Farewell, Game of Thrones

This last episode has, in my opinion, given closure to all the “craziness” in the Game of Thrones show.

Although many fans, me included, may be unhappy with how rushed and over simplified the story-telling has been, on hindsight, one cannot say, for example, Daenarys’ sudden change in behaviour was not  totally inappropriate.

The determined young woman had been abused as a child orphan by no less than her Brother, forced to rough it out on horseback and marry a brute who raped her, fell for him nonetheless but lost him and a child  to a witch’s curse, then facing the challenges in Qarth, Meereen, Astapor, and Yunkai, even assasination attempts.  No doubt she landed in the west with psycho-emotional support from Jorah, Tyrion, Missandei, Dothraki and Unsullied and  three flaming dragons (yes pets and children can be therapeutic) , and a fragile union with half the pirates.

But as she further hardened while she faced foreign, distrustful and hostile Westerosi, especially north men and their stand-in queen Sansa, as she fought more enemies, namely a Lannister army, a certain naval fiasco and in two Night King encounters , she started losing her emotional support in parallel; Two of her dragon kids, her bodyguard Jorah, her BFF, Missandei bit the dust.

Then she gets a figurative slap on the face with new Boyfriend Jon’s double betrayal of romantic rejection and threatened competition.

After her army’s sacrifices (one dragon and quite a few men) fighting the White walkers on both sides of the Wall, her contributions are not recognised and the new Targaryen is lauded and loved instead.    At this point the story teller gives just a small foreshadowing of her “jealousy and bitterness”  glance over a Starbucks coffee and some suspenseful music.   “The shining”?

A doctor or psychiatrist will tell you she was terribly abused and constantly under a lot of stress, and because of which she could be suffering from one of many possible mental maladies like  adjustment disorder (Google it) – which in itself can lead to irrational behaviour , or , depression, anxiety and who knows, maybe even Schizophrenia .

Maybe OCD, burn everything she must.

Maester Samwell can Diagnose greyscale but psychiatry wasn’t his forte obviously!

BUT more obvious clues should have been given by the story  .    A beautiful nuanced performance by the cast especially Emilia, May be too subtle to portray a downward spiral.    Hindsight is of course, perfect as they say.   But loss of rational and moral reasoning must manifest in more ways and towards more people including herself.

Perhaps some alcoholic excesses a la young Tyrion, yelling , screaming or trying to pull Sansa’s hair in a cat fight , throwing breakables, or more vehemently blaming those around her.   

Looking slightly unkempt while grieving portrays only sorrow.

Transformation from a girl who locked up her dragons for killing a child to a dragon rider burning innocents has to be explained.   After all, fans are not all  trained Counselors or psychiatrists.

Among the  resolutions to the plot and good work  in this finale were:

Daenarys’ majestic arrival in a dragon, her Amazing maleficientesque wings and later her rousing address ,  with a Targaryen banner behind her and troops in the fore, harking back to the terrible time of World War Two.

After all she did, of course Daenarys must die, yes poor Daenarys who adds Scapegoat of Westeros to her titles post-humously.

And who better than Jon Snow on behalf of scared Westerosi , now scared to the point of constipation by her bloodthirsty Valyrian speech which sounded downright chilling.

Mercifully she got the gentle death of Lennie from “Of mice and men”, loved to the end.

Admittedly, her capital punishment was inevitable after her crime.

They had no insanity plea in the day.

It was hardbreaking and evocative to watch Drogon realise that mummy had died after nudging her body.   But somehow he seemed to realise that ultimately it was not Jon Snow who killed her but the Iron Throne and her love of it, melted what his predecessors had forged and sadly flew away.

So the Houses met, and in less time then any “habemus papam ”  from a Bishops’ conclave, decided to elect Bran the Broken as King.   Anyhow he knew all along he would be, and decided a wooden throne was more comfy.

Then there was the parting of the Starks, all off to do what they Ikigai.

Still, so many questions that the story teller never answered.

Why did Jamie Lannister tell Brienne that he really was not a good man at all having done some bad things, then rush off to King’s Landing?

One may possibly summise that Jamie Lannister, knowing of the Wildfire stores under the city, rushed back to Kingslanding to try and get Cersei to surrender, knowing the result of a wildfire + dragon fire equation.    Or he could have planned to kill her instead and end the war before it began, just like he killed Aerys Targaryen.

Why did all the Dothraki disappear in the Long Night battle with the Night King only to appear again conveniently at the end ?    Did Daenarys deliberately keep them aside?

Why on earth was Bran the target of the Night King and since, by his own admission, he was not Bran anymore,   Who did the Major houses crown as their King?  The three-eyed Raven?

Why did the Dothraki, later wandering around like headless chicken cum tourists, not react in their usual aggressive way when they saw Jon Snow going off to the ship?

And why the need for a Night’s Watch?

Was there a pretender to the Night king’s throne?

Why was Greyworm not indicted for war crimes after Daenarys’ downfall ?   Surely there must have been other witnesses.

Instead they leave for some island holiday.

Ah well ,

One day I might write my own little story.