morenoingrato said:
Something that occurred to me: The reason Varys was so useles, while Littlefinger was not as cunning and calculative as beforeis because (sadly) the show keeps going away from the Iron Throne, to the far less compelling White Walkers. So it makes sense in the mind of the writers those characters took a backseat, the Game is not the focus anymore. |
Bran disappeared for a whole season and hardly anyone missed him. Characters taking a backseat isn't a problem, however, smart characters acting purposefully dumb just to set up a twist and getting themselves killed in the process is unforgivable. In fact, I'd complain much less of litle finger received the Varys treatment, fade into a minor character instead of a completely different one.
If I was a writer on the show, I'd have Baelish striking a deal with the night king himself, ridiculous I know, but that's more in line with the real Baelish than the Baelish we had during the entire season. As I mentioned before, Baelish storyline wasn't the only problem, but it's the one that bothered me the most, especially that most of Arya and Sansa screentime was dedicated to buidling up for Littlefinger's final moments. Moreover, many major characters serve no other purpose than being arbitary plot devices while being one dimensional or showing no personality whatsoever. Euron is a perfect example of that as I explained before.
Oh well, I just need to find a new show to satify me. Watching American Gods and it's good-to-great so far 
Meanwhile, Sophie is apparently as dumb as Sansa from season 1:
