There were ofc some lovely little moments and some nice endings for some characters. I think the thing that would have made me ignore all the terrible shite that was season 7 & 8 would have been this…
end credits roll
fade to black with sound of footsteps in the snow
white screen of Jon Snow and Ghost - Jon’s face looks twisted with a WTF look
camera pans back to reveal a White Walker symbol made from fresh limbs and blood
There’s an ending scene I hope for at the end of any medievalish-fantasy story like this:
A blacksmith calls their apprentice to urgently attend. Beside him, spinning and steaming, is a device resembling an aeolipile. “That’s fantastic,” the apprentice says, but after a pause, “but what’s it good for?”