To be fair, I meant doomed specifically in the niche arena of online discussion, and doomed in the sense that I don’t think the show can do anything at this point to change that. Obviously it’s still a very popular show and last episode was rated highly on IMDb as well, but online it feels poisonous and not unlike how it felt trying to discuss Star Wars 6-7 years ago.

Like I mentioned, a lot of the fanbase just kinda sucks lol.
Even season 1 was getting hate from book readers

I don’t even engage in the Twitter discussions about this show, I just sit back and enjoy what it has to offer every Sunday

Oh s*** we back???

I feel like this episode is how seasons 7 and 8 of GOT should’ve felt like.
So much tension and bloodshed, and every choice and action felt like there were real stakes to it.
And THAT moment at the end truly felt earned when it finally happens

Book readers that keep hate watching this show can F off and let people actually enjoy this show

It was always wild to me when people would say they wish Milly Alcock played older Rhanerya

Milly is a great actress, but I just don’t think she’d be able to give the same intensity and maturity that Emma D’Arcy brings to the role.
Emma is PHENOMENAL, and she smoked every single scene this episode
I couldn’t even imagine Milly doing what she did

Thought we were finna have another Ned stark situation when the gold cloaks showed up but them boys came in clutch

It’s mostly that young rhaenyra was just a far more interesting character

Everyone was miserable watching season 2

Imagine the witch wasn’t there, what a humiliating end to Aemond that would have been