There's been a lot of bitching on this board about 'the drop' but this moment was obviously built into the story from the very beginning. While it's true that most of the later seasons are fanservice, this is something that GRRM had planned since he started writing the first book.
The Valyrian dagger that started Bran on his quest is what finishes the Night King. Bran's story is a 'there and back again tale.
Arya's entire arc throughout the books points to this moment. There are also tons of hints dropped throughout the entire show, going back to season 1.
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it would feel believable, but the way she sneaked past 9 generals, made that cheesy knife drop and everything was just shit
Matthew Russell
This. The larger plot is something I won't critique, I'll accept it for what it is. The execution of that plot on film, however, has been utter shit and shown the complete ineptitude of all involved, as well as the extent to which poor decisions were made simply to save money.
Cooper Powell
I don't have a problem with Arya killing the Night King. Someone had to do it, and it might as well have been her. My problem is with the White Walkers as a whole. Why build them up for 8 seasons and kill them in one episode. Either treat them as the main threat and focus most of season 8 on them and their motivations, or don't have them in at all. Doing what they did, which was build them up and kill them in one episode, just makes no sense.
Aaron Rivera
Yeah dipshits keep making it out like people are upset it was specifically Arya I'm upset that the "Greatest War Westeros will ever see" ended in an episode and we didn't get any fucking fleshing out of the white walkers
Jaxon Garcia
>cat of the canals
Caleb Adams
They showed 0 respect to all other characters for this though. It leaves you wondering if the NK was really just big baddie, what was Bran's purpose in all of this other than staring ominously in this? Sam also found out about his parentage from The Citadel. Jon banded everyone together then just rode around his new dragon. The propechy stuff was forced to 'fit' Arya after they found it was her. All the stuff from Hagar, Melisnadre, Syrio was before they found out and then badly stuck it in just before she runs off to kill him? Seems like they had to do this whole NK stuff in 1 episode so just made it all action and no payoff for viewers watching for the story.
Nicholas Adams
Fucking this. Everyone I've seen defend arya missed the point completely.
Colton Richardson
I figured she took the face from a wight. Honestly, I feel like D&D have been playing 4D chess with me the whole time now, as every shitty thing they did almost makes sense now.
Josiah Murphy
Cooler thing would have been: >Night King reaches for his sword >Just before the blade falls, Bran's eyes go white and he wargs into the Night King >OMG Bran literally just warged into ice.jpg >All of the zombies suddenly stand completely still >Davos pokes his finger into a zombie's forehead and it falls back into the snow >Pod and Gendry grin at each other and high five >Night king and his army turn around and peacefully march northward >Bran is now an ice sculpture sitting in the middle of the weirwood forest, forever enchanted. He sacrificed himself to save all of Westeros
