Rewatching the final season, I can see some potential complaints, but they're subtler than the universal disgust would suggest. Maybe that means I was an unsubtle fan when I first watched it. Usually I would consider myself among the subtler side of the mainstream.
Was the Long Night too short?
Would Jaime really side with Cersei in the end?
How can they get away with calling Jon "Aegon"?
How tragic is Jon's fate?
What happens after the finale?
Would Dany really massacre King's Landing while it surrendered?
I doubt it, but here are some possible motives. Cersei executed Missandei. Jon, soon before, kind of refuses to say he romantically loves Dany, and Dany knows Westeros loves Jon more than her, so she concludes her reign will have to be one of fear rather than love. The first time I saw the final season, I thought Dany just kind of went nuts, improbably so. I guess I can see the motives now, but I still doubt she'd do it. What happened between her massacring her enemies in King's Landing and completely razing the city? She's just sitting on her dragon, listening to the bells, somehow getting angrier... What's going through her head at that moment? If she's a point of view character in the final book, Martin might say. In the show, it seems senseless, and I don't interpret Dany as being senseless, even in her late state of desperation. Varys and Dany's comments about destiny are interesting though. She thinks her destiny is to save Westeros for future generations -- not necessarily for this generation. This generation is expendable for innumerable futures' sake. Kind of true, kind of insane. Varys said the gods flip a coin every time a Targaryen is born. If Dany is the bad side, her transformation is too rushed to feel believable.
Would Jon really slay his queen?
No. He no longer believes in her, understandably, but there's no way murder is the only option, and Jon would weigh the options. Murder wouldn't even be AN option for him, I think. He murders and he revokes his vows, both utterly uncharacteristic. I didn't really think about this the first time around. I thought about "is Jon right to lose faith in Dany? Probably" but not "is it characteristic that he murders here". That's a deeper question for which it helps to read the book. Deeper, but no less obvious: it's uncharacteristic. Losing faith in Dany might even be Jon's flaw -- he's unwilling to make necessary sacrifices (this generation) for greater good (future generations) -- but it's characteristic: he can't support the massacre. Yet he supports deceptive regicide? I doubt it. He's too true to his word and too opposed to criminal killing. He kills Thorne, Slynt and co, but they were the criminals, he was the law.
Which Stark fate do I like most?
Sansa as Queen in the North, Bran as king, Arya as explorer, Jon as (hopefully Lord Commander of the) Night's Watch... While I love to imagine Arya exploring, it's sad she's leaving home and family and it doesn't quite fit her character. She's a killer, a warrior, and a defender of her people. Why is she suddenly so adventurous, at the others' expense? I'd love to be in Arya's shoes: competent, versatile, and exploring. But I feel I'd want a companion or my whole family. Her fate is exciting but sad and slightly off. Sansa's is great. She continually fights for the North, and she gains it. She can stay home, care for what she cares for, see family and friends on occasion but always feel perfectly at home... Rule kindly. I just can't like Sansa as much as Arya and Jon, but her fate is sweet. Jon's is of course quite sad. He deserves all of Westeros and he gets the Wall with no enemies left?? What's the Watch without the Walkers? Just cold? If there's anything to do up there, it's not the worst place for him, but what wrongs can he right up there? Anyway he's a Northman, raised in snow, and there he remains. It's okay, but it's such a fall from kingship and family.
I'd love to try answering more of these questions here... No time at the moment.
Regarding the quality of the final season, I can also see how the dialogue seems a little cheesier than earlier seasons i.e. than Martin.
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