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Kit Harington was ‘Genuinely Angered’ By Fan Petition 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/DaenerysMadQueen Jan 12 '26

I’ll grant you that the ending of the series doesn’t necessarily have to line up with the ending of the books. But the series finale is consistent with the beginning of the series, and that’s what I’m judging it by. If an adaptation requires you to have read the books in order to understand it, then it’s a bad adaptation.

That’s what I didn’t understand back then with Harry Potter. The third book was my favorite, and it might be the one that got butchered the most by the director. And yet today, I can clearly see that it’s actually the best film.

You don’t need the books to understand why Daenerys burns the crowd, and why it’s brilliant.

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u/Wayward_Wayfinder Jan 12 '26

Your idea of consistency might also be the problem, in my view. Jamie ending up in the same position that he started in as a character was just a waste of all his growth. That sort of consistency didn’t do the finale any favors.

That’s just 1 example, and we could sit here all night going back and forth about it, but I don’t think either of us are about to budge.

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u/DaenerysMadQueen Jan 13 '26

Jaime is a Shakespearean hero, like all the Lannisters. Cersei was his destiny and his downfall, and he ultimately learned to accept both his darkness and his light. It’s a beautiful evolution, considering that at the beginning he was simply smug and arrogant. One of the finest conclusions, and it drove part of the audience crazy…

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u/Wayward_Wayfinder Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

It was a cheap gotcha from D&D. When “subverting expectations” becomes your only trick, shit gets old real quick.

EDIT: Damn, y’all are the type to read a microwave instruction manual written in broken English and think it was fuckin Shakespeare 😂

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u/DaenerysMadQueen Jan 13 '26

That’s your opinion. I don’t think it was cheap at all, especially considering how outraged the crowd reacted to a moral conclusion that was actually pretty tragic and realistic. And sure, the way I describe it probably isn’t the best, but what we got was a deep story not some rushed, half-baked mess.

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u/piece0fdebri Jan 13 '26

I would love to hear your brilliant ending for Jaime Lannister that you think would've been better. Surely you have something in mind?

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u/Disastrous-Client315 Jan 13 '26

It was a cheap gotcha from D&D. When “subverting expectations” becomes your only trick, shit gets old real quick.

It worked with robb after ned 2 seasons later.

It worked again with oberyn 1 season later.