Any Excuse to Keep Talking About Game of Thrones & More!

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06/14/19 • 87 min

Stimulated Boredom | Reviews. Gadgets. Gaming. Geek Culture. Podcast.

About a week after the series finale of Game of Thrones, the dust started to settle on the ending we were given, and the conclusion we all hoped for. Much of this afterthought is decidedly different than the initial reactions on the last podcast and predominantly plagued with disappointment.

Share in our chagrin as we contemplate what could have happened, and what probably should have happened.

The problem of the Three-Eyed Raven
Sansa would have been a more interesting ruler
John deserved far better
Cersei deserved far worse
Jumping the Night shark, and subsequent opportunities missed
Tyrion was so much smarter before
With great power comes great responsibility
The Double D greed and rushing the end
Juggernaut effect on the actors
The Night King is just a guy
The costumes and visuals are still the best of the best
Thanks to the excellent costume and set designers!

Game of Thrones may be over, but Stimulated Boredom is not. Stay tuned for more Dana, Pete, and V in your earholes just as soon as Dana negotiates his contract with baby Olivia. In the meantime, we’re accepting topic suggestions in the comments. Talk soon!

Share in our chagrin as we contemplate what could have happened, and what probably should have happened.

The problem of the Three-Eyed Raven
Sansa would have been a more interesting ruler
John deserved far better
Cersei deserved far worse
Jumping the Night shark, and subsequent opportunities missed
Tyrion was so much smarter before
With great power comes great responsibility
The Double D greed and rushing the end
Juggernaut effect on the actors
The Night King is just a guy
The costumes and visuals are still the best of the best
Thanks to the excellent costume and set designers!

Previous Episode

Game of Thrones Series Finale

Game of Thrones is a fantastic journey through the multitude perspectives of its characters, and the series finale meant to resolve that journey somehow. After eight years, it’s hard to let go, and maybe it’s even painful to celebrate the resolutions that we did get shoe-horned into that 80 minutes.

However you may feel about Bran the Broken, the birth of democracy in Westeros, or the obliteration of the Iron Throne and our silver-haired Khaleesi with it, the visuals in the episode took the throne.

The series finale is beautiful. Jon passing Drogon in the ash. The red Targareyan sigil hanging on the ruin of King’s Landing. Arya and her wolf mast ship. Dany and the Drogon’s dragon wings!

We can ostensibly celebrate in its visual grandeur and crowning costume moments. We do that and explore a spectrum of thoughts and feelings about the narrative. Also, welcome regular listener and commenter to the show, Devan!

Devan and Pete make Dana and Vanessa look like n00bs while we figure out if we liked the episode or not.

So many charred bodies
That tension between Jon and Greyworm, woah
Arya sneaks up on Jon, again
Hope is the death of duty. Duty is the death of love.
The table shrouded in destruction, then the table is “rebuilt”/0
The unpolished Small Council
Tyrion’s face, in all of the scenes
Jon and Dany, they don’t get to choose
Awkward for Edmure
THE NORTH SECEDES! #sansa4eva
The spin-off is definitely Jon, Ghost, and Tormund
Guys, the Starks rule the world!

Thanks for tuning in with us for the last few seasons, we really appreciate it. It’s been a blast spending countless hours discussing every theory and listener comment, and we hope you’ll tune in for our next podcast series.

Speaking of which, what should that be? Let us know in the comments!

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