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Southern-Rutabaga-82 t1_ja05hkh wrote

No, when I like the character, I like the character. That doesn't mean I think they are a nice person. I like to watch them, they are fun. The best characters are usually not good people. It's fiction. I wouldn't be friends with people like that but I have a good time watching them on TV.

A character I like is complex, feels real, has interesting dynamics with other characters, and is driving the plot.

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Discombobulated-Wing t1_ja040yt wrote

Anyone else feel downright uneasy watching this show?

The way every character frantically makes self-aware comments about themselves, as if they're the audience reacting to their own behavior in real time, is painfully annoying. It takes you right out of it, sucks all the oxygen out of the scene, leaving no room for a breath of sincerity. The writing is overly self-conscious, too eager to make meta commentary on everything going on at all times, which ends up coming off like a basic sitcom desperate to sound clever.

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iVar4sale t1_ja035o7 wrote

The show was great while there was source material to adapt. After that, the quality fell off a cliff.

Watch it until the end if you have a morbid curiosity and if you can find enjoyment in watching a very slow train wreck.

Try to imagine the dumbest possible end for the show. I bet the actual end will exceed your expectation.

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Hausgebrauch t1_ja00vr7 wrote

I gave up around season 4 too, but mostly because every episode felt like a bunch of unrelated moments at this point and I didn't have the patience to wait till the season finale where they would hopefully come together.

They had by then so many characters and subplots, a typical episode was like "Here are 10 minutes with Khaleesi, now five minutes with Aria, now 20 minutes with Tyrion, now a quick look at whoever that asshole is doing, followed by a scene with some guy who wasn't there since 2 seasons ago, now a few more minutes with Jon Snow or whoever and roll the credits."

It just made me feel completely unattached to anything and anybody on this show.

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