Last Sunday was Game of Thrones series finale, and Twitter is outraged. As I read the stream of tweets, it was easy to jump into the conclusion that EVERYBODY hated it.
But of course, another explanation is that only ones those that took the time to post on Twitter to dump all their rage actually hated. The rest (of us) were still enjoying the episode. I even saw someone on Twitter, who self-admittedly wrote they didn’t care about the series at all but hated it anyway…sigh…Twitter.
I actually liked the finale very much. It was a good ending! Here are my lessons, reminders, and takeaways from some of the most important characters:
- Daenerys: they say, power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Being so sure of yourself can make you blind. Dangerously blind.
- Jamie Lannister: sometimes it is not power that blinds us, but love. Not forgiving, but somewhat more understandable. In the extreme, love can make us do terrible things, including ending our own life.
- Bran: making choices for the greater good can be very tough. Being an effective leader requires a healthy dose of compromise and pragmatism. Bran also shows appreciation for delegation and the importance of a team.
- Sansa: I liked her passion for self-determination.
- Arya: I empathized with her courage to take her destiny in your hands, perhaps a risky destiny.
- Jon Snow: as with Bran, doing the right thing can be very hard. Choosing your battles, knowing when to retreat, and not losing hope for the future, even if it looks grim at the moment.
- Tyron: everything is an opinion. You can be an imp, and you can still change the world for good. Laugh at yourself.
- Sam: he showed how humor is perhaps one of the most potent forces.
- Grayworm: resentment is poison. Holding grudges keeps you down. Better to purge the bitterness quickly and move on.
- Cersei: you harvest what you sow.
Update: brilliant article from Yuval Harari. Loved this sentence:
You would have thought that encountering fire-breathing dragons and fighting an army of living-dead would have a greater effect on people.
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