Okay Joe, tighten your shorts, 'cause this one's gonna hurt,
So.
Season 5.
For the life of me, I've never understood why Charlie Brown kept going back to Lucy to hold the damn ball. Once? That makes sense. Twice? That's testing the waters as it were. An opportunity to prove the theory that the first time may have just been a bad day. Plus, the whole 'signed document' thing. After landing on his back the third time, he should have called it done and given the ball to someone else. Anyone else. My money would be on Peppermint Patty. She'd not only hold the ball, she'd offer advice on how to kick it further...and then prove it. With Chuck taking a turn holding the ball. (Hey girl...)
I know. I'm digressing.
My point is - by strike number 3, you're out.
By the end of Season 3 I should have known better, but I keep going back to this crap anyways. Dammit.
WARNING - HERE THERE BE SPOILERS
She finally, FINALLY, starts fulfilling her oaths. Shame it took over three seasons...
Oh. So he IS in love with Dany. But five seasons? Really?
Dany's story was cool. I get the point that being a leader takes time, and bad decisions happen. Moving on.
The first (fine, second) time she's claimed rightful justice, and she gets punished? By blindness? The hell?
And where the f**k was he?
Speaking of f**kers...could you add some 'corruption of religion' into this thing? 'Cause I'm not sure I fully understand the point you're trying to make here.
Thank you.
Anyhoo...
This guy was a mess. A victim of blind faith.
Picard said it best: "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders." Funny thing - he stood up to the Red Bitch before...
...just not this time. 'Cause, why should he.
But when this guy learns the truth, OOOOOOOOOOOH S#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!T!
Going back to Dany's education, I'd watch Tyrion work with her until I died. I loved every scene they were in together.
Why is she still breathing? Is it so Arya can (eventually. I'm guessing Season Eleven?) cut her heart out with a spoon? Apparently so. And she'd be doing it blind...which might actually be worth sticking around for.
That story wasn't bad. He's accepting who he is, what he is, and his place in the world. I liked seeing Bronn again too.
That scene wasn't nearly as graphic as I expected, and the people of the North may remember, but could they remember to STFU? Nope.
I get his situation. And BRAVO for actually doing something...
...'cause that bitch had to go. In fact, that was the first time I cheered the entire f**king season.
F**K you kid. F**K you hard.
Yeah. I know the wildlings killed your parents. Your entire village. I get the beef you have with them. WITH THEM!!! Why didn't you go off and stab someone who truly deserved it, instead of blindly following moronic idiots in search of something actually useful to do?
This made me want to throw my remote into the television and heave the whole thing out the f**king window.
You know what's weird? I knew going into this that Jon is alive in Season 6. He's resurrected by the Red Bitch (in a nod to Arya's Tom Bombadil-like scene with the Brotherhood from Season Three). Didn't matter. I was furious anyway. Mrs. Adorkification wound up getting furious at me, but that goes along with how we each appreciate storytelling.
As a kid, I always loved stories with happy endings. The guy gets the girl. The villain is gone. The quest is complete. As a grown-up, I understand how boring that can be. I get that "good" stories now have to end with lessons learned, changes confronted and prices paid. These are the tales my wife truly enjoys.
The difference is - while she enjoys how the stories develop over time, I need to know how it ends first.
I can't just get wrapped up in a good story. Not anymore. I'm not talking about mystery novels where there's always a solution and an explanation for the crime, or episodes of Sherlock. Those have yet to frustrate me when I'm done. I mean stories like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Doctor Who and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I need to know how they end in order to justify watching them. If I like how it ends, or the ending piques my curiosity, then I'm interested in watching the tale unfold. In witnessing the journey from there to here. Otherwise, I'm piqued by Google's second definition of the word (and I'm looking squarely at YOU Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).
I'm exhausted now. Time for either decaf or a nap. Probably both.
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