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Originally Posted by BlackOp
For all the things that were border-line reeruned....I thought the scene where the Dothraki ride into the darkness and their fire swords slowly extinguish was a cool directorial choice... set an ominous tone.
Why they would ride into the darkness without knowing what was out there...and with fire swords lit so every dead could see them coming was stupid though.
They had 2 dragons..why not wait until the dead charged and just roast them from the air. Why be outside the fortress at all...
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I think the Dothraki were supposed to do a drive by, they weren't intending to engage. It's where their skillset is - and the goal was to prioritize that skillset.
Turns out, they got ambushed against an enemy no one had ever engaged in a battle before.
I know a lot of people are pissed off about various things in that episode. For me, I wish more characters bit it - but characters
did die, and died in ways that honored the characters. However, I think a lot of the anger I see online comes from Jon not 1v1ing the NK, from the Azor Ahai prophecy being torn to shreds, and that the NK is not the final enemy - but to be honest, all of this feels like subversion that's right out of the GRRM playbook. He's not a guy who abides by things like prophecies, chosen ones and dark lords. His story was never going to end battling Ice Sauron - it was always going to be a conflict between the characters the story has spent 8 seasons building up for the finish.