Originally Posted by
AndrewCrossett
That's the way our democracy (such as it is) started, though. Originally only land-owning white men were allowed to vote... our version of the gentry and aristocracy. Universal suffrage evolved over a period of 200 years and is still evolving.... not sure in which direction, though.
I'm sure HBO is delighted that you feel that way! Because they've got plenty more Westeros in store for us, I'm sure.
The Arya one is the only one of those I see as a possibility. I'm pretty sure both Dinklage and Harrington are ready to move on to other things now.
An Arya spinoff would technically be a sequel, but since it would deal only with Arya and her crew and not with the world at large, it really wouldn't matter much when it was set. Arya would basically be a stand-in for the woman explorer who circumnavigated the globe in Martin's canon.
I didn't notice whether Gendry did, though. Considering that about five minutes ago he was one of those commoners his new colleagues were comparing to dogs and horses.
I really do wish they'd done more with his warging ability during the endgame. Having him play an active role in the victory(ies) would have made his becoming king less of an ass-pull.
There is nothing for the Night Watch to watch anymore... the White Walkers are gone, and I believe those few dozen Wildlings with Jon and Tormund are the sum total of the human population beyond the wall. If the Night Watch continues to exist, it will only be because it's a convenient place to send troublesome people you don't want to execute for some reason. I assume the Night Watch will now be considered a joint project by the thrones of the south and north?
She'd make an awesome queen, but a) I'm guessing she wants to have children and b) I don't think Bran is exactly her favorite person.
I would give the series overall 7 stars out of 10. It's no longer threatening Buffy for the title of my favorite show of all time, as it was in the earlier seasons, but I think overall it was an impressive success. My only real issue was that the final season should have been 2 or 3 episodes longer. Stuff just happened too fast, mainly character changes that should have been better explained and justified.
One thing I want to know is... what was the deal with that horse Arya found in the ruins of King's Landing? She hops on it and rides away, but the next time we see her she's lurking in the crowd at Dany's Triumph of the Will moment. I like to think that Bran warged into it and sent it to find her, but that was never indicated (unless I missed it) and she didn't seem to be any better off with the horse than without it.
I'm glad no one asked Bran why he didn't warg into Drogon and stop him from burning King's Landing, because he would have had to explain that King's Landing had to burn in order to arrive at this ending... "everything happened just as it was supposed to."
And I'm surprised that, after Bran granted independence to the North with a simple nod of his head, Yara and the Dorne guy didn't make similar requests.