And your first theory is awesome btw

comment by EzioTyke (U2737)
posted 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
George R R Martin has said that the end of the show can be deciphered from the first few scenes of series 1 (or the opening few chapters of the first book).

Personally I hope that one of the following 2 endings happen as it will rile up all fans:

1) Noone lives, the final scene shows a white walker in a ruined throne room at kings landing, walking past the iron throne and ignoring it proving the entire 'fight for the throne' was worth nothing.

2) Jon kills the night king and midway through celebrations it cuts to him waking up behind a till in a local garden centre. The whole thing was just a dream and the cast are staff members. The boss is a mister Richard White-Walker and is a bloke Jon hates. Jon goes to clock off, waves goodbye to Dani in the pet section and goes home to his parents house, where his Dad Sean Bean makes a cameo appearance before he pops to the pub.

The final scene is Jon sat in his Dungeons and Dragons themed room looking miserable before switching off the light...screen goes black and credits roll


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This would be soooo funny. And would piiiiss millions off, I hope they do this

The Night King killing everyone is a bit expected...the 2nd one though

The fade to black was done with The Sopranos. They shouldn't do that.

It also gives the hound a chance to bring back his shelf stacking character from Hot Fuzz..yarp

It also gives the hound a chance to bring back his shelf stacking character from Hot Fuzz..yarp
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Haha.... didn't put two and two together until that comment. How did I miss that? It's so obvious

you can make certain bets on website to who sits on the iron throne at the end, so if anyone knows someone who stars in GOT ask them and give us a shout so we can win some money

There's rumours that the cop out is they end the monarch system.

think it will end btw with one of the characters sitting on the throne but one of those endings where he/she would have lost everything/everyone else and its kinda leaving it with the message as someone pointed out was it really worth it

There's rumours that the cop out is they end the monarch system.
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That's very likely IMO. Snow gets the Throne but declares the seven kingdoms as independent territories. That's fine with me, something Snow would do.

The biggest cop out IMO will be if they go with the Bran Stark theory to get out of writing themselves into a corner making The Night King impossibly strong at the end of S7. That'll be anticlimactic as f*** to me.

Not that Jon gets the throne per say but those that survive the battle realise that the current system doesn't work anymore. Basically Jon, Tyrion, Jaime, Varys and some others. Think Sansa & Arya survive. Dany dies though.

Jon and them have to retreat at Winterfell and The Night King makes it to King's Landing and this when Cersei dies.

It's fun playing the guessing game of who'll live and die. I imagine all the politicians, except Cersci, are safe after S7's cull. Can't see Jamie surviving, think Tyrion's destined to be the only surviving Lannister - a sort of harsh irony being he was the only one who didn't care about family legacy. Jamie killing Cersci is a possibility, maybe too poetic for GoT with the Mad King connotations but you can't rule it out.

One of Dany or Snow are goners. If I had to choice I'd assume Dany, it fits full circle being she's the only one whose story we've seen in full, but could go either way.

And I know it's probably unlikely, but I'd love a slug out scene where The Hound & The Mountain wind up killing each other. Sounding similar to Snake vs. Ocelot in MGS4, that's the end The Hound deserves

*something similar

I don't know if Jaime is certain to die. He too doesn't crave the Iron Throne and his character development basically came full circle once he abandoned Cersei.

Maybe he'll die if the story was continuing because they'll be no need for him anymore but the story is ending as well. His death will probably only affect Cersei, Tyrion and Brienne of Tarth

Jaime dying would have implications on Tyrion's resolution story, which you feel this series will need cos it's probably going to sideline the politicians. He'll need some kind of dilemma after the wars conclusion or he'll feel like an afterthought, same with Sansa.

If he closes out as the last surviving Lannister he'll have to chose between his current lifestyle which'll likely result in him dying alone along with the Lannister line (which he might see as a good thing), or marry, have kids and keep it going.

It seems like something George RR Martin would write. On the one hand Tyrion's one his most likable characters because of his rebellious nature towards his family's ideals, but at the same time killing off the Lannister name would feel unsettling - it was too big a presence in the story to fade away on the whims of one character at the stories end. Neither resolution being completely satisfying.

True but this is the show and not the books. Tyrion has become a secondary character since he made it to Essos...criminal what they've done to him really.

I can forgive that personally. They peaked him to early in S4, which is all the more reason why they need to give him something in this series. Sansa they can skate on a bit as she's grown as the series has progressed, but Tyrion needs some kind of relevance somewhere.

What I consider criminal compared to the books is the Dornish story. One of my preferred deaths for Cersci would be a Night King risen Ellaria tearing her apart. Would be small consolation for how badly they f***** that up

comment by Devil D.A. (U6522)
posted 3 hours, 53 minutes ago

What I consider criminal compared to the books is the Dornish story.
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Agree with this

In books: Amazing bit of work where it is revealed that certain characters are planning a long game to get their revenge on the Lannisters, the sand snakes are known as a bunch of mature and dangerous women and Dany is unlikley to be able to make an alliance with them after a problem when Dorans son gets offed.

In the Show

Jamie and Bronn go on a lads holiday with some business while some crazy bratty teenage assassins try and catch them.

Tyene Sand though

comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 3 days, 6 hours ago
By the way O.G.S what was it like rewatching all seven seasons? Would you recommend it? Was thinking about doing it before season 8 came out but I didn't realise that it was coming out as early as next month.
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I’m rewatching it currently. Just starting season 5. Hopefully will get through season 7 before the season 8 premiere. It’s defintely worth watching again. There is so much that I picked up on the second time around that made no sense to me the first time.

Agree with this

In books: Amazing bit of work where it is revealed that certain characters are planning a long game to get their revenge on the Lannisters, the sand snakes are known as a bunch of mature and dangerous women and Dany is unlikley to be able to make an alliance with them after a problem when Dorans son gets offed.

In the Show

Jamie and Bronn go on a lads holiday with some business while some crazy bratty teenage assassins try and catch them.
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Doran Martell is the worst offender by a mile. That calm, patient strategist in the books reduced to some weak, incompetent pretender. The grass that hides the viper my backside

It's almost forgivable, bad as it was, if they hadn't got Oberyn spot on. Built up expectations so much with him.

comment by Bats (U18355)
posted 3 days, 18 hours ago

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I’m rewatching it currently. Just starting season 5. Hopefully will get through season 7 before the season 8 premiere. It’s defintely worth watching again. There is so much that I picked up on the second time around that made no sense to me the first time.
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Im also rewatching it too but only when I can, I dont think I could commit to the one episode a day until season 8 starts and will watch a couple of episodes when I can....27 days until the new season starts and Im also just starting season 5.

I also realise that there were some real obvious points that I missed (Such as the real obvious camera cut to the person who poisoned Joffery when they were discussing who could have done it).

Also in defence of the TV show they have done a couple of things better than the books:

Bronn - his role in the books is much shorter because hes essentially a background character but thanks to Jerome Flynn and the writing team he has become much more than his character was on paper

The whole Arya/ Tywin conversations- I forgot how good these two characters interacted in the show and rewatching it made me realise that I kind of liked Tywin.

I've thought for a while that Arya would probably end up being a survivor simply because that's what they've made her character - finding ways to survive.

If I were to guess then I'd say Jaime and Cersei to die; Tyrion to survive and be the new hand.

Daenerys to die probably in a big 2 v 1 dragon battle.

Jon to die protecting/saving his sisters leaving Sansa the throne but she realises she's a pathetic tw@ and so gives it to Arya.

That said, I do love Ezio's second theory.

By the end of the 3rd Matrix film I was really hoping Keano would wake up as his character from Bill and Ted and the whole thing had been a dream.