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*** Daenerys\\\'s \\\"paranoia\\\" is presented as a sign of growing insanity despite her being [[ProperlyParanoid completely right]] that people \\\'\\\'are\\\'\\\' plotting to betray her (Varys is trying to poison her), and that she correctly guessed how word got from Jon, through Sansa and Tyrion, to Varys. Again, Tywin back in Season 2 executed his own soldiers to investigate the assassination attempt on his life (which the audience knows to be false), yet his sanity is never questioned. After all, Daenerys still keeps Tyrion as Hand of the Queen despite him repeatedly failing her \\\'\\\'during a war\\\'\\\'. Brynden Rivers and Ned Stark, while serving \\\"less tyrannical\\\" kings Aegon V and Robert, got sacked over less than this.
*** The show seems to try to portray the execution of Varys for treason without trial as a tyrannical act. And yet, Jon Snow beheading Janos Slynt for disobedience is viewed as one mature step of the characters. Contrast this with Theon killing Ser Rodrik Cassel or Robb Stark killing Lord Karstark, which the show makes to visually parallel each other.
** Jon\\\'s lack of desire for the throne is again presented uncritically by Varys as a reason why he\\\'d be a good ruler, which again ignores the lessons and consequences of Robert Baratheon\\\'s apathetic kingship... that Varys \\\'\\\'himself\\\'\\\' was a part of. Furthermore, Jon\\\'s own flaws and history of bad decisions, ones that might diminish his fitness for rule even in comparison to Dany\\\'s, continue to be glossed over to focus more on Dany\\\'s VillainBall. He can\\\'t even control his own troops during the sack!
** Jaime \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' killing Cersei, instead opting to run away with her as King\\\'s Landing is being destroyed as well and claiming he doesn\\\'t care for the smallfolk, thereby destroying his CharacterDevelopment over the past seven seasons.
** Many didn\\\'t like Cersei getting a beautiful death, i.e. dying in Jaime\\\'s arms, considering all the horrible things she did. It didn\\\'t help that the audience didn\\\'t even get a chance to see her dyie on-screen due to GoryDiscretionShot.
** The fight between Euron and Jaime is hated for coming out of nowhere and adding nothing to the plot other than killing off Euron. Euron\\\'s claim that he kills Jaime is also hilariously empty because it\\\'s the collapsing Red Keep that kills him. Many viewers feel that giving Cleganebowl more screentime would have been better than wasting it on this fight.
** At the time of writing, the \\\'Inside The Episode\\\' featurette for this episode from the show\\\'s official [=YouTube=] channel has notably more Dislikes than Likes.
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Also, please don\\\'t use phrases like \\\"as of now\\\" or \\\"at the time of writing\\\". ExamplesAreNotRecent. It also implies ThisTroper.
ETA: The info about six-month waiting period was incorrect. I (and other tropes) got it mixed up with BrokenBase.
*** The show seems to try to portray the execution of Varys for treason without trial as a tyrannical act. And yet, Jon Snow beheading Janos Slynt for disobedience is viewed as one mature step of the characters. Contrast this with Theon killing Ser Rodrik Cassel or Robb Stark killing Lord Karstark, which the show makes to visually parallel each other.
** Jon\\\'s lack of desire for the throne is again presented uncritically by Varys as a reason why he\\\'d be a good ruler, which again ignores the lessons and consequences of Robert Baratheon\\\'s apathetic kingship... that Varys \\\'\\\'himself\\\'\\\' was a part of. Furthermore, Jon\\\'s own flaws and history of bad decisions, ones that might diminish his fitness for rule even in comparison to Dany\\\'s, continue to be glossed over to focus more on Dany\\\'s VillainBall. He can\\\'t even control his own troops during the sack!
** Jaime \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' killing Cersei, instead opting to run away with her as King\\\'s Landing is being destroyed as well and claiming he doesn\\\'t care for the smallfolk, thereby destroying his CharacterDevelopment over the past seven seasons.
** Many didn\\\'t like Cersei getting a beautiful death, i.e. dying in Jaime\\\'s arms, considering all the horrible things she did. It didn\\\'t help that the audience didn\\\'t even get a chance to see her dyie on-screen due to GoryDiscretionShot.
** The fight between Euron and Jaime is hated for coming out of nowhere and adding nothing to the plot other than killing off Euron. Euron\\\'s claim that he kills Jaime is also hilariously empty because it\\\'s the collapsing Red Keep that kills him. Many viewers feel that giving Cleganebowl more screentime would have been better than wasting it on this fight.
** At the time of writing, the \\\'Inside The Episode\\\' featurette for this episode from the show\\\'s official [=YouTube=] channel has notably more Dislikes than Likes.
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Also, please don\\\'t use phrases like \\\"as of now\\\" or \\\"at the time of writing\\\". ExamplesAreNotRecent. It also implies ThisTroper.
ETA: The info about six-month waiting period was incorrect. I (and other tropes) got it mixed up with BrokenBase.