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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I hear you. I feel like the signs were there with all of them though. WW could have just been one season. It had such a strong conclusion to s1 that anything after was going to be incredibly hard to get right. (I did realy enjoy season 2 as well though)
    GoT was inconsistent from the beginning. Some great episodes and some less great. I think it was the hazard of doing fantasy TV at that level. No one had done it before and they didn’t know what they were getting themselves into.
    HoTD feels very consistent and thought out. It starts with the confidence that GoT doesn’t have until s3. Still, considering the lack of love for s2 I’m worried about the next one. I’ll change my votes if and when I need to. Maybe Silo will make it on to my list

    And don’t talk to me about Severance. I don’t need another Lost. 😆



  • If I’m not mistaken you’re talking about plot rather than writing. I’m talking about the crackling dialogue and the incredible acting that carries it. It almost Shakespearean at times.

    “The Dragons dance and men are like dust under their feet. And all our fine thoughts, all of our endeavors are as nothing. We march now toward our annihilation… To die will be a kind of relief.”

    I mean. Come the fuck on!!! That’s top draw writing if ever it happened! Particularly when it comes from such a headstrong character.

    The eldritch imaginings of Herrenhall are obviously pretty weird (wyrd maybe even) and I understand that can be polarising, but it had some real Macbeth energy that I’m also very much down for.

    In terms of plot, because of the great writing the repositioning of factions and characters was fascinating to me. The way and the why each of those new positions arrived kept me utterly hooked.