Game of Thrones Alternate Endings
Game of Thrones: 5 Alternate Endings Better Than the One We Got
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Now, I don't want to turn this into English class, but there's one cardinal rule of creative writing: Show, don't tell. All this simply means is don't talk about it, be about it. The series finale, however, ignores this rule entirely. The episode mostly contains people sitting around, chatting, and speechifying like some never-ending city council meeting. Even Daenerys stands in front of her troops and gives a lengthy discourse about the lands she's going to conquer, but she never does anything to take action.
What if she actually waged her next battle? Think about this: The first location she names for her next attack is Winterfell. Not the North. Not the lands beyond the Wall. She says, "Winterfell." Call it what you will, but that's a direct threat to Sansa. And to be perfectly honest, the show would have been so much better — and given Jon an extremely personal reason to kill his queen — if Daenerys had followed through on her threat. In fact, this is the second major time she's articulated her desire to challenge Sansa. The first time occurs during her episode-five conversation with Tyrion about the traitors in her midst. She says, "[Varys] knows the truth about Jon . . . because you told him. You learned from Sansa, and she learned from John, though I begged him not to tell her."
Of course, her love for Jon is the element holding her back, but this show has always been about backstabbing and duplicity. So, the ultimate double cross of Jon's affections, especially after he spurned her desire to remain lovers, would be to attack his sister. She doesn't have to succeed, but the effort should have been made since the seeds were planted the minute Daenerys arrived at Winterfell.