Five Years After Game of Thrones, Fans Share How Their Views on the Series Finale Have Evolved: 'I have zero regrets watching because the highs were HIGH even if the lows were disappointing'

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May 21, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Can you believe it's been five years since the Game of Thrones Series finale? As fans of the show, we all know that the ending came with lots of mixed reviews, mainly on the negative side. It caught us all by surprise, that's for sure, but not everyone agreed with the writers' choice of ending. But as we've all had time to reflect on the disastrous path Daenerys Targaryen left in her wake, the real question is: are fans still just as mad? We've had plenty of time to binge and re-binge the iconic show on streaming platforms and also indulge in spinoffs that are ranking high on the charts today. But the OG show? There are a lot of arguments that the show was dragged out, ran out of plot points in the later seasons, and lost fan's interest after waiting years for the finale seasons. But others argue that while they may not agree with the ending, the series' highs are so good that even a bad ending can't ruin it. Keep reading below to see if you agree with these GOT fans take - five years later. 

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    • r/popculturechat ⚫ 23 hr. ago cowabungalowvera 5 years ago, Game of Thrones concluded and has since almost disappeared from pop culture zeitgeist
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    TV & Movies W Looking back, what are your thoughts on the last season/series finale now? Has it changed or remained the same?
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    Visible_Writing7386 • 22h ago This show taught me never to be overly invested in a tv show again.
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    The TonyExpress . 22h ago If they ended it right, it would have been a Sopranos or Breaking bad. But between the end, the truncated last two seasons, and the long waits between them it lost a lot of steam.
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    Training-Pickle-6725 23h ago Check your lipstick before you come and talk to me Cersei's balcony deserved all the awards. Probably the best character development during S8.
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    Vanilla_Yazoo • 22h ago Im watching it again and up to the middle of S4. Its sooooo00 _ good. Absolutely criminal what they did with the last. season
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    TellCersei_ItWasMe_ • 23h ago I don't think it's disappeared at all. HBO is still continuing to make bank off the GOT universe. House of Dragon is one of (maybe THE) most popular show they have right now, and apparently they have more of them in the works. As for the ending, it gets even worse as time passes.
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    Plenty Drawer • 22h ago The Red Wedding episode is one of the best t.v. moments ever. Nothing GOT did afterwards could ever compare. Probably why it's faded, because GOT was either amazing or meh, no in-betweens.
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    LibraryVolunteer • 23h ago Right now there are kindergartens filled with Khaleesis and Aryas and when they get to college it will be hard to remember why.
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    a_minty_one •21h ago • Edited 18h ago I actually don't think the bullet points of the ending are bad but how we got there was a disaster. I think GrrM shared how the book series will end but unfortunately Bran on the throne makes more sense in the books as he is the Three Eyed Raven and instrument of the Children of the Forest. It's actually more sinister to see Bran on the throne and it alludes to another supernatural threat to humans. There's also the fact that D&D struggled when they ran out
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    Sure-Exchange9521 • 21h ago GOT GIF HBO Remember when Bran told Sansa she looked beautiful on her wedding night to Ramsey.
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    Cheap Eater101 • 20h ago I have zero regrets watching GoT because the highs were HIGH even if the lows were disappointing. It was a moment for sure.
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    fax5jrj • 23h ago It hasn't really disappeared, but it would be much bigger if it stuck the landing. I don't have numbers on hand, but I remember it being top on streaming for years after it finished. I imagine it still does very well Most shows wish they had the attention Game of Thrones continues to get despite a horrible ending House of the Dragon is fantastic as well
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    MaeSolug 22h ago "The night is coming", they spend all those years and seasons talking about it ann when the moment came it was a regular night, 12 hours tops, and only Jorah dies despite Jon standing in front of a dragon instead of being Azor Ahai and face the Night King. Even the fat nerd gets to live I can forgive all the other stuff, maybe even find it funny, like how it was necessary a mythical being to realize the guy with a goatee was the villain, but my god, it wasn't that they rushed it
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    Taskebab • 23h ago It's still so much still in the zeitgeist that every few days people make a post about how it is no longer in the zeitgeist
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    g00fyg00ber741 • 22h ago I'm surprised to see so many say they don't feel like the show dropped off... It absolutely did. Some of the spin offs never made it to production or to release. I have never heard anybody discuss the new show irl, and GOT was all over the internet in the past. Maybe algorithms are just a lot more accurate or different these days and it doesn't show me GOT stuff since I have stopped consuming it since the show ended badly. Regardless, season 2 of House of Dragons is abso
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    tinemarie6 • 23h ago I think GOT, Dexter, and HIMYM are the triumvirate of terrible series finales. Change my mind.
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