re: Game of Thrones - season by season ratings on Rotten Tomatoes

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They also completed character stories. Not sure what you people wanted or expected.

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There's a difference between "completing character stories" and completing character stories satisfyingly. The show definitely did the former but effed up on the latter. The vast majority of critics of the final season, myself included, are pretty much fine with the direction these characters went. What we're upset with is how we got there.

Here's an example. Dany and Jon didn't meet each other until S7E3. Yet by S7E7, they were in love with one another and having sex in her cabin. I'm sure that's where they end up in the books, but the whole Jon-Dany love story felt rushed. Compare that to Jon and Ygritte. They meet mid-way through season two but don't consummate their relationship until late in season three. Time passes and their relationship is allowed to breathe and be fleshed out.

So when the two go their separate ways it's more tragic and heartbreaking for the audience because you know these two love each other. Ygritte's death scene was also more impactful than Dany's, which is a tragedy considering how Dany was arguably the most important character of the entire series.