Bran says upon naming Tyrion the King's Hand, that he has terrible mistakes to fix. What exactly are all these terrible mistakes he's made?
I also find it a bit weird that Tyrion as a traitor and prisoner got to choose who would be the next king, yet the other prisoner who is actually the rightful heir to the throne, got banished to the Night's Watch.
Expecting logic and internal consistency are we? SuBvErTeD!!!!!
shareBecause one prisoner's crime (Jon) was killing the queen and the other was freeing his brother, if you compare the crimes, Killing the queen is more higher and as Tyrion explained that the sentencing was based on political reasons to avoid war, Jon's death or complete freedom would have caused a war, that does make logical sense. The terrible mistakes of Tyrion was only mentioned to use as a excuse for Tyrion to be forced but a way out for him not to be killed because Bran knows that Tyrion's mind and heart is to serve the people and he is the most intelligent for the job.
shareWho was still loyal to dead Daeny to start a war? A few Dothraki and a few mindless unsullied? That part was a stretch.
shareI know, but after all the good he had done to take back Winterfell, to save the living, and the fact he was heir to the throne anyway, and Bran was his younger brother. He thought killing Dany was the right thing to do and it probably was in order to save more lives. They could have at least had a scene with him telling Bran that he wanted to go live with the wildlings or something.
shareMaybe the finale should have been two hours? I wish it was too, but HBO and these producers' all have to do think of their bottom line I guess and I personally hoped the ending would at least be an hour and half?. I think whatever ending or however long and what ever scenes people would still be posting about how bad it was, how short it was, how incoherent it was?...etc. Because they all expected the ending to be something they had wished for, this is where most people are missing the point. GOT was never written that way, I think if you give yourself a week or few weeks and watch the ending again you may think different and see that the ending was actually ok and not bad as bad you thought. I am probably in the minority because I liked it, i knew Dany was not going to be queen and nor will Jon be King; the story was never written that way, not every person like Jon or Ned Stark, who always does the right thing and makes sacrifices to free people or fight for the people and give his life to a cause would end up getting what he really deserves; this was what to me GOT was always about, its not that life is fair its just life and its harsh realities that we come to accept.
shareI think his crime was being intelligent. That’s the worst crime imaginable in season 8.
shareIn a broad sense, the terrible mistakes created by House Lannister maybe. They were defacto rulers of Westeros for about 30 years (including the years of King Robert of House Baratheon). I suppose Tyrion never actually opposed his family or anything happening under their rule so he has some personal social/moral debt to deal with - interestingly, then, Lannisters always repay their debts. ;)
He was brought before the court so I guess he was allowed to speak and make his case, and he is a part of their group who was once trusted with weighty matters - they thus want to hear what he has to say (Greyworm excepted).
Jon kind of forfeited that right - the right to rule was based on the assumed collective will of the people which upholds the tradition of the crown, and they no longer supported the old line succession post-Dany. But I bet it was also decided whilst Jon was in prison (apart from the politics of keeping the peace) that his rightful place was once again the leader of the Night's Watch which he obtained through merit and basically the support of his peers, unlike the instability of the "King of the North" period where he was thrust in to power and that position because of political strife. He was heading down a dark path being a right-hand man to Dany - I guess it had to end if he was to follow his true heart and moral conscience. That said, Jon I think would have made a capable king of Westeros.