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 Originally Posted by JKDS
Do you guys feel GOT has lost its mystery?
I feel like a lot of what made Season 1 good was trying to figure out just what the hell was going on. Like, there was a "who killed the prior hand" thing; who pushed Bran down; what are Tyrion, Littlefinger, and Varys's motives?
Now it doesnt really seem like that is there. There are still surprises, like how sacrificing the daughter is gonna help Stannis, but the mystery is gone. Arya is learning to kill people, Stannis is gonna fight the flaying people, Jon has all these wildings to fight the zombies, ok cool. But it feels like now...we're just going through the motions.
Idk. thoughts?
Yes. I think this is entirely due to the diversion. Over the seasons, the show has become less about mystery and realism and more about "hey let's strip away most of the nuance and create as much dread as possible".
For example, Ramsay is a caricature. He's a fucking joke. He's the Westeros version of The Joker. He's a brilliant genius master of all things. He crushes the baddest Ironborn with his sleek pecs and barky dogs, he eliminates the greatest living war commander's resources without even appearing on screen, he roots out all conspiracies against him regardless of how secretive. He's one of D&D's many stupid tools to make us feel that our heroes either can't win or need help from other more favorite heroes.
The story started out as one where every character had agency. Now many of those agents are just tools to get reactions out of the audience and yearn for every casual watcher's favorite agent (Kelly C).
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