Fan Response to Game of Thrones Finale

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Event: Game of Thrones Finale
Participants: Game of Thrones fandom
Date(s): 2019
Type: Fandom Occurrence
Fandom: Game of Thrones
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The Game of Thrones Finale, and the final season in general, elicited a strong reaction from fans, most of it negative.

Fan Petition

One fan created a petition, "Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers"[1] which received over 1.8 million signatures. Although, whether this was a legitimate request of the studio, or just a way for fans to show their unhappiness with the final season is unclear.[2]

Charity Fundraisers

After the finale the fans at the r/freefolk subreddit set up two charity fundraisers in response to Season 8 and to thank the lead actors of the series[3][4]

Memes

In response to final season and the finale a huge amount of satirical memes were created by fans, and shared on reddit, twitter and tumblr, among other places.

Fan Reactions

Reactions to the Plot

Never have I seen such brilliant directing, cinematography, acting, editing, music, sound editing and visual effects set to such bullshit writing.[5]

we waited 8 years for cersei to be killed by a bunch of rocks?[6]

Never in my life did I imagine there'd be a scenario where Cersei's death wouldn't be satisfying. Thanks, GOT.[7]

Reactions to Character Development

10 years of character development from all these characters to be thrown out the window. [8]

[Referencing Daenerys in episode 5] I'm so sad because I feel that despite everything that you have had to go through all the seasons, we will lose you in the next episode. In someway we lost you already. This was not who you really are[9]

Fans spent years literally YEARS making theories and analyzing prophecies and writing 100k word essays about the complex writing in Game of Thrones and the incredible foreshadowing and the insanely amazing characterization and tonight we watched Daenerys Targaryen’s arc betray her entire character while Jaime and Cersei Lannister were squished like two cockroaches.[10]

RIP not to Jaime Lannister, who lives on in our hearts, but to his character development[11]

Fanworks

Fanfiction

  • Game of Fixes by lodessa, a series fixing the endings for multiple ships

Fan Vids

  • Ser Jaime Lannister by TheGaroStudios, vidder's note: "Even though I have my differences with how his arc turned into, I still had to explore it more thoroughly and try and make sense of what happened. "
  • How Game of Thrones Should Have Ended by Think Story, fan vid rewriting final season, alternative ending starts at 4:43

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