Quote Originally Posted by your_name_here View Post
A cheesy sword fight between two characters (essentially the only 2 GOOD and EVIL in the whole show, one of which has a ridiculous amount of fantasy-chosen-one secrets being revealed) who have been staring eachother down ever since they met, constantly teasing a battle is EXACTLY what we needed. Maybe not even a fight, but some sort of ackowledgement that THIS is what Jon is destined for.
Just because it’s the obvious choice doesn’t make it the bad way to go. As you head into the finale of anything, it’s the time where everything you have teased or built up towards finally happens...and the only I could think of was Jon and the Night King.
We didn’t need anything. The show isn’t about bull shot Star Wars style light side and dark side crap. The White Walkers are a force of nature. Jon discovered the threat and prepared the world for it.

The best fighter in the show got the kill. Aka the logical outcome happened. Not the fan service one. Jon did enough justify his existence in that plotline. And logically if Jon fought him, he should have died.