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Props for the nihilism.If the intent was to mimic life, they succeeded. Life doesn't end in some epic, satisfying manner. You just ******* die, probably unhappily. There are almost no heroes, or master manipulators pulling the strings, just a bunch of mildly competent assholes making rash, sometimes **** sometimes less ****, decisions. When someone is hit with a round form MP16, AR47, an IED, bomb, etc., there is no rousing music playing while your internal organs liquify. When your dead body expels your bladder and stomach contents, it doesn't happen in slow motion while inspiring fellow humans to do better.
Making multiple personal sacrifices, like Jon did, almost never guarantees prosperity or success or praise; it doesn't make you better than anyone else, and you can still be relegated to the goddamn wall. There was never going to be a coronation for Jon. There was never going to be a prince that was promised. The half-assed "government" pulled out of thin air is fatally flawed, not because it's half-assed but because we are want to tear down our institutions. We are all white walkers.