TheBigVlad wrote on Dec 29, 2021, 00:40:
When Dinklage says that audiences were disappointed in the final season because they "wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together", I honestly don't think he's wrong about that. At least, I think that's what the more casual GoT viewers wanted, a happy ending with Jon and Daenerys sharing the throne, riding dragons together. For the more critical GoT fan, there was plenty else to complain about but I honestly do think we are in the (loud) minority.

No one thought there would be a "good ending". Anyone with at least half a brain cell knew it from the start.

And it wasn't just last season, as soon as they ran out of source material ( and/or diverted from it ) somewhere in the 5th season ( altho you could argue that in the case of some characters like Tyrion it began way earlier ) the fanfic nonsense began.

GoT has the characters and character development driving the plot, both in the books and the TV episodes with source material. I read the books, I know...

Once the Dumb and Dumber fanfic got in full swing it did a complete 180, the plot suddenly took the forefront with the characters being driven by it and mangled to the point of being unrecognizable. Pretty much everyone felt something was wrong or at least somewhat off and it got progressively worse until the very end when it turned into a pathetic parody of its former self.