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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I just felt given the majority of the series the way main characters evil or good would get killed off at any time, avoiding the pitfall of movies where main characters miraculously escape impending doom it was a little disappointing to see that creep into this final season especially. I'm not morbid in that I wanted characters to die just to see everything burn but it would have been nice to stick with the original pattern where a lot of the "good" characters don't make it.
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if most/all of the good guys need to make it to the end for plot reasons then fine, I don't think GoT should be obligated to kill major characters
only because that's what it's famous for. but for the love of R'hllor, at least stop putting them in positions where death should be certain, only to have them saved by a camera cut or a single last second sword swipe. if you want to get Brienne/Tormund/Jaime/Podrick/Samwell to the very end, then don't put them at the vanguard of a literal tidal wave of zombies and have them buried in them nonstop until dawn, but only come away with a few bruises because of lucky camera cuts or sword swipes from allies.
that 2nd type of save is so annoying. you're getting gang banged on the ground by 8 zombies but a single sword slash is enough for them to all get taken out at once so that you can stand up and look your savior in the eye before continuing the fight and getting pinned the exact same way again.
same thing with Arya running through the streets, go ahead and do that to show the ground level horror, but don't put her right beside stone-exploding dragonfire and underneath collapsing buildings that kill every last thing in the vicinity except her. unless she's yelling "Not Today!!!" at the god of death the whole time and he's forced to obey for some reason.