I was satisfied with this season. There were many things that I didn't think they could have ended any other way. Some examples:
- The Hound and The Mountain's final battle: Anything else would not have been a fitting end. Sandor has come full circle and grown, but he's finally back to do what he's always wanted to do. Now Gregor just won't die. OK, fine. Into the fire we both go. Shout out that he was able to stop Arya and bring her to some sense.
- Jamie and Cersei: I do agree that I would have loved Cersei to have a more violent death, but she was horrified that she could not protect her baby, so there is some justice there. It would have made me happy to see Jamie stay with Brienne. She loved him, but for Jamie it has always been Cersei. Even though, as someone else pointed out that he had grown as a person/character, at the end of the day, she was what mattered to him. He found her, and when he couldn't save them, he made sure she was looking at him and they were together at the end. When Tyrion found them, I did cry with him.
- Daenerys: First, I have to say, I agree with
cat in a bag that this was not sexist writers. She was being true to who she was. In her mind, she was liberating the people and she wasn't asking if they wanted liberating first. We saw traces of the madness before, and usually she had Jorjon and/or Missandrei to rein her back in. You can see as she loses them one by one, that she is also losing her grip on her sanity. Emilia Clark is an amazing actress!
- Arya: Man, she is a bada$$! I just love this girl, so much. I read earlier someone compare her to Dany and I disagree. She had a carefully constructed list, she learned how to do something about it, and she (with the help of Sandor) learned when to let it go. I hope to learn from her "what is west of Westerros".
- Sansa: She was my least favorite character in the being and up at the top few by the end.
- Jon Snow: He never wanted to be king. Seeing him lead the wildlings North was a fitting end. He was the most noble of them all.