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Another way of handling the huge "Jon taken prisoner instead of being killed immediately" plothole


Hearing Drogon's anguished roaring, Grey Worm and a squad of Unsullied enter the throne room.

They see Dany dead and begin to close on Jon, with murderous intent.

Then Drogon lets out another roar, directed at the Unsullied and clearly meant as an protective act toward Jon. They all stop their advance except for Grey Worm, who only pauses for a moment, then charges toward Jon, spear extended for the kill.

Drogon lights him up. The rest of the Unsullied and Dothraki choose to accept Jon's authority instead of being burned.

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I like that - much better than what they gave us.

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That would have worked as an alternative scene to the one they chose. It could have perhaps prevented the schism that threatened to emerge afterwards as a result of Jon's action.

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But the script needed Jon to be in prison so Tyrion could make Bran king. How would he be in prison if the Dothraki and Unsullied accepted Jon's authority?

No, no, no it is much better to just cut away from the scene and let the audience fill in the important details on the sensibility of the next scene. The audience is great at filling in the details themselves; just ask J.J. Abrams.

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Yeah, Grey Worm and the Unsullied were slaughtering soldiers who had surrendered without a second thought or hesitation, so it makes perfect sense that they wouldn't kill Jon after murdering Dany and just take him prisoner for a trial of some sort.

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Better than what they actually did. Greyworm letting him live is inexplicable, especially after earlier in that very same episode it was established that he would ruthlessly kill anyone who stood against Dany, If he would do that, certainly he would have killed Jon. With Drogon, can make the case that since Jon is a dragonrider and a Targ, Drogon won't attack him.

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I really hated how they just glossed over Jon being able to ride a dragon, like anyone could do it.

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