Game of Thrones S8E06 Finale Explained
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Alt Shift X So you aren’t dead?
thanks for the cool videos
This must have been tough to do given the quality of this whole season
OMG THANK YOU I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOOO LONGGGGGGG
Now that GOT is over will you be doing more ASOIAF videos?
Brienne closing the book before the ink was dry was a metaphor for this entire season.
Hahahaha brutal.
You should put this quote in quote marks.
So, Brienne actually checked if ink was dry, and it was dry so she closed the book.
I cringed at that.
@@DantesInferno96 on what?
You got it all wrong, Dany wasn't mad. She was willing to give up the Iron Throne for Bran. Which is why she flattened Kingslanding to make it wheelchair accessible. Drogon even made an iron ramp for Bran's wheel chair.
And the Night King wasn't a disappointment, all he wanted to do was die, and since Bran knows everything, the NK just came by the tree to ask him how. It makes sense, he jumped off his dragon, but that didnt do it, he stood in dragonfire but he still wouldnt die, so he just ran in for help.
It makes sense now
😂😂😂😂I’m dying
My god, it all makes sense now! D and D are misunderstood geniuses! BRAVO!!
😂😂😂😂
"Martin has hinted that the next book will be out within a year."
*Two years later...*
Came into the comment section to write exactly this 😂😭
😔
@@Julsiy lol after the winds of winter there will also be another book
I'm from the future. It's coming out in 2023
Yeah he fucked up
watching this years later and i genuinely do not understand how you manage to be so calm and collected while you're working through the nonsense that this episode was 😭. i admire you
yeh i couldn;' even watch the whole thing... i still feel the pain of watching the travesty of the whole season....
Same.
I've notice it's a popular things on youtube where you can programing robot voice to read their script.
I'm 3 years late, but CZcams finally decided to recommend me this!
Nice breakdown on Daenerys being a tyrant and yet a lot of the viewers still embraced her. Why?
Here is my take on Daenerys.
She represents certain county which I won't mention. Her goal is to free the slaves and spread freedom. Those with different ideology that goes against her will be sanction, starved and killed.
Remember the man who killed Daenerys beloved translator? That's an equivalent of flying planes into the Twin Tower on 9/11.
The punishment for going up against Daenerys? 2.4 million dead Iraqi, destroyed infrastructures and stolen oil.
Same fate for Afghanistan etc.
Remember the people who shot down one of Daenerys dragon? That's an equivalent to killing the settlers.
The punishment for going up against Daenerys? Native Americans Indians got hunted till near extinction, lost their language and culture. Now only a few thousand are living on reservations.
You get the ideas right?
Give this source a visit to see the list of counties who got bombed for 10 years aka dragon fire attacks on cities.
Source
Davidswanson warlist
@@RandomVidsforthought That's call civil war.
Genocide is a whole different level
@@condorX2 You misinterpreted me i meant what they called themselves which was indian or native american and most people he interviewed said indian
"The King is possibly an evil tree."
This was my favourite part of the analysis.
Hey, you stole my comment, lol. JK, that was really funny actually!
I stopped the video to laugh when I caught that. Perfection
@@christianarcane stealing comments is a common thing.
@@akaymoon8252 I am sure tree just controlled D&D.
@@akaymoon8252 HBO is doing a prequel series set during the Age of Heroes and the Long Night, which they've billed as an origin story for the Night King and the Three-Eyed Raven. I would guess they've saved this reveal for then. The Age of Heroes is supposedly filled with even more magical beasts than just dragons, so this might be the place where the high fantasy excised from Game of Thrones makes its home.
Thanks Alt Shift X for putting more work than D&D did in Season 8
Fan produced media vastly outstripped the show in terms of content in Season 8.
Dungeons and dragons did nothing wrong!!!
Agreed
This channel is the only good fir the series and the rest of the other channels are useless.
harsh but justified! :D
Grey Worm went from "I'm here to execute a traitor and a murderer and I'm literally holding the knife" to "whatever you guys want" in a single sentence.
Grey worm should have died at kingslanding as part of Danny’s girlboss evolution
Greyworm said to Tyrion "You are not here to talk!". Tyrion immediately proceeds to talk uninterrupted and then casually selects a king.
I'm convinced they just did GoT madlibs for the entire last season.
They passed a Fallout 4 style speech check on him
Grey Worm was literally always a slave. He was a "free slave". He had literally nothing else in his life to live for, and was a slave to his life circumstances. Even while holding the knife, he still had no authority to do anything without someone else's permission.
He was master of war to a dead queen.
Him moving East is the first free man thing he did all series long.
It's crazy that drogon gained the power of understanding symbolism
It was kinda dumb. I guess the only excuse is that at some point earlier in the show, there’s a line that says something along the lines of “dragons are quite intelligent”.
Dragons are smarter then humans from what I remember
Dragonfire forged the iron throne, intelligence no? why couldn't it understand that after his mother died pursuing it, he would then destroy it?
Also it was dumb writing to begin with as everyone feels like it was a Trainwreck 🤷
@@Stabby__ it was forged by aegon. supposing he said dracarys on top of a mountain of swords, it was aegon’s doing not balerions
"Chaos is a wheel chair accessible ramp."
hahahahaha
OK but Chaos is a ramp would also be accurate. Chaos makes it possible to ascend, but it also makes it harder to do so, while the slope to downfall and destruction makes it easier to fail.
Lmao
@@francescapatti2934 ladders
This comment right here
Alt Shift X finally posts a video. Now my watch has truly ended
Goblin Slayer Well said. This will probably my final GoT Analysis video to watch. Always liked Alt Shift, and In Deep Geek. What a shame that the show had to in this way though. So much more bitter than sweet.
@@BabelRedeemed I dun want it
same
And we shall never see your like again
best yt comment ever
You've actually made Season 8 sound reasonably interesting and thoughtful. You're both a magician and a liar.
“LIAR!” Said Anakin
Bronn the guy who doesn't understand how a loan works as master of coin is a perfect metaphor for this show's implosion
If Jon was a talking racecar his name would be lightning muhqueen
hippitus hoppitus no
@@TheGeordieSpade ooooh yes. Very yes.
OMG HAAA. IVE BEEN CALLING HIM THAT ALL SEASON!!!
Alexia Colon 😂😂😂😂
@hippitus hoppitus - I can't. xD
Arya: The starks need to stick together
Also Arya 2 episodes later: I‘m leaving Westeros and I am literally never coming back
Bcz she understand jon is not his brother
Tom Neville I mean I would too after what she went through in the battle against the NK and then again when the city was burning. Honestly Arya got the best deal of all the characters lol
@@jaguar_8344 The Night King? That's child's play compared to being present for her father's execution and later seeing the mutilated corpse of her own brother.
She had two friends killed, callously, for no reason.
Arya has shit in her head that she could never get out, no matter how much she tried.
Hmmmmm she said she is going to westeros and further than that. The dragon is also headed there where the three eyed raven is plotting something to do to it. I see some story there
@@subhasish1718 Could be why the video made reference to the Dune universe. Bran The Broken could be a bit like Paul Muad'Dib and/or Leto II who is the emperor in the fourth book, God Emperor Of Dune. He might live a thousand years or just a regular lifespan of a ruler who doesn't lead a life like the worst of the previous kings and queens. It might even be that whomever is chosen to be the king or queen after him has to become the Three Eyed Raven as well which could be very sobering.
The ending would have been a hundred times better if as the lords were casting their votes for Bran we saw their eyes go white like Hodor's when Bran was warging into him.
though that would just change the shows message explicitly to: "Humans have failed, muhahahah!!"
Weirdly I would have hated that even more
@@Ghost-ql3hl Yeah, then the ending would be like "so Bran is evil, we'll never explain why or what he will do with his power because this is the end of the show, but he is evil now"
It would have been stupid but at least it'd make sense 😭
Sounds like a crappy horror movie ending
you make this episode sound way more complicated and intelligent than it actually is 😂
Can't wait for the book.
"On Political Theory and Human Psyche Corruption, or How I Lost My Mother" by Drogon Targaryen
Damn, I'd totally read that tbh 😂
For some reason I imagined Drogon with glasses because of that title XD
Erick, yeah the book will start well, we some unexpected turns, but he will never finish it ...
@Chris A. Medina
The dragon just blew out in a rage of magic and could not take Jon due to the magic of the blood.
Even though the dragon knew that Jon killed her.
@Gabriel Nunes
Not all Targaryens carried the blood Magic. The lines were heavily watered down when it got to GOT. The reason why Jon could ride the dragon was due to his blood.
“Yara kind of forgets” I see what you did there
Dorne also kinda forgot :D
Ki let’s be real, the show kind of forgot about dorne. Besides the viper we would have been good without any of it
tbf tho Yara was too busy being Solaria the Monster Carver, Queen of Mewni hence why she was only on episodes 1 & 6
@@yooringonghan Then soon the Seven Kingdoms will face a new threat - the Solarian Warriors, hailing originally from the Iron Islands but gaining magic and plotting with Kinvara the High Priestess to revive their one true monarch.
@@grimmes1890 Did you know that D&D chose to ad Dornes 40 min subplot at the literally last second because they wanted to show off that they have Indira Varma in their cast
Y'know what's weird? Looking back, Gendry also has a claim. He is recognized Bastard, recognized by Daenerys, meaning her supporters recognize him as a Baratheon, and he was also an ally of Jon Snow, and of course the only remaining trueborn son of Robert Baratheon, and he grew up a peasant and became a knight under the Brotherhood Without Banners. Not only is his "story" amazing, he basically has positive affiliation with nearly every major faction. Would Gendry WANT the throne? Probably not, but someone should have at least put his name forward.
Also, with the new system, someone is definitely going to lose an election by a razor thin margin, and then either start a civil war because "cheating" or just murder the winner and win the throne in the subsequent election.
Why didn't Dany mention her great great great aunt was a Baratheon
Yeah and Robert is part targaryan
She says she imagined the Iron Throne would be bigger but she had a literal vision of it in Season 2 with it being the same size..
"Sam just scrubbed pans , stole some books and ran" , ""What does he know about resposible fiscal management? " Small council getting more roasted than the mountain
The hound would be more appropriate he was roasted twice 😁😁
When your channel goes from explaining a rich and detailed story to explaining the short comings of incompetent writers. I'm gonna miss these videos though
christopherwalker for sure
I find many of these wannabe writers funny.
I remember sailing to Westeros, and then I forgot everything afterward.
@Google User A dream that has been foreshadowed in the books and in the show since season 3. It's not a a dream it's reallity. Daenerys was allways a conquerer and a dictator, she just liked slaves and fragile people but she was allways authoritarian, you do things in her way or you die. She was also allways entitled, even as a slave she allways demanded to be treated as superior to other people and that everything she wanted should be given to her because she has dragons and because of her genetics (targaryen). She Is literally Stalin in ideology, and her family is constantly compared to Nazis with dragons. Started by wanting to help the poor and weak people and to break the old system and create a new one (break the wheel), ended up a dictator genocide ruler.
What a waste..
@@paulogaspar8295 foreshadowing is not character development. she killed the people who were opposed to her, yes, but not people who just happened to be near her
@@paulogaspar8295 Cope harder
You really need to stop kinda forgeting about everything. Or you might just loose Rheagal to surface to air missiles and nuke a city becuase you forgot who your enemy was
"The next book will be out in a year."
SpongeBob Narrator: "Two years later..."
“Two thousand years later…”
5 years later
I’m from the future it’s still not out but he did release a coffee table version of fire and blood, yay???
"Yara kinda forgets " I See what you did there!
What he do?
@@sophiawilson8696 like the directors explained: dany kinda forgets about eurons ships.
I can't believe this is the last ever "Game of Thrones S...E... Explained" video notification I'll ever get.
Thanks Alt Shift X for the years of great content. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that GoT wouldn't have been the same without your analyses.
msflyingfox there will be prequels coming out
@@gunnareriksson979 Ain't GOT tho.
That is so true
i will remember the plot lines i imagined here more than the trash ending we were offered.
so true the guy made observations that you could only get here, knowledgeable, funny and appreciative of support. Im going to be watching the next show he decides to do reviews on b/c I'm positive it will be great!
Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm's actor) actually said that he and the unsullied probably died straight away on Naarth
“The next book will be out in a year”
He says in June of 2019, a year and a half ago with no winds of winter in sight lol
May 2021 and still no news...
@@maubribi September 2021. We're hearing more from the Isaac Asimov estate about what they have planned for the Apple TV adaptation of the Foundation Trilogy than we've heard from GRRM regarding WoW. My dad, who's been a fan of the books for over thirty years at this point, has given up on them entirely, and blames George just as much for fucking up the story and making it such that it never receives a satisfying conclusion as he does Dan and Dave.
I've got bad news from late 2021..
@@kyle857
February 2022
march 2024@@perverse_ince
"Who has a better story than the kid who sat in a chair and just stared at people for like 2 seasons"
I mean, his story was so important, he wasn’t even in season 5
I agree about how the shows don’t properly prove how Bran would be a good leader.
But why do people always need to insert his wheelchair use and disability in, as if that makes someone an incompetent leader?
Not only do I sometimes use a wheelchair (and deal with prejudice when I do) but my country also had a fantastic president who used a wheelchair.
If you’d like to explain the connection between automatic poor leadership and wheelchair use, I’m all ears
But but sUbVeRtInG ExPeCtAtIoNs GuYz 🙄🙄
@@amym5062 The conquest of Westeros by Aegon Targareyan was literally on a dragon's back
As much as the prime of the show was about politics, its about wars as well
A king who sits in a wheelchair reminising the past saying fuckall doesn't really feel like a Westerosi king
@@sawfal5403 And Bran can ride a horse, so why not a dragon?
And, even better as a point, there are many leaders who can't fly dragons! It's just Targs, as far as my history of Westerosi knowledge goes.
I think you are more onto something when you say a "king who sits in a wheelchair..." Why is the wheelchair part (or should I say him NOT being in a wheelchair) important to you? Why did you need to include that detail?
interested in hearing your response...
No one seems to wonder whether Shagga, son of Dolf, received Lordship of the Vale.
They all served as Tywin's vanguard, i believe they were wiped out by Robb's army
@@VictorChooJernLiang they weren't. Recall that some of them escorted Tyrion in king's landing a bit, and cut off Pycell's beard. After Tyrion wakes up after the battle of the Blackwater tywin tells him the tribesmen were rewarded and sent home.
You deserved much better. Hope you'll be back in some spin off
Shagga likes axes.
He has a better claim than Bronn to the Reach, so why not?
The state of Westeros at the end of the series reminds me of speedrunning an achievement in a paradox game, ignoring every looming disaster because it doesnt matter if my country is destined to collapse if I simply stop playing before that happens.
Honestly would love a continuation series where the Reach lords and Iron Bank immediately overthrow Bran's pagan caliphate because he made a semiliterate hitman the master of coin and of the most profitable land on the continent
Who has a better story than the dude who was doing so little that he was cut from an entire season
Person who hasn't watched Game of Thrones: "So how would you describe the show?"
Alt Shift X: "The King is possibly an evil tree."
some psychic fuckery right there
Ok where’s your years of video’s? Guy has done a good job trying to explain the lore and characters too dum dums ( that’s you )
@QuasarOne - LOL
QuasarOne video 🖕
@@williammoon2525 ....that was a joke....how the fuck do you read that shit and assume i'm bashing this channel? You have some issues
Oh god, I'm living the disappointment all over again.
Luke Bostwick 🤣🤣🤣
Think about X having to make this whole video... Hours of bitter disappointment
"Who has a better story?" Literally anyone else. Nobody knows him, he has no political experience, no claim to the throne, NO PERSONALITY.
AG, I am still mad about this
The only way to explain how Bran won the vote is that he warged into the lords like he had into Hodor and forced them all to vote for him.
He has a better story than a lot of character in there. A better story is not political skills. Sansa has good political skills and her story was very boring compared to other people there. In terms of claim to the throne the only people that have claim are Gendry (he is even a worst ruller than bran) and Jon that the hole point is that he doesn't want to rule, and other people don't want him to rule because he killed Daenerys. No one else has good claims. So from political skills would probably Tyrion the most suited but he fucked up a lot and people lost the faith in his skills or Sansa but people don't want to give that much power to her because she can have kids and continue the power being in the starks hands. The better would probably be to just each one rule it's own contry or region, that's what most people there want.
@@paulogaspar8295 Paragraph or absolute nonsense.
11:33 Bran being King here represents the AI Takeover of our own world
"Kinda forgot" would go down as the greatest dialog from this season
26:25
"There are problems and divisions...
and the king is possibly an evil tree"
had to laugh so hard
His deadpan delivery is just priceless.
"Tree? I'm not a tree! I am an Ent!"
"Pod the rod" was a close second for me.
29:58
“Martin recently hinted the next book will be out within a year”
*checks video release date: 2019*
**pain**
It's still not out :')
Conclusion of Explaining GoT was as satisfying as conclusion of GoT itself was disappointing. Thank you man!
The ending of you GOT Explained series was more satisfying than the ending to Game of Thrones
only for the weak minded
@@last7509 what does that mean? Session 8 was shit
Michael Hawkins not for everyone
@Victor Kurske Or for people who saw the downward slide of quality from Season 7 and knew not to have expectations. People who just enjoyed the sites and sounds on the ride downhill. Looks like some people weren't paying attention. That last step was a doozy to miss and the surprise of it ruined your trip. It's as much your fault as the writers.
Brian Fewer Its entirely the writers fault, and the mental gymnastics you’re trying to push is insanity.
Tyrion:”who has a better story than bran the broken”
The audience:literally any other f*ckin person ?!
Bran=
Likes to climb
Falls out of a window
Gets dragged across the lands for several episodes
Sits in a chair and stares at stuff like a moron
King
Not true at all. We're not talking lineage claim, we're talking claim for who will make the best king. The Lords at that meeting are all honorable people for the most part and want Westeros to prosper. Bran has no negative emotions towards anyone, and he knows all the horrible shit they've done. Emotions are what lead to a bad ruler, knowledge is what leads to a good leader. Tywin says this waaay back to Tommen "What do they all lack" "knowledge". Bran is the king of knowledge, he doesn't even really need advisors for the big things because knows everyone's darkest secrets and motives yet doesn't have a vengeful bone in his body. Bran is the perfect king, even if not most satisfying
@@TheChurchofCacti how do we know that? Tyrion said bran had the best story but everyone else also had good stories and don't forget about the politics, these last 3 seasons ignored politics all the way, believe it or not the last few seasons are far away from GOT we knew and love.
Nick King Televised and how do you justify Bran’s response, basically saying that he planned this from the beginning? I’m sorry but even if Bran could have had the wisdom to be a good king, the way they introduce it is nothing but awful. They are explicitly saying that Bran is a liar because he kept saying that he had no interest in any kind of power « i cannot be lord of anything », but also a murderer because he let Daenerys kill thousands of innocents in order to claim the throne.
🤣🤣
“Martin hinted that the book will be out in a year”
4 years ago
Bro Gendry was legitimized, so he was the heir
no because the lady dragon won the throne, and after that she was killed by jon.
Heirs didn’t matter at that point, and Gendry would be worse. He was a peasant from fleabottom and just a blacksmith. That’s like us going into a McDonald’s, grabbing the dude fixing the icecream machine and making him president.
You'd be surprised how many effective rulers came from similarly humble beginnings. Basil I
or Aurelian for instance.
@@Overused_Toothbrush The man of the people
@@Overused_Toothbrush a humble man who worked amongs his people for his entire life has the potential to be a better ruler than someone who had a silver spoon in their mouth since birth
Also, chaos apparently is now a ramp, not a ladder.
😂
ableist lmao talk about a stupid fucking word
Quit stealing comments bruh
@Joseph Markov >right of the frontpage of reddit
Now why would you think that?
There are many different sites tht you can you you brainlet
Also, this fucking guy.
chaos is handicap accessible
Drogon melting the throne is a great metaphor for season 8:
Visually stunning over logic and depth.
Bittersweet, Open and Controversial ending is intentional.
Logic, sometimes, has more than one possibility.
Knowledge and Forgiveness are finally dominating, with a clue to future democracy.
@@soulpilot3218 Future democracy like how the Holy Roman Empire became Democratic... Wait it actually turned into a hereditary monarchy again. Cash wins the throne of the South so Lannisters or the House of the Blackwater (wtf do we call it?!) shall rule Westeros for centuries to come.
@@soulpilot3218 I wouldnt argue that it was intentional. The ENTIRE SEASON was intentional. What a rushed garbage heap.
They portrayed this child eating beasts (season 2) as loyal beasts. They shouldnt understand the complexities and "evil' that fills the heart of those who seek power.
To each his own tho bro
@@soulpilot3218 what are you talking about they completely dismissed democracy the high lords will just pick a king and worse they let an emotionless robotic king that admitted he planed Dany going insane and let her destroy Kingslanding when he said "why do you think I came here"
@James Gravil hey lady, you're scarin us
This farce of an episode (and season) did not deserve a breakdown as well thought-out and presented. Kudos to you, sir. I know I couldn't do it.
My theory is that Bran is not himself, Brynden Rivers has warged into him...the Bloodraven has became King at last....a thousand eyes and one.
Shit theory because he could have been king at any time. He never wanted to be king. He was the hand for ages and specially manipulated events so that Jon could be born. He never wanted to be the fuckin king
Alt Shift X: Makes a 30min long video about the last episode mentioning 100 things that make no sense.
D&D : Yeah we sort of forgot about that.
And this is perhaps the nicest opening to explain this last episode without being extremely enraged sarcastic or rude
The first 7:00 minutes at least
More like D&D: well, HBO already paid us, so... yeah.
"100 things that make no sense." Which is every GOT episode ever.
@12345DJay - Not to mention Alt Shift X is known to be neutral. He tends to just do the lore and keep his ideals out of the matter, but even someone so professional as him, can't deal with the stupidity of this season.
Alt Shift X, you're a good man.
... thank you.
*Charges towards HBO headquarters with the books in his hands*
He's a right proper lad!
@@AhMotherland RIGHT PROPER! (i'm not a bot, anyone who thinks so is gei)
Now coming back to this, even though I really appreciate the work done, it's easy to see how convoluted and not in character so many things happened in last seasons.
Some of your analysis actually makes me like the final season better. Like, they choose the most inhuman person to rule them.... after all the fucked up shit we've seen people capable of in this series, my mind is like, "Hmmm... that actually does seem better." Then, also, how Sansa creates chaos by immediately divulging Jon's secret and by direct result eventually becoming Queen of the North. A real Littlefinger move.
They should’ve all been drawing swords on Bran the minute he says “Why do you think I came all this way?” Implying he knew exactly how these events would unfold but did nothing to warn anyone that Dany was going to murder hundreds of thousands of people because it would result in him being crowned king.
@@Aredeltruth be told, it's not like the people of King's Landing were too worthy.
I love how Dothraki "died" in episode 3, came back in episode 5 and then dissapear like a ghost army from LoTR.
People complained about their respawn timer being OP so they got nerfed at the end of the xpac.
They came Dothbaki! 😅
30:02
"It's sweet that the TV Show happened
But it's bitter, that the show is not what it could've been."
So much disappointment in that one sentence.
They really try to be supportive and caring for a franchise that earned them careers and jobs. My uncle got me a job too, but I'd pretty much dislike him if the bastrad suddenly started fucking me in the ass.
He's right, just imagine how a masterpiece these last seasons could have been if the quality was as good as the first 1-4 seasons, it would have literally became the best show of all time, if only GRRM had finished his books before the last seasons....
@@mordor1779 season 1 - 6 were truly amazing and the last two seasons were good but not very special
@TheRealist 811 i honestly liked every season but i thougt that first six were masterpieces
@@timooosterink ohh yeah the shittie dorn plote, tyrion and stannis plot where truly amazing in season 5..... and dont let get me start in season 6 with the shittie euron story line and the horribel north plot (it was in season 5 horribel to). Wow such masterpieces.... not...
Yours is the most well-informed and thoughtful opinion I’ve seen of the final season. You actually critically evaluate things, and try to make sense of them, instead of just saying “season 8 bad rehhhh.” It’s clear you didn’t like it, but you analyze both sides of it. I really appreciate this video
I do love how Jon ended up as the new King Beyond the Wall. It just makes sense for Jon, the hero of the story, either Azor Ahai or his sword Lightbringer, to be exiled but maintain his independence by becoming a wildling.
Reminded me of Mance Raider. However, I would’ve preferred him becoming King over Bran as he definitely deserved it. He’s the rightful heir, people mostly love him, and he’s fought for the realm over the last 5+ years. I didn’t hate his ending, but I still think he should’ve become King of Westeros.
As new king Beyond the wall? How? If you are hinting at his origin, I need to remaind you that free folk dosent follow the same tradition as people on the south. They choose they're own leaders.
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Yeah and? They chose Jon as their leader before why wouldn’t they choose him again? 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
@@Cassius4 why should they? Why they need a leader? There are no more white walkers, Others and the wall is half destroyed. They are now in good terms with Starks and the rest of the north. I see it as Jon is finally free. Free of vows, free of taking care of others.
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The same reason every single civilization in the history of ever has had leaders of some sort. This isn’t hard bro 💀💀
This is the last game of thrones content I will watch before the books come out. I just cant look at it anymore. Stay classy Alt Shift X. Thanks for the world class tour guide.
Preach.
This is the only GOT content I've watch since the finale
Thank you so much for your analyses for the last few years.
Seconded
Thirded, and I hope you continue the theory vids. I'd love your take on the Mance is Rhaegar theory.
What a waste of time lol... it was all for nothing.
@@boxybox100 No, it was for entertainment.
You delivered that line about the unsullied so dryly, love it.
Your description of the episode is so much better than the actual episode itself. crazy.
for me, alt shift x's GOT explained was always as much a part of the show as the show itself- and I'd wait eagerly for each new video every time a new episode aired. kinda sad to see it come to an end but hey! I'm really looking forward to what's to come. thank you so much!
Well said. And agreed.
JC S couldn’t agree more
Im excited for the new weekly videos on The Expanse now !
The Starks season 1-7: "the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Starks season 8:Fuck the pack, l'm OUT. ✌
Spread out but not necessarily disconnected.
Jon - King of the Wildlings
Sansa - Queen in the North
Bran - King of Six Kingdoms
Arya - "I'm going everywhere" assassin
They can stay in contact (ravens) and now basically have all the power in Westeros, as well as having an assassin that no one can track theoretically.
Personal opinion, The Pack definitely survived.
@@songe85 House Stark will become extinct by the next generation however, nice going pack.
@@augustusfreeman4032 Bran is the only one incapable of fathering children. Doesn't seem likely they'll die out.
@@songe85 he knows the others can produce children but Jon is beyond the wall where his name means nothing and his last name isn't Stark, Sansa may not remarry and if she does her children will have her husband's last name unless she has him take her name instead and thats only if sansa wants to remarry. Also Arya isn't coming back home, she's sailing west and most people die when they sail that way, Arya also says she's not a Lady, she has no desire to get married and have children so yeah House Stark will be extinct by the next generation unless Sansa has children.
Yay, I found a new and exciting CZcamsr to be my sleep whisperer. Now, I can put these episodes on, lay back, relax, and fall asleep to a soothing and great explanations. Thanks.
‘And the King is possibly an evil tree...’ beautifully put 🤣
"...And rule the galaxy as nephew and aunt..." Lmfao 😂😂😂
When does he says that
Don't get me wrong but you are an asshole 4:45
Danyt Vardaryen
For me, my GOT watch ended with this final episode analysis. Thank you Alt Shift X for your videos.
bbbbBeaver and now his watch has ended.
It took me almost two years to return and watch this video, after the great letdown of S08... but I'm glad that I returned and watched it now! Thanks for all your work and videos, it was fun :)
I LOVE the way you've explained all of this ! I completely agree with all of your theories. I'm not one who enjoys figuring out plots and strategies. I usually just enjoy the story but I NEVER go deep like you do and I'm so grateful you're sharing all of your thoughts and ideas. Daemon being the Night King is a PERFECT idea!!! Right down to his frozen crown shaped Mullet! You're AWESOME!!
Shout out to bran for playing the long game and becoming king.
Bonus points for not telling anyone that the last 3 eyed raven lived for a thousand years.
Jossard .K he finessed his way to King
Haha. Good one.
Bran can kill himself
Bran kind of forgot to mention that.
Well if Bran lives for a 1000 years then he really is the best person to be king if the realm wants stability. Unless he's an awful king ofc haha.
Drogon wasn't just destroying the throne. He was making a ramp for Bran.
While watching this with my daughter, she said "Good thing Ramsay Bolton is dead." I said "um, ok, why?" She said "After shooting Rickon in the back and what what he did to Sansa, he must have had a thing for getting Starks from behind. Bran would need a rear view mirror on his chair." I about pissed myself when she said that. She's 12.
@@jeremyl.6243 Did everyone in the house start clapping when she said that?
@@jeremyl.6243 And then Obama gave both of you a medal of honor and everyone's cheeks clapped
@@jeremyl.6243why in god's name would you let your 12 year old watch GOT you're a god awful parent
A lot of people probably missed the foreshadowing from book 2, on how the realm would finally be ruled. When Catelyn Stark goes to the meeting of Stannis and Renly, she tries to get them to stop fighting by alling a "Great council" (obviously different from the "Small council" in King's Landing) where all the Lords of Westeros would choose who ruled them collectively. Yet in the story's end that's exactly what happens. They put forth Bran (since this kid literally knows everything in existence past, present and future, who better?) and that's who gets picked. Doesn't seem to me how the likes of Edmure Tully, Bronze Ron Royce and the rest of the lords that are still living, would choose but there it is. When we finally get the release of book 7, which I will eagerly expect around the year 2089 A.D., I bet GRR chooses someone else to rule though.
"Will be out in a year..." god it's been 4 years
"Martin recently hinted that the next book will be out in a year"
LOL. One year anniversary, here we are!
It is said that he will release it either sometime at the end of this July or before 2021 !!!
@@Mustafa-hg4lh Cool use of passive voice bro
I won't believe Winds of Winter is ever coming out until I'm holding it in my hands.
@@doktarr promises like this have been made before so i didn't want to claim anything 😂
@@Mustafa-hg4lh Yeah... that was sort of my point. We've heard it before. Heck, we've heard GRRM himself swear up and down that he'd have it done by now multiple times.
Tfw Alt Shift X puts more effort into making his videos than the writers put into season 8
probably took him longer to write this video than it took D&D to write season 8
No. Get off the bandwagon, you trend-hunting loser. You wouldn't last an hour in a writer's room and have no idea what you're talking about. The amount of work and talent involved in the production is more than you can possibly imagine. Keep fishing for likes online, though.
@@davemccombs The amount of talent D&D have seems to be rather minimal.
I think it was more, the video is emotionally hard to make rather than physically
@@davemccombs Another kneeler. Can't believe you'd actually defend this crap. Must have such a low standard for quality.
Your content is very good. well researched and has a great perspective!
The problem with Kingship is, when you have a competent King, with drive and ambition, the realm actually thrives on that ambition and drive, so while Bran would probably make a decent King, in peacetime, temporarily, if he acts as King for too long, the realm/people and their advancement will become stagnant and non-improving. Even if Bran proved to be an amazing King for the good of the realm, his person/method of ruling is not something that can be replicated in the future.
Westeros is ruled by Feudalism, the system makes it that the King is really just a Noble of higher standing, even IF the small council is filled with competent people working for the good of the realm, the people outside of King's Landing might think differently, and Bran, with all his magic, might not have the capability to play to game long enough to actually make permanent changes.
Bran at first episode: good at climbing castles
Bran at finale: actually climbed up the peak of social hierarchy
GOT pilot had a Lannister push a kid out of the window
The finale had a Lannister push logic out of the window
Great foreshadowing guys
Boo.
Boo.
That's the kind of reaching I expect from the minority who defends the shitty season.
On the book thats part of Brans climing is so important. He start climing in the tree on the gods woods then go to the roof of the armer and then to the tower. Thats were Arya materialize...but never mention on show.. so you have to guess..they kind a forget
@@nunoRRsantos that's the thing ,Bran ending up as a king is not the problem.. I can totally see Bran learning from his experiences as a greenseer and actually having a part in the story ,which would eventually lead him to be leader for the realm for better or worse (He mentally assaults Hodor,who in books hates being puppet of Bran ), unlike his show counterpart, with no personality other than being creepy and using his omniscience to take a guided nap mid battle and remind people of their most embarrassing or disappointing moment . He could've been a supervillain actually, manipulating the realm to obtain power for his family.
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“Adapted from the books with exceptional production, acting, and music” lol notice how he doesn’t mention writing
The writing is fantastic.
The writing in the books is indeed fantastic, the show writing in the last season and those leading up to it is quite horrid.
Adapted from the books until Jamie went to Dorne and they forgot half the characters, half the story lines and started killing off people that aren't dead in the books
@@hfogleman28 I will never forget what they did to rickon the future king in the north (unless davos gets killed by orsha or the people of skagos)
@@vanillax4038 Yeah Rickard was done dirty they wanted appease feminism by killing off the males.
Honestly, the more I watch your videos, the more realize how much D&D messed everything up. Season 7 should have been the fight against Cersei and conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, and Season 8 should have been the Long Night, the War for the Dawn.
Literally, the power that Daenerys should have had after allying with Jon was immense.
Jon / Sansa Camp:
- Jon Snow / Sansa - The North
- Edmure - The Riverlands
- Robin Arryn (Via Littlefinger or Sansa) - The Vale
Daenerys Camp:
- Yara and Theon - The Iron Islands (At least in part)
- Olenna - The Reach
- Sand Snakes - Dorne
Even then, they may have been able to persuade parts of the Westerlands through Tyrion (Seeing as Cersei proved herself as the absolute Mad Queen of the Seven Kingdoms). The same goes for the Stormlands, with Gendry maybe being able to acquire the loyalty of some of the houses of the region.
The war against Cersei should have been a wash.
That's why the "war" against Cersie will be hardly this dramatic in the books. Aegon is going to run rough shod over Kings Landing before Dany gets to Westeros
29:58 "Martin recently hinted that the next book will be out in a year"
That didn't age well now, did it?..
Aged like a fine urine sample, because at this point Marty has to be taking the piss.
"GRRM has said his new book will be out in a year--"
Yeah, about that...
In a year, light year lol
I doubt the final two books will be completed.
@@marsharupe8112 The final book is definately never coming. Winds of Winter might, but I won't believe it until I'm holding it in my hands.
What do we say to the god of publishing? Not today
@@agdgdgwngo "not till I'm alive." -GRRM
Making Bronn a master of coin sums up perfectly everything that happened in season 8 and what writers truly think about viewers.
Why not make him Master of War?
I think the more egregious crime is making Sam Grand Maester. Sam, who dropped out of the Maester's College. Sam, who is entirely unqualified to be a Maester, let alone Grand Maester to the Lord of the 6 Kingdoms. Sam, who swore and oath to the Night's Watch in Season 1. Sam, who has a wildling girlfriend/wife pregnant with his child despite swearing TWO oaths of celibacy, one for the Night's Watch and one for the Maesters.
His ending was fanfiction-tier wish fulfillment and borderline Gary Stu-ism.
@@rodrikforrester6989 Now why on earth would they make the best former mercenary fighters in Westeros the master of war? pls take your logical reasoning somewhere else, we don't do that here ☻
@@BhlackBishop He was never the best.
@@AntiTheory I hate the show's ending as much as the next guy, but we have to agree that Sam is definatly an upgrade as a Grande Maester to that doofus Pycelle.
“Martin alluded to his next book being out in a year” HA
Bran won't be unbiased, he'll be biased towards the knowledge of the past, present and the future. He can either stop things from happening, which would mean denying people's free will or let destiny run its course, which would make him futile. What were they thinking here??
That’s the neat part, they weren’t thinking here.
@@bouncer812 😂 fair enough
''After all these years of expensive conflict, Westeros could face finanical crisis - and it's up to Bronn to prevent this.''
I guess Bronns plan is to pimp out loads of whores the rest of the realm to make money?
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Hey! Whatever works! Hell, bread and circuses might actual be a fitting ending for the show.
Not only that, but Bronn is also the Lord of Highgarden which makes all the country's food. If he messes up Westeros starves. Just to put a final punctuation on how insane and stupid season 8 really is.
muckymucks The final nail in the coffin! 😂
Remember when Dany made all those Dothraki into her bloodriders? Meaning they'd make it their sole purpose to avenge her if she were ever killed?
...actually, on second thought- remembering something is asking a lot of the writers at this point...
The Dothraki kinda forgot they were Dothraki.
@@messiahcomplex1400 They also kind of forgot they were dead.
I'm sure the Dothraki would remind each other that she was a Khalessi, not a true Khal. They might rather get the fuck out of Westeros instead of avenging her.
sebastianwillows I love how everyone is killing innocent soldiers but when someone kills their queen they just throw him in jail even though he just killed their queen
@@gabrieldnchf2822 For real tho
Love how after every point he zooms out to show every thing related to it, random but nice
Just re watched the season finale. And ur recap. Just excellent. Thx u for ur hard work and 411. Made the weak ending better 👏👏
“The king is possibly an evil tree” 🙌
Excellent analysis and breakdown, thank you.
I know, the idea of “Bran” being A compilation of questionable people (and possibly children of the forest/old gods) - and the problems this may cause - didn’t even occur to me, I’m ashamed to say.
I was focused on the fight *against* the white walkers, and the seemingly positive role of the three eyed raven in this fight (yes, I’ve read the books 😊)
So this is a new and really intriguing idea. It’s sad that the final book(s) will probably never come out. So unless GRRM chooses to reveal everything, this will always be a mystery...
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Well supposedly winds of winter is actually being written but idk cause I haven’t heard anything about it for months so 🤷♂️
My new favorite quote! Hahahah
"maybe everyone is too tired or confused" especially the writers
Even in episode 4, Jaime : "I strangled my cousin with my bare hands" Just one look back at season 2 would have spared us a huge writing mistake, the writers were lazy or didnt give a f... anymore
The writers forgot 90% of the story lines
Ya it really does feel like they just want fuck it lets just blow all the budget on battles fuck making it as good as the 1st few seasons
This episode broke Alt love of lore.
"and the king is possibly an evil tree"... never thought I'd hear that sentence before but I'm here for it haha
Randym Martell. The new prince of dorne.
lol
In the books I believe there cousin to Oberyn and Doran Martell.
THANK U ALT SHIFT X FOR EVERYTHING, TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK
@Tim Evans Wait, hold on Tim
@@joshjohnson2753 let the man finish
@Tim Evans cool bro
There is a theory I like which would let the ending be perfekt. So Bran is dead, his body is alive because it is possesed by the three eyed raven. And there is a hint in the books, that the three eyed raven is actualy a targaryan prince, who was banned centurys ago for trying to take over the throne and was send north as punishment. There he did something with dark magic and became the raven. So after centuries he claims the throne. It would also explain why he is looking for dragon.
Bloodraven actually defended the throne from the people trying to take it over, the Blackfyres (Targaryan bastards legitimized by Aegon IV), he didn't try to take over himself. He was sent north for inviting one of them to a council to decide succession but then killing them upon arrival. This was only like 50 years before the show, because it was when Maester Aemon's little brother that sent him to the wall.
The theory still kinda works but the show said the three-eyed raven was 1000s of years old which messes with it
Thank you alt shift x,you're a good CZcams page
-bran
I thought it was so bad you didn't even bother to make a video about it
Anyways love this effort
If theres something positive about it, then that its over. No more bullshit for at least a while.
I was afriad he killed himself. I am glad that he is well.
I thought it was the same
i was thinking the exact same thing when weeks went by after the finale
He said it in his streams that it would take a couple weeks. The channel will also continue to do other literature adaptations in the future.
"Given the raven's history of psychic fuckery..."
Just a great sentence fragment.
roguetowel watching this I didn’t even flinch and then reading your comment it’s so ridiculous
I love that you pend half the video saying: and this looks like that so it’s important
Amazing writing of D&D right there