, not high school in the 2000s. Brienne being a virigin is not only something that would be seen as a positive trait, but it's something that is *expected* of her. She is a woman, and she has never been married. Not being a virgin would bring shame not only on herself, but on House Tarth as a whole. It's a somewhat minor detail, but it's quite telling. D&D straight up wrote random bullshit and called it a day. They absolutely did not care about even trying to make this remotely good.

[@orcocan]

100% - also they would realistically say 'you're a maiden' not 'you're a virgin' i hate all the sloppy dialogue in season 8 ('gendry rivers'....!!!)

[@Marta-uv4id]

Season 8 (and pretty much every season after 4, but 8 moreso than the others) is just filled to the brim with logical inconsistencies when it comes to this world that you can't ignore once you first discover them. It's why, even ignoring the larger issues with the plot, I highly disagree with anyone saying this season is not that bad.

[@marketaz.7696]

Exactly! Not only that but in season 3, Jaime literally LOST HIS HAND protecting Brienne’s virtue and now all of a sudden being a virgin is something to be ashamed of!? wtf

[@CASantos]

I always say, S8 screams "1st & final draft". Like I hate hate HATE the plot points, but even putting that aside, there was just so much that clearly didn't get proofread in the slightest. It gave "the script was due on blackboard at 11:59pm, and Dan&Dave submitted it with seconds to spare"

[@aminaa5824]

Not to mention the fact that all the lords and ladies are having random one night stands with each other before marriage, not even trying to hide it, thats so not normal in that society

[@allie__]

all i'm gonna say is, if Olenna was Dany's hand instead of Tyrion this would NOT have happened

[@orphanedhanyou]

Yes it would have? It literally is what Oleanna wanted. Burn any enemy no matter how small as long as you are on top.

[@honorisalive]

@@orphanedhanyouOlenna never advocated torching the smallfolk. Margaery’s acts of charity and efforts to win over the hearts of the people were likely influenced or encouraged by her.

[@leire9444]

@@honorisalive margaery didnt have dragons, she had to do it the smart way. She literally told dany to be a dragon, that meant to be ruthless

[@honorisalive]

@@leire9444 I’m sure Olenna would’ve accepted high smallfolk casualties as side effects but she hated Cersei, not the city. Plot wise, if Olenna managed to sway Dany into marching on King’s Landing before all the tragedies of s8, Dany would not have wanted to hurt the smallfolk at all.

[@leire9444]

@@honorisalive i'm not so sure of that, but i guess we'll never know!

[@AdzPower]

"Who has a better story than Bran the Broken?" LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE.

[@cyrilmeynier5688]

except the dornish guy, we never saw him before

[@lvsq26]

Literally any fucking one???? fucking drogon????? He carried that shit since eps 0 give the chair to him for gods sake

[@isak1341]

if you think laying through the entire show and let people dying to protect you while you doing nothing is a legendary story😂

[@Silver_Owl]

@@cyrilmeynier5688 Even the Dornish guy. Even the chicken the Hound ate. Everyone had a better story.

[@indierock110]

That’s literally what I screamed out loud when it was said! “Literally anyone else!”

[@aaronshinn7651]

Jaime's death is so fitting. Buried under the rubble just like his character arc...

[@AzukaLockheart]

Damn.. well when you put it that way I guess it is fitting 😂😭

[@MrsRosencranz1]

He had no arc. He had a narrative, not an arc.

[@orphanedhanyou]

Jaime was never going to be a good guy?

[@whitakerjennifer9542]

What are you talking about Jaime Lannister died in that battle. That guy in King's landing was his evil cousin Larry, Larry Lannister😂

[@MrsRosencranz1]

@@orphanedhanyou No he wasn't He was a tragic figure unable to extricate himself from his addiction to Cersie

[@alishamcfall9937]

*me skipping to the end to see THAT reveal and then going back to the start*

[@JonInCanada1]

Evil...I like it

[@starsimvidz]

just think about it tho.. the showrunners KNEW Bran would end up as king b/t writing seasons 2 & 3 (when GRRM told them pieces of his ending in broadstrokes), and THIS was the best they could come up w/? Not to mention they completely cut him out of season 5. And later on, they completely drained him of being a real character, and turned him into a stoned, monotone, unfeeling plot device (there is no implication hes going to turn out this way in the books). History is actually pretty full of unlikely boy kings.. They could've drawn inspiration from any one of them. But they just airdropped it in the script like "idk grrm said this wud happen so here u go"

[@blueblack3591]

😅

[@-jess--here--]

​​​​@@starsimvidz to be fair he was completely missing from the book Feast of Crows too. Readers had to wait until the next book release for an update. But imo, they made his character like that because GRRM plan for Bran is darker than the show wanted to have for him. Also the parts of Bran's storyline needed for what GRRM has in mind, were way to complex and would have intertwined with other character's storylines that the show had already left out or didn't want to include.

[@mpms04]

The way the showrunners tried to gaslight us into hating Dany... Like you left her alone. You killed Jorah, Missandei and Rhaegal. Not to mention John's love for her cause apparently, he can't be with his aunt even though the Starks had married between cousins and aunts/uncles before. Her advisors became so unbelievably incompetent and, apparently, the North are a bunch of ungrateful idiots, they couldn't even say thank you (Sansa, I'm looking at you). Dany did not go 'mad'. She was grieving and no one bothered to even comfort her. The only loyal one? Greyworm, the absolute G. It's been 84 years and i'm still fuming. Love you Brad!

[@CiaoDella]

I applaud, I agree and I feel your comment. Yes!! 86 years later and I'm still fuming while watching this gaslight again..

[@kathiamartinez2586]

⁠@@CiaoDellasame with yall! 😢😢 let’s fume together.

[@kathiamartinez2586]

⁠@@CiaoDellasame with yall! 😢😢 let’s fume together.

[@kevinsafar]

My girl should have dismissed Jon during s7 and conquered her kingdoms and let the North die out and then stop the Night King. They did my girl dirty! 😭

[@DavidCarradinesBelt]

Jons ick over his familial relationship with dany is made more funny when you realize Jon’s stark grandparents were first cousins

[@brunomoreira8487]

It's highly implied that Bran knew how that battle would unfold as well as its aftermath. He patiently let it all happen, let everyone die and showed up at the end to get his crown. And everyone there clapped! Tyrion did more for him than he did for Daenerys, in a lot less time.

[@juliesaastad]

also, Bran knowing that Theon would die by the hand of the Night King, and only saying "you´re a good man" before running to his obvious death... I hate it here.

[@kathiamartinez2586]

@@juliesaastadexactly !!!

[@starsimvidz]

Thats not implied @ all..... because there is literally zero thought behind Brans character. Starting s7, Bran turned into a plot device. His powers don't have any definition beyond "knowing everything". He only exists to divulge important plot points at EXACTLY the moment he needs to. Why does he not do it sooner? Cuz plot. Why does he not know some things and know EVERYTHING about others? Cuz plot. There is no characterization or motivation left. Everything is just to move the plot from point A to point B. The moment where he became king was basically the writers going "idk george told us this would happen, so here u go".

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

Yep so consider what he would do in the future if he felt the greater “good” was what mattered, he’s easily a ruler that would sacrifice his people with no qualms if it meant the ending he wanted

[@AStranger08]

I love the hatred for bran from Brad legit 5 mins in especially when knowing the ending haha

[@mama_T13]

Literally, the Bran slander makes me laugh so loudly! 😂😂

[@AStranger08]

@@mama_T13 favourite part of these reactions tbh brads rant when Tyrion said bran did not disappoint 😭

[@SerbAtheist]

Bran being king is the entire point of the show, but I guess people always hate smart and competent people being in charge.

[@deathwitheponine]

@@SerbAtheistlol what?

[@SsLA2313]

@@SerbAtheist wht has he really done except tell of jon's parentage..he is jst a plot tool, nothing more.smart and competent ...where when?

[@Marta-uv4id]

Even if we completely ignore everything before the finale and say that everything up to that point was written well, Drogon, the Dothraki and Unsullied just letting Tyrion and Jon live after Daenerys' death is one of the biggest examples of plot armor in the show, and I'm not saying this lightly. The writers didn't show the immediate aftermath of her death because they *knew* there was no way to write a believable scenario where Jon and Tyrion aren't killed right away. Daenerys freed the Unsullied, made all of the Dothraki her bloodriders, and they just... Don't care that she was killed? They're some of the fiercest warriors in the world, the North threatening them with what little soldiers they have after the Long Night certainly wouldn't scare them, even if there were just a few of them. And Drogon letting Jon live is... a choice. Anyone who knows book lore knows dragons are protective of their riders only, and aren't above harming anyone else, Targaryen or not. It just felt like the writers wanted to show Dany going 'mad' and then kill her off in the blink of an eye with barely any consequences.

[@xShyla]

I liked that Drogon blamed the iron throne, rather than people for her death. She was obsessed with it. I agree with everything else you said though

[@Youre.mom_]

REALLLLLLLLL!!!!!

[@Youre.mom_]

I love how you understand it 🥹

[@m4ckt4yl0r]

Technically greyworm was the most powerful person in Westeros after Daenerys died and instead of conquering the land and becoming king in Daenerys' honor or continuing his acts of vengeance for Missandei (and now Daenerys), both of which he was so hung up on and dedicated to fulfilling, he just lets it go and leaves lol

[@SVVSouL]

​@@m4ckt4yl0rhe definitely wasn't the most powerful person, the dothraki would never follow him, in the minute khal drogo died most of them follow their path, the wouldn't see grey worm has a "heir" and probably would get back to the dothraki see or start reiding westeros, and if 50 unsullied survived it is a lot, westeros was equally destroyed but the valley probably would still have a couple of 5 or 10k, as well as the lannister, the real power of greyworm would be from Dorne, that didn't seem to be on his side anymore after Oberyn paramour died

[@wunmimimi123]

The sandal when Arya said "Sandor" at 53:05 made me CACKLE omfggggg 🤣

[@Santiagoflo97]

😂😂😂 same here

[@harpy4180]

😭😭😭😭😭 I GAGGED

[@-jess--here--]

I had to pause 😂😂

[@Renzago]

The reason the directors gave for the dragon dying like that was, "Well, Daeny just kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet.". With 100% seriousness.

[@natashacutiepie6074]

I remember we were so excited when Tyrion was going to meet Dany. In the end having a Lannister by her side was her downfall. He did everything he could to save His family.

[@kalamataolives]

the Valyrians did believe the gold of Casterly Rock would be their downfall

[@Анонимныйинформатор-и9в]

Yeah, he tried to save his family who never loved him, except Jaime.

[@Marta-uv4id]

The Iron Islands and Dorne kinda forgot they have fought for independence this whole time. The North is granted independence despite a Stark being on the Iron Throne and Yara and the new prince of Dorne just don't say anything? They didn't think to demand their own independence, despite that being their thing? It's especially egregious in the case of Dorne considering they have fought for independence since the beginning of the Targaryen dynasty. This isn't just a small detail to miss, this is a complete disregard of the way this world functions.

[@user-dx2dm8oq8g]

I agree. Were we supposed to be relieved? Why are they painted as the good guys? How are these people better than Daenerys? They laughed when Sam brought up democracy. Bran is basically an omniscient dictator now who will probably wipe out innocent people because in the future they turn "bad" or threaten his rule.

[@ello3110]

practically speaking, It's also more profitable for the North to remain a part of the seven kingdoms. like, It quite literally makes no sense for them to take the independent route. they're one of the poorest kingdoms, has a relatively small population and can barely produce their own food. sure, they mainly export wool, hides and timber but that's not enough to sustain an entire Kingdom + there's not a high demand for it, given the lack of Winters in the South. It was a stupid plot conclusion and ultimately fell flat

[@kathiamartinez2586]

Exactly yara didn’t say a thing!

[@SerbAtheist]

@@user-dx2dm8oq8g It's always funny to me how people are Bran are constantly depicted as dangerous and untrustworthy while the masses have absolutely no qualms towards charming and affable psychopaths like Stannis and Daenerys who actually CAN, DO and WILL gladly 'wipe out innocent people because in the future they turn "bad" or threaten [their] rule'.

[@user-dx2dm8oq8g]

@@SerbAtheist Yeah people don't get that all the highborn families are that way, none of them are good and will do what is "necessary" to get power or what they want. Daenerys was shown to be cold blooded, I don't understand how people were shocked by how she turned out. She left the cities she "freed" when she got bored of it, to get the throne when her people are foreign colonizers to westeros. If Daenerys was good she would have stayed in Essos tried to set up some sort of democratic system, fought at the wall, then came back to help build the economy and maybe stayed as a "protector" patrolling to protect from invaders. Daenerys had the potential to have a legacy that would have marked history and let her obsession for the throne ruin it. Stannis killed his brother and his daughter.

[@leroisoleilluv2398]

Watching Brad hate Bran’s whole arc has certainly paid off 😂 I’m so sorry king we all feel your pain

[@1HalfbloodPrince]

I am so sorry for the actor that played Varis. He looked so upset by his ending during the final table read.

[@yulisagarcia2475]

Honestly all the characters forgot who they were. Jamie decided to forget to care about the innocent, Varis forgot to be cautious and the promise he made to dany to look after the realm. And I don’t even want to remember what they did to Dany.

[@lucentaunisage]

Master of Whispers and his "wanna commit some treason?" made me feel like Conleth Hill when he tossed the script during the table read. I think only Theon managed to get out of this stinker with a successful arc.

[@MARYWTHER]

Varys forgot more than that, he forgot the previous 20 years of plotting and planning to get the real Targaryens back on the Iron Throne lol

[@Echo11_]

It's crazy how the writers justified Bran because "Who has a better story?" when they couldn't even give Bran ANYTHING in season 5, and gave him barely any screen time or anything to do later on. They also stripped away his entire personality and didn't utilise his magical powers.

[@user-dx2dm8oq8g]

I thought we'd get to see him warg into a dragon, they really ruined and wasted his character. He was important, but they fumbled it. I think it would have made more sense to name someone like Brad said, Gendry and maybe Bran could be the local psychic working for the realm while someone qualified would be his hand. Gendry grew up in King's landing, he was poor and he has a good heart so he'd be a good ruler if he had the right people around him.

[@vindifference]

Honestly, much like the Danaerys "twist", Bran being king *could* have been set up and paid-off well had they actually spent the time to make enough episodes, and give him the necessary writing. Imagine Bran actually exhibiting some agency by telling people information at critical points over and over again; flexing his omniscience instead of being so mild and cryptic about what he knows. It'd be annoying for the other characters, but if he were instrumental in enough big successes to where people began revering him as an oracle, making the would-be Lord of Winterfell a king might have actually been plausible. Also writing it so that his previous refusal to be a lord was actually more of a foreshadowing for him to be king. Instead, they just wrote him as a weirdo who tells cool stories sometimes.

[@mike90317]

That line makes me so mad so much as "Daenerys kinda forgot about the Iron Fleet".

[@19Rena96]

@@vindifference only if we were told Bran was the real villain of the entire game of thrones story. The villain wins in the end would be a cool ending

[@naanigirls8202]

I agree ​@@vindifference Because there wasn't a better choice than Bran for the King.

[@mandipandi303]

If Bran's like the Three-Eyed-Raven/Crow who taught him, he's essentially immortal. So much for electing someone who won't have a dynasty!

[@Mike-di1og]

Plus he literally can see everything. They found Magical Big Brother and were like, yes this should be the government. No one even alludes to this being anything short of ideal

[@jacobmartz1366]

Well no, I think the immortality part was more of a children of the forest/weirwood combination. It's been a while since I read the book but I think also he eats this weird weirwood paste too. So I don't think he is immortal.

[@marketaz.7696]

@@mandipandi303 and then Bran is like “we need a new master of whisperers”🤦🏻‍♀️ like hellooo you are omniscient, you dumbass, you already know everything

[@celior]

he’s not immortal, the same way the older crow had to die for him, he’ll die for the next

[@orphanedhanyou]

Immortal for a purpose. Not just cause. Bran will serve & pass away & someone else will be elected.

[@milaces1323]

BRAAAAD I'M SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP. I'M SO SORRY, NOW YOU KNOW THIS PAIN TOO 😭😭😭

[@LaLadybug]

It's already been a year with you? 😭 omg time flies, thanks for your amazing reactions, your editing drew me in immediately! Can't wait to see hotd too with you

[@Red137]

No bc as soon as missandei died I was like burn it all idgaf

[@celindelouisa]

yeah for me this was Rhaegal + Missandei at that point it was just Daenerys purifying the entire writers room of the dumb plot that was written for S8

[@taniamendes9112]

I still think she could have barbecued the city some more

[@divinelangene6813]

​@@taniamendes9112same😂😂😂

[@taylorodell7444]

Exactly. If someone shot my child out of the sky then beheaded my bestie, the whole city is going down. Oh well, play silly games win silly prizes

[@nephorya]

I was thinking the same way as you! Everyone around Daenerys suddenly became like super stupid... None of her adviser advised her, they were just yapping around saying someone else deserved the throne more?! She and Missandei truly deserved better

[@a.j.1819]

Y’all are actually beyond slow. Like do y’all not understand how Jon was the better ruler? So what were they supposed to do once they realised that? Has it occurred to y’all that they didn’t want to advise her anymore? And they did try, it’s like y’all gloss over all those scenes of strategy talk where they were (like always) telling her to be patient or use a less violent approach. It’s like y’all are just determined to hate it and it blocks you from seeing it all make sense.

[@mineirice87]

Oh sure, blame everyone around Daenerys, but don't blame her for YOUR OWN actions. As if she were a child and not an adult woman. Daenerys proved to be incapable of governing, tyrannical and mentally weak. Jon would be a much better ruler, he never let himself be corrupted by power or pain.

[@wifeunderthesea]

YESSSSSSSS. we’ve finally arrived, ladies and gentlemen. i do fear brad will simply pass away when he sees the amount of…….*gestures wildly at everything* in HotD. 💀💀💀

[@daniellaaa24]

I CANT WAIT TILL HE STARTS THAT I CANT EVEN -

[@pennalopievalentine6604]

@@daniellaaa24ahhh wait I didn’t realize he would!!!! That’s so amazing oh my god oh my GOD

[@girlnettles]

I knew you were gonna have a meltdown about Bran. KING Bran! Bran saw what Daenerys was gonna do and told no one. The true villain

[@EditorEmily30]

Adding another comment. The thing I will never ever ever accept is that the same queen who was devastated over the loss of one single child and locked up her dragons because of it would just be so gung-ho about killing hundreds of people.

[@orphanedhanyou]

If it was a "master" family she would def punish a child of that family. She only defend those that believe in what she agrees with.

[@emmaharris1365]

Literally! I’ll never get over Dany’s bullshit “mad queen” arc 😭

[@rosy-dolly]

​@orphanedhanyou ........ In the books, she makes the children of slave masters her cupbearers. She is advised to kill them in retaliation to the sons of harpy attacks, but she refuses to harm innocent children. 😒

[@brendanmetivier511]

​@@orphanedhanyou Umm... no. Remember Hizdahr from Meereen? He was the child of a master and he was not punished along with them.

[@a.j.1819]

Let’s use our brain to understand that YEARS happened between that, she suffer d major trauma/losses and that she’s still a child. Characters change, drastically. It happens. Y’all are too busy being blinded to peep all the times it was made clear how mentally unstable she really was. That’s what Targaryens are. I’m sick of you people refusing to get with it.

[@starsimvidz]

I am still so heated about how they treated Lena Headey (Cersei) in this final season.. They created one of the best, most complex TV villains ever.. She went through some of THE most insane plot twists and turns throughout the show, and was such a central figure in creating so much of the drama and intrigue... and in the end what do we get??? An entire season of her just drinking wine and staring out of windows until she just dies by cave in. I actually LIKE that she and Jaime go out in a tragic, romeo & juliet fashion.. But theres just no drama, no buildup, no stakes, no emotion. Jaime & Cersei have been two of the most central characters in the show and they just get a blink if u miss death scene? Same thing w/ Daenerys... She makes a dumb hitler speech, and then Jon just walks up to her and shanks her ( shes paranoid and insane which is y she has no guards now)

[@nevaehaho61]

20:03 There’s actually an interview with one of the dumb writers where he explained this with “Dany kind of forgot about the iron fleet” like what??? She forgot they were fifty feet away?? It’s such a meme lol. Always felt horrible for the actors. There’s a few compilations on YT of them having to say this season was great before it aired due to their contracts. There’s even a clip of the script reading where Varys’ actor reads how he dies and just pushes the paper away really upset. Emilia (Dany) said she had to take a long walk after reading her script. Kit (Jon) was so unsatisfied with his ending he tried to push for a Jon Snow spin-off show but it didn’t go anywhere because there was simply nothing left to work with. Even Barristan’s actor way back was upset they were going to kill him because he’s alive in the books and so they killed his character in an alley. I even heard somewhere that they didn’t give Stannis’ actor part of the script where he died so they could get his real reaction on camera. The writers really didn’t care about them and they really loved these characters

[@milaces1323]

Ahhh the old "Dany kind of forgot about the iron fleet" it will never not enrage me!!!

[@yelirmae]

for months I've been laughing out loud every time you trash Bran knowing what's coming. ur delirious reaction did not disappoint

[@lucentaunisage]

Honestly I was more excited to see his reaction than I was when I had to watch the finale in real time when it felt more perfunctory than excitement or anger.

[@thecamdough]

LITERALLY LAUGH-CRYING FROM BRADS REACTION TO WHO RULES EVERYTHING AT THE END. I have waited for this moment for SEASONS. 🤣🤣🤣

[@cyntee79]

It took me a LONG time to come to grips with Jamie leaving Brienne standing in the cold in a HOUSECOAT! But I realized that the only reason he went back is because Brienne is the person who taught him to honor his word and keep his oaths. He always promised Cersei he’d come back to her 😢so oddly he honored both.

[@logan-pe4rm]

Imagine you getting chosen as king and they choose the nickname BRAN THE BROKEN for you lmao

[@divinelangene6813]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@frayacinth]

BRAN THE REBUILDER WAS RIGHT THERE

[@pinsandneedles3]

Excited because I have been loving your GOT reactions (the humor and the editing are so so so good) --- dreading because *urghhhhh* why am I putting myself through the pain of watching these episodes again 😅😅

[@OpeningsOpenings]

The “i know a killer when I see one” line was so silly after she just killed an entire city Lol😂

[@MARYWTHER]

Thank God she went through a super badass uwu Ninja training to spot killers yknow!

[@ines2476]

Brad is looking stunning! The ✨️summer glow✨️ is real

[@wlatt3545]

Yesss can’t wait till you start HOTD😭 a little palette cleanser for that finale😍✨

[@ncpatriot58]

Um, don't raise your expectations TOO much ;(

[@mineirice87]

HOTD is worst.

[@n0ttodaymfs]

Danny and her children deserved better 😭

[@jessmPS]

OF COURSE Your timing is amazing and you’re asking the important questions!

[@flavaflav19]

STILL LAUGHING ABOUT BRAN

[@pinsandneedles3]

I find Jaime to be such a compelling character. His relationships with both Cersei (the toxicity) and Brienne (the potential) are so interesting psychologically. His arc with Brienne in the books especially is so fucking good. Anyway, I have brainrot and I want to shake like five years worth of therapy into him in the middle of ep4. This man truly is his own worst enemy 💀💀

[@ms_scribbles]

Except the way it ended. Or how we're led to believe it ended. That whole Lady Stoneheart stuff was pure BS on Martin's part.

[@pinsandneedles3]

@@ms_scribbles I personally think the LSH storyline is interesting!! It continues the commentary the books are making about honor, duty, and knighthood with Jaime and Brienne's characters. But that arc isn't finished and I don't think we should discuss it further anyway to avoid spoilers for people who want to read the books themselves

[@TheWhiteDeer]

Brad, we are so sorry you had to experience this 😭 thankfully HBO produced the therapy program that is House of The Dragon for recovering fans

[@Zero_Fawkes]

a shit series

[@HerHollyness]

Well… but… 😬

[@Nicholas_V]

HOTD season 2 was bad! except for 1 or 2 episodes. GOT is much better even with this ending

[@prettymuchbangtan]

@@Nicholas_V season 2 was great. if you havent read the books you dont understand. the war goes on for forever, it will take at least 2 seasons of pure war, so 2 seasons of build up was very much necessary

[@kledi3817]

@@Nicholas_Vtake this unnecessary hatred away from here like RIGHT NOW! GoT’s ending is terrible and everyone agrees on that. a few people being mad about house of the dragon season 2 being badly paced and not happening what they wanted to happen is NOT bad writing and it never will be. if you don’t enjoy the show then just stop watching it but don’t bring that negative energy here when Brad hasn’t even started it

[@1HalfbloodPrince]

I don't care that Dani went crazy, I care that they made Tyrion make so many horrible decisions that led to Dani going crazy. And I agree with brad that I don't really care that she burned down kings landing, like what else did they expect her to do.

[@imean5399]

I just wish it was set up, and not randomly the bells ringing makes her snap

[@EditorEmily30]

The day we both wanted to come and not want you to experience at the same time 😭😭

[@mhretabbirhanu3031]

This reaction might actually have made those episodes worth it, I am crying at the Bran commentary LMFAOOOO

[@himenyx153]

Imagine how it felt to watch for 8 years as a masterpiece turned into….this. I literally didn’t even remember most of what happened in the last season and I’m watching your videos like “oh..yeah”. It was so bad I guess I blocked it out of my memory LOL.

[@XLonelyWriterX]

Same, because I don't even think I watched the episode where Missandei dies.

[@zonedutopia]

Same 😂 don't know nothing from last episodes except the burning scene since someone put Metallica over it and it was dope music video 😅

[@awhartig5847]

I feel genuinely terrible for all the people who put their heart & soul and sweat in to the production! The quality of everything , even the acting, didn't drop...it was the writing that fell off a cliff. They choose to embrace spectacle over character development and storytelling, and managed to ruin almost every plotline. Can you imagine if they'd been left to helm that SW project? I could have forgiven the ridiculous fucker-y of S7 if S8 stuck the landing. My Gawd, it did not.

[@lauragamez4404]

You’re so right about Varys he could’ve even told the people about how danerys tried so many times for them get them to rally around her and support her but he really quit on her. I would’ve lost my mind too tbh. Lmao everyone failed her sadly.

[@withxoutxlife]

Brad's burning fury whenever Bran is on screen, tickles me in just the right way.

[@annbeths]

48:08 the single "oh"😭😭 Thats how we all feel about this finale

[@chelsariel]

Favorite series you’ve ever done on your channel, favorite reactor. Thank you for sticking with this!!

[@thetypicaltem]

The moment bean getting chosen, I swear Brad’s face was turning red to match his background

[@garyhdngl86]

There was a way to make Danaerys snap and burn the city after the bells rang... have a random scorpion that she didn't destroy hit and kill Rhaegal, instead of that stupid surprise Euron attack at Dragonstone that defied all the laws of physics. Or have her fly to the Red Keep to burn Cersei but when she burns the castle she accidentally ignites more of her Fathers hidden Wildfire... Anything else than what we got would have been better

[@fabiolaliano8620]

hotd makes the jon plot armor even crazier bc it’s whole thing is dragons not giving a fuck whether you’re a targaryen or not you’re going to die

[@graciehudelson5976]

you're definitely not alone. i will stand by my queen until the end period

[@kodamaspirit9298]

Let's not forget Davos telling a eunuch to go "start his own house" and no one batting an eyelid...

[@poisonxivy8602]

Westeros will never know peace after this anyway lol. Bran who has no real empathy or feelings anymore and can spy on his subjects whenever he wants, so basically a police state and a king who knows nothing of ruling and that no common people could find safety in. Bronn has no experience with money besides wasting it and no experience ruling a territory as large as the Reach. I wouldn't be surprised if the highborn of the Reach would rise in rebellion after that and seat some relative of the Tyrells as ruler of Highgarden. Across the Narrow Sea, Daario would never accept Daenerys being killed, not even mentioning all the slaves that she freed and that regard her as Mhysa. I wouldn't be surprised if the freed cities with the Unsullied and the Dothraki decide to go to war with Westeros for her murder. The Iron Islands would rise in rebellion as would Dorne. Dorne hates Lannisters more than anything so to know that a Lannister continues to be hand would not sit well with them. The North being independent at this point is terrible. Their lands are devasted by war, the numbers of their soldiers stretched thin, and with Winter they need the Reach and Dorne and the Southern lands for their grain. Idk if Bran is basically an immortal creature at this point but if so then there will be no other ruler. And if not, the lords will always tear each other apart when it comes to naming a new king. At this point in the show they need stability and not a basically-immortal being who does not even follow the main religion of Westeros.

[@aleksandrabrzozowski9995]

Exactly - the brilliant 80s movie epilogue clip someone made back in the day agrees with you too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGWseKuohqqBbJosi=Xnxkv7z1tyI0mkiS

[@percyweasley9301]

Exactly 😂😂

[@serenitylasandra]

Have loved being on this GOT journey with you !

[@HerHollyness]

Ooohhh boy. You’ve finally got here. You finally understand our pain. They destroyed SO many characters, just for the sake of a quick ending. Bran, Tyrion, Brienne, Cersei, JAIME (massively - since when did he not care about the people? He’s literally the KINGSLAYER because of how much he cared!), Jon (‘I don’t want it’ 🙄) and especially Daenerys. Terrible. Awful. Hate it. She wanted to break the wheel. She was Mhysa, the breaker of chains, the freer of slaves. Nothing, NOTHING in the previous seven seasons even slightly suggested she would be a Mad Queen. I hate it so much.

[@Cindy-gn8ry]

“I’m never calling you my grace “…like your gonna be part of them, just made me giggle,

[@kristinab3069]

The writers couldn’t even remember they had Bran say he couldn’t be king 😂

[@ravens_tale]

*Lord

[@lucentaunisage]

I love how much it flips from everyone saying Jon has to kill her and when he does...people are shocked! Strong Drogon acting chops this season though!

[@noops99]

21:25 lmaooo brad’s reaction to euron’s creepy smile LMAOOOOO

[@darwynn17]

So many of these arcs did not make sense, the worst of it being Bran’s. They spent two seasons making him become less human. He didn’t even care when Meera left him. He’s barely human but he’s supposed to be the king? Abso-fucking-lutely not.

[@orcocan]

yeah but who had a better story

[@celindelouisa]

Daenerys will always be my queen. If she were in character, she would have flown straight for The Red Keep and they just butchered her. It's fucked. She has ALWAYS fought to protect the innocent, because she grew up on the streets herself, knew poverty, had to be taken in by Illyrio who financed them for a bit and then she was sold etc. She knows what it feels like to starve and roam the streets in her youth before we saw her in S1 for the first time. She had the closest connection to the innocent, to normal civilians. Out of anyone she would have been the last person to directly target children and call it mercy. It just makes no sense for her character whatsoever. I took in that last scene as her burning down the entire shitty last season and poor plot and character arcs in it. Like a purification of the bullshit, of sort. But yeah as far as logic goes, this was not in character for her at all!

[@siroreo717]

The fact that the Night's Watch still exists also baffles me. When I first was trying to guess Jon's ending, him returning to the watch didn't even cross my mind because logically it shouldn't exist?? The purpose of the Night's watch is to - Stop wildlings/free folk from getting into Westeros - Watching for the White Walkers - Defending the Wall - Defending those who live near the wall (Craster's, Last Hearth, etc) - Punishment for the worst of criminals All but the last of these reasons are pointless. The wildlings wanted to escape winter and live on actual land and Mance succeeded doing so, the white walkers are 100% gone, the wall is broken and anything families north of Winterfell (now an independent kingdom from the crown, I might add) is dead. To top it all off, it ended at the start of winter??? Westeros Winters can last decades, so even if they wanted the Night's Watch to repopulate the lands, wait until it's over so you can actually repopulate effectively?? They'd be better off forcing Jon to do community service by perhaps, helping the countless homes destroyed by Dragons or Walkers be rebuilt? Or at least exile him with Arya that way it doesn't send him on a pointless journey.

[@KevsMusicCorner]

There's an amazing video of the cast doing a table read of the final episode where Kit Harrington reads the line of him killing Daenerys. It's amazing. Very much recommend watching.

[@amandahip]

part of what makes this ending so frustrating is that this same story could have been done so much better. dany having a mad king character arc was the right choice imo, but the writers did it so poorly. which i why i was still on her side!

[@Cinna316]

Exactly! It's the HOW that makes no sense

[@arlanseabra1306]

he's literally me watching this season. agreed with everything he said.

[@lischiAK]

the look when he said bran!!!! god that horrible end was worth it just for your reaction.

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

One could say that Jaime throwing Bran from a window in the first episode was foreshadowing both for his character growth being thrown out of a window by the writers and for him being such a Kingslayer that he attempted to kill the king before he even became one.

[@ThomasSmith-zh7rl]

Dany is an iconic character - will always ride for her

[@LitchiiOfficial]

Thank you so much for this series Brad, it was really a ride! Always loved your reactions and how you add such fun commentary

[@serenitylasandra]

Say what you want about finale, but one thing.. my FAVORITE THING… The Queen In The North! She wanted nothing more than to leave home, and to be Queen and they slowly broke her. She was abused physically, sexually, mentally, until she finally got herself back home. She got her dream, her wish… she found her way back home and became queen in the north! A TRUE SURVIVOR, my favorite character in Game Of Thrones !!! THE QUEEN IN THE NORTH 🐺👑

[@tracim3080]

She betrayed her family Again I wanted her to learn her lesson and not want the throne and be happy that someone else got it. I wanted her to fight for a council spot not a crown.

[@SsLA2313]

in the end she got wht she always wanted to be queen, i guess they kept it a lil realistic tht her selfish nature never really completely fled. betrayed Jon, being a bitch to dany, thinking of herself better than Arya. jst another cersie in the making really.

[@TinaMUFC10]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@Pablorome]

They literally ruined the whole character after she married ramsay

[@chiaraserrano6]

The ONLY good ending

[@Bewareoftheides]

I’ve just binged your whole reaction to this crazy show and I’ve loved every second of it! I was so happy to see I finished it right in time for you to post the last episodes reactions. Thank you Brad! Can’t wait to see your reaction to HOTD!!

[@BlaBlabla-c4t]

Bran the true evil genius who knew exactly what was going to happen and rather then tell anyone let hundreds of innocents die so he could be king 😂

[@bluebloods8760]

Actually go back in time when Jon snow is about to spill the beans about who he is... bran knows the problem it would cause and still says its your choice.... The guy bran is pure fucking evil the true villain of the show

[@arcobalena4950]

BRAVO, BRAD! Thank you for going through all eight seasons with us! I had already seen it, but really enjoyed seeing it through your eyes again and your reactions. It was A LOT so thank you for sticking with it ❤️ 🐉 🔥

[@jesseacosta1868]

I think Dany going insane makes sense given what she goes through, however it just seems so rushed. Then to see soldiers SAing the civilians was heart breaking given she was supposed to stop that norm from happening.

[@pinsandneedles3]

I agree. It could have been compelling and heartbreaking in the best of ways if it had been written better and given more time. But,,,,, sigh

[@allshookup1640]

I can see her having a mental break, not going homicidal and killing everyone. Thats against her core being. She would NEVER. I could see her not being able to give a speech. Just landing Drogon and sitting there. Just stunned. Shocked. But she would never do this.

[@CASantos]

​@allshookup1640 right, like having read the books I thoroughly disagree with the notion that she's canonically going mad or that it makes any sense for her character arc. HOWEVER Even if you *had* to write it, it could've been done so much better. Why not have a choice between taking KL and going north to fight the WWs, and show her choosing to pursue the throne over fighting the WWs. And then maybe inadvertently setting off wildfire and leveling the city that way. It would be a lot more morally complex than "wins the battle and then randomly goes GTA 5-star killing spree out of nowhere". The people would still remember her as a destroyer, and then she could've gone north for absolution to kill the WWs and die that way (all the foreshadowing in the books is about the long night and NOT the battle for the throne. So this order of doing things was so...☠️)

[@Mmyythandle]

@@allshookup1640I never understood this take because a once good intentioned person who turns murd3erous maniac once in power happens in real life like it’s one of the most realistic thing in this show lol

[@allshookup1640]

@@Mmyythandle yes, it can, but usually it is due to an EXTREMELY traumatic stressor that makes them snap. They also usually show some sort of signs before hand in some way. Dany was under a lot of stress and had a lot of trauma happen, but having her suddenly decide to burn everyone made no sense with who she was. If they wanted her to go mad, they could have set it up better and kept it going. After she burnt everyone, she was just fine. Planning her next mission like she normally does wanting to liberate people etc. It was just written very poorly in my opinion

[@MariaLangan]

Oh Danny, they could never make me hate you

[@divinelangene6813]

Same

[@lizettyl]

Your reaction was everything I was hoping for 🤣🤣🤣 also, your editing will forever be my favorite!

[@tjfkc]

Really enjoyed these reactions, looked forward to every video. I really appreciate how you took the time to articulate your thoughts (and expand on them in post!) while still being thoroughly entertaining with your reaction. Great stuff Brad!

[@jodycatherine712]

1:24:22 “they need space to wander”. 😂 This is a perfect example as to why I watch this channel. ❤

[@MARYWTHER]

At least I'm at this point in my life where I can actually laugh at that ending - Euron constantly teleporting, having super hearing, while on the other hand the Golden Company doesn't even have elephants and just burns to death in 12 seconds because they can't hear *a dragon* right behind them - but hey, to their credit, they're fighting a dragon going at the speed of light (or yknow, accurate dragon speed contrary to... whatever plot convenience was needed to kill Viseryon and most of all, Rhaegal) AND respawning Dothrakis and Unsullied. - Cersei, just staring at windows, good on Lena Headey for that easy money. Also, no baby bump even tho she's been preggo for like... MONTHS. In real time ASOIAF, her kid would be like at least 2 years old, yknow, without the teleporting and stuff. - Tyrion, Jon and Arya's plot armors will never be not funny anymore, it's so pathetic how biased the writing is towards them - what's there to say about butchered character arcs? - can we talk about how Tyrion and Jon seem to understand Daenerys' speech in... *not* a language they can understand?? - hey remember when they erased the "King of the Seven (Six) Kingdoms" for a whole season?? But his story is the best, you just haven't been paying attention duh! - Sansa demanding independance for the North and yet a Stark - so a family who is NOT part of the Kingdom - gets to rule??????? D&D, EXPLAIN. - Dorne and Iron Islands just dgaf by the end of it all, they'll overthrow the whole thing and destroy Westeros in two weeks time 🤷‍♀ - whatever the eff is that Jon ending............ and no, Drogon not killing Jon has nothing to do with Jon being a Targaryen... dragons have maimed, harmed and killed their fair share of Targs lol which is why Daenerys riding Drogon is such a huge deal. It just has to do with plot armor. - I love how everyone's like "oh yeah, go for Cersei Dany, she deserves it!" and then Dany goes for EVERYONE BUT CERSEI and D&D are like "but it's totally in characteeeer" like bruh, no it's not, no one should even pretend and defend this shite. I mean technically even in the episode after the Bells, she doesn't even KNOW whether or not Cersei is alive, like, only Tyrion found her and Jaime like????? H e l p ? And it goes beyond "Daenerys would never attack innocent people", it goes about how the story doesn't even give us satisfying one on one or face-offs or send-offs to characters. Like to those rooting for Arya to kill Cersei, nope, doesn't happen. To those rooting for Jaime to kill Cersei, nope. Tyrion? Nope. Dany, at least? Nei. She dies killed off by bricks. There could've been an awesome scene between Jon and Grey Worm, yknow, soldiers finding a way to accept each other's decisions or whatever, at least something to mend the shit writing after Jon killed Dany, but nooope. No scene between Sansa and Cersei, after everything that happened between them up until s4? 🙃 It's so crazy how this season it's like "oh yeahhh give us nothing!" and they truly did give us nothing. - we don't talk enough about the winter no winter winter again no winter bullshit. The White Walkers were coming WITH Winter, they weren't bringing it with them. Winter suddenly not coming anymore and King's Landing being a barren hot desert just does. not. make. sense! It was snowing last season uuuuuuuuuuuugh - the whole final council meeting is supposed to be TYRION'S TRIAL. Like bruh why is he even ALLOWED to speak and petition for anyone to become King? Welp my frustration has been awoken again. - Bran.... THE BROKEN. Like do you think you would have liked being called "Tyrion the Imp" as a King, Tyrion? Do you?? DO YOU?? - Bronn master of coins, Bronn truly is the most overused, overtired character (and character trope) on the show, along with Euron. But while Euron sure does have an awesome role in the books, Bronn is just some rando who appears and then disappears without being the most annoying cuckhole out there. Impossible to understand why they did what they did with him - I love how everything that was said, planned, set-up at *the beginning of this season* just... fell flat on its face, didn't happen, or got ruined (and not just when it comes to Daenerys or whatever, I mean Euron spends the entirety of s7 plotting to diminish Dany's army, and yet, he didn't even make a dent in it?? At least, not when it wasn't convenient, yknow!). So perfect. - the whole Bells episode, before Dany's mental breakdown or whatever, just proved that she should've docked from these boats back in 7x01, went to King's Landing, war over and casualties avoided in literally 15 seconds. Who was the dumbass telling her not to do that? Oh yeah, I remember. - and Tyrion's whole speech about how it's so pErFeCt that Bran can't have children, while a season ago it became a whole problem for him when he discovered that Dany was barren, or supposedly barren like?????????? This is facepalming-level of retconning and idiocity. Istg by the end of the show I just hated every painful moment where Tyrion opened his mouth, because he kept spewing bullshit that felt like its only purpose was to explain this shit writing and D&D's shit plot.............. How do you have the biggest, best tv show ever produced on your hands, infinite budget, and you write THAT? I just can't fathom this injustice. 😮‍💨 The only thing that held down til the end was the soundtrack (and everything having to do with production, set designs, CGI, let's respect them too, working their butts off to produce these dragons for them to be ruined like that yknow).

[@GAddict1]

Congrats for watching it all! I was here since the beginning ✋ I'm excited for more Marvel now (hopefully)

[@amzieelead]

When I say I was cry laughing at the outrage of the Bran reveal, it’s not even an exaggeration. I’ve never met anyone who hates Bran as much as I do 😂 rooting for Gendry was also very me too 😂 Thanks for sticking with this for over a year! It’s been a great series to rewatch with you ❤️

[@danieldabbas]

There's nothing faster than my finger pressing on this video on the second I saw it! I was waiting for it! Amazing reaction and edit as always!

[@raphaelkarner6828]

hi brad, i am watching your videos since a few years now and i have noticed recently you have been clarifying a lot of stuff you are saying while reacting, especially when joking around about stuff. and while i applaud you for that (because it's the right way of sorting things out), i just wanted to let you know i am 100% here for YOUR reaction to whatever is on the table. and you are making it so iconically fun always, love ya

[@briya7077]

As a book reader, the one thing I was looking forward to the most was jon and dany. Jon is unfortunately still dead in the books, but the two of them are so paralleled both in the books and show I don’t understand how they messed it up this bad. In the books, Dany even hears a wolf howling the night jon dies that makes her feel “sad and lonely”, while jon was literally all alone and dying. But she’s crossing the Dothraki sea on the complete opposite side of the world and wolves are obviously not native in warmer places like that. So it really hurt my heart to see the both of them get done so dirty. I wanted them to flourish from everything they’ve been through, and I wanted Dany to really bring the Targaryen out in him 😂 They assimilate each other too much for it all to mean nothing? And for them to lose whatever arch they had just to turn against each other for something that made no sense to begin with. And I will truly never forgive the writers for it.

[@imean5399]

Jon is gunna back Young Griffs claim. Idk I really don't want the cliche romance in the books, this isn't a YA novel

[@trevor5936]

innocent? girl those people are the same people who celebrate when ned stark gets executed 😭

[@caitlin5624]

The fact that they exiled Jon when Jon’s the one who stopped the woman saying she was going to conquer the world is CRAZY to me. AND what was the point of telling Jon his identity if IT DIDNT EVEN MATTER IN THE END

[@LindsUnhinged]

1:09:44 fun fact in season 2 in danys vision we see her looking at the throne and it looks like it’s covered in snow but in reality it’s covered in ash like it is here

[@sommer8337]

Before even watching the video’s intro, I just have to comment and say I have been waiting SO LONG for this and I cannot wait to endure the pain with you, darling. Ha ha ha ha ha aaaaaand here we go!

[@jesseashmore8426]

20:20 I waited until the whole season was out to binge it. When the dragon died like that, I shut my TV off and slammed 3 shots of vodka. Didn't watch another episode for a month and finally turned it back on to see Cersei die. I thought "they surely can't mess that up"....I'm still traumatized

[@aowyn_]

first comment i’ve ever seen that describes exactly the moment I stopped watching as well, i feel ya

[@jarsies]

You are not alone! I'm 100% with you!!!!💗💗💗

[@MykeB200]

Davos told THE UNSULLIED, WHO ARE CASTRATED TO START A HOUSE?!!!! Howwww

[@nikkiburns5472]

“Well Danny kind of forgot about the iron fleet” 😒😒😒

[@unmila1626]

Now i just love to imagine Daemon laughing his ASS OFF in the after life seeing Daenerys burn it all ☺

[@serenitylasandra]

Ahhhh House of the Dragon time! SO EXCITED! Brad you’re gonna love it. Genuinely so amazing!

[@itss_nattyj]

Omg, I had to pause towards the end because I almost pissed myself laughing so hard at Brad’s reaction. Jesus 😂😂😂

[@margaritakmp]

"what an insane...flop" -brad evans, 2024

[@lexxofficial1528]

This series is how I found your channel and I’m forever grateful! I absolutely love your videos 😘