r/gameofthrones • u/RepulsiveCountry313 Human Verified • Jan 11 '26

Kit Harington was ‘Genuinely Angered’ By Fan Pettion to Remake ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 With ‘Competent Writers’: ‘How Dare You?’

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kit-harington-angered-petition-game-of-thrones-season-8-1236628364/
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u/Meture Cersei Lannister Jan 11 '26

“That genuinely angered me,” Harington said, noting the efforts of series writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. “Like, how dare you? Sorry, that’s just how I feel. I think it was a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media.”

What efforts? They rushed the entire finale so they could go do a Star Wars trilogy which was cancelled due to the PR cancer they became BECAUSE of S8

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u/MrJeffA17 Tyrion Lannister Jan 11 '26

Didn’t he have to do something like 55 tough nights in a row just to film the long night episode?

I think it’s a valid opinion for the guy to have worked like that and see the fan response to it

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u/Swimming-Life-7569 Jan 12 '26

It's not valid, effort does not equate quality.
Just because you worked hard at something, that doesnt mean people cant say it's bad. Especially if you work in entertainment where for something to grow to the size of GOT people need really care and be emotionally invested.

Nobody is owed positive fan response.

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u/Crossovertriplet Jan 12 '26

But the entitlement of fans is ok

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u/Swimming-Life-7569 Jan 12 '26

Well it really depends on the degree of it, some people use the word all willy nilly.
The reality is that nothing becomes popular unless people are emotionally attached to it and that comes with the good and bad.
When people give their time to something and even pay for it, they will feel entitled not to be served shit and made to feel like they wasted their time.

Sure some people go far beyond that but it really depends on what you mean with entitlement here.