re: Just Finished Binging All 8 Seasons of Game of Thrones

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Who has a better story than a character who they literally didn’t include in an entire season

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Yeah whether or not Bran is king in the books isn’t really all that important (mostly because that book will never be released) and personally I don’t believe that would be where GRRM would end it, and him telling them the ending doesn’t mean a.) he told them the truth or b.) they also used that same ending he told

By the point he said that, the two versions were already distinctly different stories with a lot of key characters and plot points. Bran especially.

So my point is, even if Bran WAS made king in the book, it still in all likelihood would’ve been done is a much better way that actually made sense with Brans storyline or there would be a major reason why he chooses to take that route or a sacrifice he ultimately has to make for what he feels is the greater good

Let’s be clear, Bran being king isn’t just bad because no one wants Bran to be king, it’s bad because the show spent painstaking effort and time to show him running around becoming the raven, and talking about not giving a shite about all the people politics, because he knew like everyone knew, the real threat is north of the wall.

And that is the way they write Bran for the entire plot of the show up until the last scene where he goes “oh sweet the iron throne! JK about all that other stuff I said I’ll take it!” And everyone does an Ewoks celebration

They built him up as potentially one of the main final players of the entire end game of the show with a number of cool ways to do so, and they spent a lot of time to build this up when following the books, then as soon as D&D took over completely they literally cut him out the entire next season and made him a walking blank for the remainder of the time