The headlines have all been very selective with their quotes. Probably for clickbait reasons. Most of these quotes have been taken from an article that's more than a month old? It's hyperlinked in below.
The bit in bold is key. I think an element of "Last Jedi syndrome" is creeping in again, where an actor's throwaway comment from early on in production is used by those who didn't like the outcome to justify their hatred and spread around the Internet to make sure that's what sets the narrative. It's like how Last Jedi detractors stick on Mark Hamill's comments that he didn't initially understand Luke's direction in that film, while ignoring the fact that he came to see that Rian Johnson's decisions worked out logically. In the case of Lena's interview here, her positive comments are in the exact same quote.
And as we've seen since The Last Jedi and in the past few weeks with Game of Thrones, any positivity from the actors is considered to be a lie they have to perform for contractual reasons, and that their "real disappointment" will apparently come out in the wash "when they're free from their contracts", as if there's some conspiracy. Let's be honest, Cersei going out in a combat scene would have been stupid. Lena's reaction was mixed at first, but she came to appreciate it and considered it to be a "perfect" ending by the time they came to film it... But I guess that wouldn't generate clicks?Have a feeling you might get something closer to your wish in the books. I can't find the exact quotes, but Martin has suggested a few times since season 6 ended that a lot of characters who died when Cersei blew up the sept will still have a large role in the books. Plus there are a larger number of Tyrells in the books than there ever were in the show - then again, there are far more characters and houses and such in the books, so that's basically a given by this point.
I don't think I've talked about the books that much in here, have I? I have very little to offer on that front. I'm heavily interested in reading about them and do so quite frequently, and I love reading ASOIAF theories because I love the world Martin created, etc. but I've not actually read them and don't ever intend to, so I have no idea about how to guess or theorise about any of Martin's directions. Doesn't mean I can't join in with educated guesswork like the rest of the world, though?
Poor Jory.
God, do you remember that gap between seasons 5 & 6? I caught up with the show just as season 5 finished, and the first big theory I got plunged into discussing on Twitter was whether Stannis was actually still alive. I've always liked the cutaway from Stannis' death in isolation and understood the decision - I think it would have been a bit much to see Brienne kill Stannis when we still sympathised with him ever so slightly - but the endless arguments I had with people who were convinced he wasn't dead just turned me against it in the end. It's already happened after the final episode, with people convinced that Daenerys is actually still alive because Drogon took her to Volantis where she was resurrected.
I actually really liked Jorah's death as well, especially when Drogon cuddled round him and Daenerys.
Theon's death was alright...
So true.
I miss Bobby B. He was great in retrospect...
Still haven't grown tired of the memes.
Ramsey told Jon, Jon told Sansa (off screen)
The best death was probably Rickon Stark for me, in terms of fuelling the thirst for revenge. That leads to the most satisfying death being Ramseys, getting mauled by his own dogs.
Stupid Rickon. Swerve you little twat!
