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As enthusiastic asGame of Thrones ’s fan base is , some are getting fed up with this season . Characters are making uncharacteristic moves , and love shot seem to be overpowering actual engagement . Fans are anger with how their favorite character are conduct . Showrunner David Benioffconfirmedthat Daenerys Targaryen just “ kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet and Euron [ Greyjoy ] ’s forces , ” while Tyrion Lannister is definitely not the clever gentleman’s gentleman he used to be . So what ’s really going on here ? Well , one fan has a possible account .

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RedditorInherent_Adviceargues that the Night King actually won the Battle of Winterfell , even though he stop up being killed by Arya Stark . What if his business was already done by then ? The buff recalls what the undead drawing card wanted , which Bran Stark tells everyone in the episode “ A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . ” While they ’re fix for the war against the bushed , the Three - Eyed Raven explains that the Night King wants to belt down him to erase the mankind and commence “ an sempiternal night . ” Samwell Tarly then goes into his little speech , put forward , “ That ’s what death is , is n’t it ? Forgetting . Being forgotten . If we leave where we ’ve been and what we ’ve done , we ’re not men anymore . Just animals . ”

“ Winterdidcome for Westeros . And what do we get it on about wintertime ? That it ’s an sempiternal night of forgetting , ” the Redditor writes , referencing all of the pathetic choices the characters have made since the Battle of Winterfell . They also manoeuver out how Bran has become useless since “ The Long Night . ” This could be because the Night King is utter , but it also could be because he won .

Are our favorite characters really this uninstructed in the war for the Iron Throne ? We ’re hop for an explanation before the series ends .