Game of Thrones seasons 7 and 8 had some of the worst writing that has ever been seen. Many of the plot points make no sense, such as going North of the Wall to prove to Cersei that the White Walkers exist, as well as Dany forgetting about the Iron Fleet. Season 8 episode 3 also depicted the battle with the white walkers horribly. It was dark and full of terrible writing and directing. The battle plan was uncharacteristically bad, and there were many situations that main characters found themselves in that should have resulted in their deaths, but in the next scene we see them as safe again. If you're not going to kill the character off in the episode that's fine, just don't show them in an unwinnable situation. Arya killing the night king is fine, just don't show her doing it in a way where she leaps hundreds of meters at him, and dont ret con something to justify it. There are so many complaints that can be made about these two seasons that it doesn't make sense to list them all here.

A better story would be killing Cersei in season 7, and have the final battle with the night king in season 8. Dany clearly had plenty of time to do that but listened to her advisors instead and now we're stuck in a situation where a sad drunk queen and goofy clown pirate are the final bosses. If they really are supposed to be the final bosses, that could be fine. Right now it just feels like the entire reason for having the white walkers in the plot was to weaken Dany's army before the battle so that it would be a so one sided.

The viewers are being treated like they can't tell good storytelling from bad storytelling. They're being treated like the story is being told to them by their 100 year old great grandfather who keeps falling asleep while telling it and making things up as he goes along. The viewers are smarter than this and should demand change. This show had the potential to be the greatest achievement in the history of television, and now many fans are only continuing to watch for closure. Personally, I don't care about any of the characters anymore. I've just invested too much time into the show to not watch the last two episodes. That is a sad reason to continue watching, and I'm not alone with that feeling. \

It is up to HBO to order two more seasons of the show, picking up where we left of in season 6. Ideally we would redo seasons 5 and 6 too, but some of the actors have aged too much sense then and the difference in their appearances would be noticeable. While season 5 wasn't great, season 6 did give us battle of the bastards and the winds of winter which were some of the shows best episodes. Seasons 7 and 8 were written to get the characters to where they needed to be to end the show, which caused the characters to make stupid decisions and to "forget" about other main characters. The plot should adjust based on the characters, but instead the characters are adjusting to make the plot what the writers think it should be. One last time, HBO should redo seasons 7 and 8 with different writers so that the fans get the ending they deserve.