GOT ending had Bran Stark Lord of Six Kingdoms; Sansa queen of the North
What could be a better
ending than seeing justice served to the Starks who were the most aggrieved key
characters in the epic TV series GOT, a blackbuster hit
not only in the US and Europe, but in the Philippines as well.
First
there was Ned Stark beheaded for a trumped up charge of treason. What could be crueler
when Sansa was made to look in
the face of the beheaded father and by non-other than her own husband King Joffrey
Baratheon who was a Lannister. Jamie, the father of Joffrey, and Cersei, queen at King's Landing and mother, were twins. It
was from this scene that the almost babe Arya was salvaged away from the crowd
that “crucified” the father (the
ending seems King’s Landing had it all coming for them). Then there was Catelyn
and Robb Stark and wife murdered by Tywin Lannister
in
cahoots with Waldor Frey and Roose Bolton, and Bran pushed out from a tower by
Jaime
rendering him paralyzed and blind for the rest of his life
although becoming a clairvoyant. Ricko Stark suffered a pitiful
death by the hands of the maniacal Ramsay Snow (shot Ricko
an arrow while running towards Jon Snow because
Ramsay told him to do so while grinning like hell). This Snow
also had Theon Greyjoy, Stark’s family friend tortured and forced into
servitude. Sansa Stark had Ramsay (who
everyday raped and beat her) eaten by a ferocious hound later in the
film. Good for him. Finally, Jon Snow was good as dead as
he was almost treacherously killed by his own men from the Night’s Watch during
the mutiny at Castle Black. He was resurrected by the witch
Melisandre.
For an ordinary
audience like me, Jaimee and Cersei’s
ending
is
not enough. ' should have been more. Good for them. Too much greed for power. But if one is to have a better grip of the facts of the epic, the Lannister's are not the cause of all the miseries that befell the seven kingdoms. Maybe this justifies the way Jaime and Cersei were killed. And the Targaryens have the tendency to go crazy and to destroy and burn kingdoms. There were too many missing sub-plots, many are important for understanding one has to read the book of George R. R. Martin.
Sansa assuming the throne
as queen of the north was a vindication for the Starks. Snow killing Daenarys turned
out to be more
symbolic although disappointing for audiences who followed the
epic-sodes
(ran around eight to nine years) religiously from start to
finish. Daenarys deserve more. But that would be another incestuous
relationship. The idea does not seem to sit well with film owners. And she was responsible for razing King's Landing to the ground that included killing innocent children, old people and women.
Sansa was crowned queen of the north while Bran was hailed Lord of the six kingdoms.
Sansa was crowned queen of the north while Bran was hailed Lord of the six kingdoms.
Jon Snow, brought up a Stark but was
a Targaryen, lead marching men and women with GOT musical
theme at the background played was again symbolic, but a satisfying
ending for this viewer.
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