Monday, May 20, 2019


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.
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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