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the best thing about GOT is -


It's not a fucking superhero film or a fairy tale where good always wins over evil. In fact, here you don't have any pure good evil character - everyone has a bit of good and bad in them.
Someone asked - how will avengers end? I know the answer there. With this show.... I'd argue that we'll get a much more complicated answer, if only because the characters in this show are by far more complex than they are in any fucking superhero movie.

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Adding nudity and graphic violence to a show with magic spells, zombies, elves, and dragons means it's a fairy tale for adults. Sure, the characters we think of as the "good guys" may not win in the end, but neither will the bad ones. There are plenty of baddies in this show. Characters like The Mad King, Joffrey, Ramsay, Walder Fray, Karl Tanner, Rast, Meryn Trant, Lem, The Mountain, and Euron seem to be pure evil. They have no character development and few redeeming qualities, if any. Arya encountered mostly terrible people on her journey as well.

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Another way of putting it is depth, and this show creates a world where everything feels lived in, and it feels as though it has history and authenticity. Such a rare thing. I will be very sad when it's over.

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