The Damnation of Game of Thrones (for now) Well, I think we all know that this finale was the weakest out of them all. Heck- I even disliked it. This grand finale left a deep gaping feeling in my stomach, people seemingly dying left to right I couldn't keep up. It seemed like the season's pace was so slow (with all these filler episodes) that they just threw in all these tragedies at the end to create some remembrance of the season. It seems like they tried to overdo it so much- that the whole episode felt so empty with the most excruciating and crucial events. Sounds like a paradox, right? All of my favorites, the people that g.o.t. fans CHEERED for throughout the show (particularly the Stark family, they *need* revenge) died. Every single one of them. However, this BloodBath shock wasn't similar to the one with Ned Stark's execution, to the ultimate betrayal of the slaughterhouse wedding. No, this one didn't leave your jaw to the ground in absolute awe- leaving you to process what just happened, this finale left you just shaking your head saying "C'mon man, this is some bull****. The Theon and Sansa suicide wasn't that traumatic, Theon's storyline drew to long and even with his last "heroics" we've been wanting him to end for quite some time. Weeding that out, we get to what these developers deem "shock value" and they get to heavy-handed with it. Stannis, potentially Arya (I thought she was going to transform into an amazing motivated, vengeful character) , and JON SNOW. Jon Snow!?1? He's one of the most crucial characters in the book, AND he's one of (if not the most) likable character in this series. You can't just end him. Retracting to my title however, this is the reason I listed "for now." Hold up, G.O.T. fanatics, don't hate quit out of this series yet. Stannis and Jon Snow weren't supposed to end this soon, and with Stannis it didn't actually show his death (and we all know G.O.T. isn't shy about death scenes) and with the death of Jon Snow, is it just coincidence that they checkered the scene of Melisandre right before his murder? If ALL these characters are permanently gone, I'm sticking with my statement that this will be the damnation of G.O.T. , all of these characters were developing so masterfully and each death made their character feel so incomplete, so pointless. However, the ecstatic feeling we would receive if Melisandre resurrected Jon (with him exacting his revenge) with either Stannis/Arya still around to continue their storyline of their destiny to the throne/revenge, would ultimately "untaint" this episode. I believe that the show set us up leaving us in this dark dismay and disgust- in order to bring us out of it with next season. Let's hope that the producers are pushing all-in with a bluffed hand- because we all know we're going to call either way.