Let's Rewrite the End of Game of Thrones [ Part 2 of 2 ] 

And here we are, the resolution to the stories of Jaime, Cersei, Arya, the Hound, Sansa, Tyrion, and Jon. Please keep in mind that I'm trying to work within what the show gave us, so not everything here is what I would *perfectly* like. My perfect rewrite would involve a Mad Queen Daenerys and a loooong period of dealing with the aftermath of the Unsullied, Dothraki, and the power vacuum, but merely two episodes limited me. What did you think? Love your support for me and Supreme Leader Mishka! www.patreon.com/hellofutureme Get my book! tinyurl.com/y5mwpyyj Instagram? instagram.com/tim_hickson_hfm/ Stay nerdy! ~ Tim

"he goes to his dire wolf and hugs him closely and tells him he's a good boy" 10/10 best ending ever

"A warm pool and a mountain cave." - That is the perfect line for Jon, and I am so pissed it wasn't in the actual script.

No 15 min scene of Tyrion organizing chairs?

The best part about this is that where the characters end up are very similar for the most part. Jon beyond the Wall, Sansa as Queen in the North, Arya sailing abroad and Dany, Cersei and Jamie dead. And yet, it's so much better...

I cannot believe a random guy on RU-vid wrote a superb ending to Game of Thrones, using ONLY the last 2 episodes of a shambolic season. We were really robbed.

HBO as a response to the online petition tells fans to write their own ending if they didn't like theirs in the most smug way. Hello Future Me does it. What now HBO

Arya killing Sandor would also give meaning to her faceless man character, "Mercy".

When you said that Jon was sharpening his sword just like Ned I literally cried. What a perfect ending. Thank you for making this.

I like the idea of Tyrion giving away Casterly Rock. Since I believe the Lanisters originally stole Castery Rock from another house. It has nice symmetry for it then to be given as a gift to a "friend". Would really make Tywinn roll in his grave lol.

This is a better ending for Cersei and Jaime. She dies as a result of her character flaws, having learned nothing from her failure. This is also a good way to complete Jaime's redemption arc.

Your rewrites are so good I can actually feel my mind overwriting what I saw on tv

All hail Future of House Me, First of his Name, King of the Rewrites and the Character Arcs, Lord of the Worldbuilding and Protector of the Continuity.

Your story was so satisfying, that even listening to it made me feel like I'm actually watching the show. At the end of original story I didn't feel anything, I was just waiting for it to end. But at the end of your version, I felt nostalogic. Important part of it was the fact that it wasn't the ending I liked to happen either, but it was logical, it made sense and nothing seemed forced. Great job man.

Your rewrites are my new head canon. Thank you

Moments that this 30 minute rewrite made me tear up/ cry: 1. Jon sharpening his sword under the tree 2. Jon saying he wants a warm pool and a mountain cave 3. Tyrion saying he has a soft spot for cripples, bastards, and broken things Moments the final episode made me feel an emotion: 1. When it ended and the relief that D&D can no longer murder the story washed over me

Had to pause the video to comment on how great it is to give Bronn Casterly Rock instead of Highgarden. Much, much more satisfying thematic fit

This is, honestly, the best rewrite I've seen/heard. I watched 2-3 other videos and I found things that didn't work with the plot or character arcs or that made other, minor, mistakes. On top of that, you worked with GRRM's writing style of not falling into common troupes. Thank you for sharing your talent and for bringing peace to so many people who have been reeling from the show's ending! Edit: Would love to see a video where you come up with your own perfect ending for GoT, without the restrictions of the show!

I’m glad that this rewrite actually made the battle of kings landing an actual battle. It made the Lannister’s look competent. Cersei during all of the seasons has proven she never surrenders until her enemies are dead, and episode five totally abandoned her character.

"He is a definitively honourable man, even if only he knows it." That genuinely made me start welling up a bit. Christ, they messed up so badly this season, so many chances for this kind of nuance. Bravo, this re-write is canon as far as I'm concerned.

Can we all just appreciate Tim's audiobook voice acting? His inflections and subtle changes in accent and tone are on POINT

''He goes to his direwolf and he hugs him closely. He tells him he's a good boy'' YES! If I didn't love this script before, I sure do now!

"What do you want, Jon Snow" Now THERE'S the Tyrion flippin' Lannister that I know!! I wish I could give you more likes just for this single, brilliantly in-character line!

THIS IS THE ENDING I WANTED (and kinda thought of) "the wheel" that dany wanted to break was the wheel that aegon built when he conquered the seven kingdoms and made the iron throne, the wheel is the seven kingdoms, the wheel is the iron throne. so in this ending danys story and goal is finished because of her but not in the way she thought, that she would rule.

4:14- Euron: I'm leaving to be a main villain of a Game of Thrones spin off!

I like this ending a lot better. It makes a lot more sense logically and thematically. The seven kingdoms were forged in dragon fire so the last dragon dying with Dany and the cruel quest for power dying with Cersei leaving a path for total independence is something I can understand. The fact that Dorne and the Iron Islands did not demand their own independence in the finale really highlights how D&D don't really understand this world at all. I still don't think this series did enough to show Sansa as a competent leader, they just kept saying she totally was without tangible examples but leaving her to rule with Tyrion as her hand improves on that a bit. And Jon choosing to leave and live beyond the wall on his own terms and not part of some weird nonsense punishment gives a lot more closure to his ending

That moment when you realize that this is as valid as the show since the depiction of both ends are fan fiction. I, for one, will choose to remember it this way. Thanks for taking the time to put this together, and give us the closure we were denied by d&d.

Wow, that ending made me more emotional than the HBO one. I definitely think that Jon ending up on the throne is actually an unhappy ending for the character, given how much he loathes ruling. He could be a great king but he would hate it and he'd been trapped in a position he never wanted to be in. Going beyond the wall is definitely his happy ending and honestly, I feel the guy deserves it after all the stuff he's been through.

One minor change. I would add a scene where Jon leaves longclaw at winterfell saying he wont need it where hes headed This would make jon entire leave his heritage for a peaceful life and the Starks getting a valyrian steel sword again. Also a scene when tormund and jon meet up and tormund calls him king in the north and kneels before jon tells him “we dont kneel around here” At which tormund laughs like he usually does I feel like these little callbacks is what the show desperately needed. But not in a forced manner and for absolutely no worth. Just make it smooth Wish you were the writer all along

I goddamn love your ending for Tyrion. I can so clearly see him tearing up at the Hand of the Queen pin, evaluating it, looking back up at Sansa and slowly taking it from her. It capitalises on their deep, complex respect for one another and is honestly just a nice idea, them living out the rest of their days in Winterfell together. Excellent. I think what I love most about rewriting Game of Thrones is that the show has already done so many seasons of masterful character work, setting up conflicting themes and parallels within every relationship that can each be individually tracked and woven together for satisfying conclusions. The groundwork is there, but the final season just left so many pieces on the table. Yara, for example. She contributes nothing to the broader story, but her story obviously needs to be paired with Euron’s to satisfy both of their arcs (he’s introduced by stealing her home from her, they meet later when he kills most of her men, he captures her by humiliating her brother and she - never sees him again?). So while I think some things could have been reworked even more to be slightly more thematically engaging - The Hound could easily choose to forgo his revenge on The Mountain by choosing to save Arya from something, as she’s what steered him away from that path (and him, her). Even having him fight The Mountain *for* Arya would do the trick, and not just completely undercut his entire character development - I applaud your incredible ability to pick up and satisfyingly the off all these different narrative threads. The breaking up of the Kingdoms, for example, was a genuine master stroke, and shows a deep awareness of the political world we’ve been shown for so long. Why the hell would the Iron Islands and Dorne stick around if the North got to bow out? And why should the rest of the Kingdoms stay together if the other three got to leave? It all makes perfect sense in a way that the show completely failed to even attempt. So well done! Thank you for at the very least sparking the inspiration in me to consider how I would have ended this show, how my construction of this season would have treated each character and theme. It’s been a fascinating thought experiment and has removed at least some of the bitter taste left over from an unsatisfying finale.

I stopped before the original ending. So this is canon to me now.

"A warm pool in a mountain cave." UUUggggghhh... How dare you, that's so GOOD! I hadn't watched any since season 5, planning to binge the whole thing when the show finished, and from everything I've heard, this is already a WAY better ending than whatever awaits me.

So... I like how RU-vid became audiobook-fanfics for GoT😅

Your critique of Bran as King is well-stated. I totally agree.

Thank you for giving Jamie a great ending.

I absolutely loved this ending, it felt so much more like the early seasons of GoT we all fell in love with! The only thing I would like to add is a small detail on the death of Danerys: As she lies dying, next to Drogon and surrounded by her faithful Bloodriders, her gaze shifts towards the skies. There, in the last moments of her tragic life, she recalls words spoken to her, so long ago now it seems almost as a dream. And as she dies, a faint smile forms upon her lips, and with her dying breath she utters: "My sun and stars.."

MUCH more satisfying, especially Jon's arc. I said I would actually be in favor of him abdicating and going north but the way they turned him into a wishy washy simperpot didn't help him get there. Him going to the one place where he felt truly content is perfect. And the line about just wanting a warm pool and a mountain cave is lovely

Honestly, the way you narrate this video makes the rewrite just that much better. Great job on these vids, man. Can't believe I didn't subscribe to you before now. (Also can't believe I ever thought season 8 could be any good)

"Ser Davos's seafaring son, Stannis Seaworth..." Now that is a great alliteration.

Ok, small brief change that i think would be better. Jaime confronts cercei alone in a tower of the red keep. An open window beside them. Jamie yells at cercei for murdering thousands of innocents. Cercei screams that everything she does and will do is for him and her unborn child. Jaime says that love is kind and unharming. You cannot murder thousands in the name of love. You are not a queen. You are a monster. Cercei screams and pushes Jaime through the tower window. At the last second, Jaime grabs cercei's heel and pulls her through the window with him and falling to their deaths. The final shot is both of them broken and bloodied on the ground, with Jaime' s hand on cercei's heel. That's just a small change I would make. In the first book cercei says that their mid wife said that he came out with a hand on her heel. They would exit the world the same way they entered, together with a hand on her heel

So, I love this Specially the Tyrion thing and how the political part of the story ends Amazing, seriously great job man

Until the books come out, I'm just going to pretend this is how it ended. Even after the books come out, I might still prefer this ending...

Wait, so season 8 could've been good even with 6 episodes and D and D are just incompetent storytellers?

2 years. They had 2 YEARS (!) to write the ending coherently (yeah, seasons 5-7 weren't always brilliant, but still), and yet we got a lazy and idiotic ending to what could have been one of the greatest shows ever (which it was, until the final season). Such a shame. Great rewrites Tim - i wish the actual ending was similar

22:29 This ending is so much better, but this is what totally convinced me. Quality writing.

You actually made me able to feel some emotion for this story again. I actually felt those crushing heartbreaks and saw the show I loved - I deeply appreciate both of these

"A warm pool in a mountain cave", if in the show, would've been one of if not the most powerful line of the series. this is also now canon for me 👌

"And tells him he's a good boy." Would be the best ending possible.

It has never occurred to me to financially support a youtuber because well frankly there's plenty of you and if one or more have to quit that's not a loss to me. But your analyses have impressed me so much that I have pre-ordered your book and look forward to reading it even though I'll never write a book or a story where it might be useful to me. Regarding this video, well... everything is better than canon...

Game of thrones season 8: Visuals: 10/10 Cinematography: 10/10 Directing: 10/10 Acting: 10/10 Writing: ....

This is canon now. For me at least. Though I am looking forward to GRRM finishing his books finally, to see what he would do xD

Man, Bronn will be pissed when he discovers that Tyrion left him with an empty gold mine and mounting Lannister debt....XD

Regardless of what happened, GoT has definitely sparked conversation among viewers. That's the major positive. Wasted potential is still frustrating though...

This is MUCH, MUCH better. Still kind of lacking for Arya's story, but you only had the last 2 episodes to work with, so it's understandable. Her killing the Hound that way would have been so good. Sigh...

Everything is perfect for character arcs... I would love it if these two things also happened: 1. Bran and Samwell should go to the Citadel, for one is the entire human history book and other knows the ways of Citadel. Just like Bran sees visions by touching the weirwood tree, he can see visions by absorbing the light of that big discoball atop the citadel (since that has always been teased in the intro) 2. Just to give justice to Jon's Targaryen lineage, I think it would be great to see Jon surviving dragon fire in one of the battles. Maybe in the battle of winterfell against Viserion. While Viscerion is wreaking havoc, Jon sees Arya sneaking into Godswood and after buying some time distracting Viserion, he supposedly plunges to his death to distract/kill Viscerion. The ice dragon breathes blue fire and tearing out of the flames emerges Jon, digging Longclaw deep into viscerion's throat... or whatever.

Not even finished, but wow; that ending for Jaime and Cersei is utter perfection. Bravo! EDIT: Thank you for this ending. It's beautiful, bittersweet, and real.

Man, this ending makes so much sense, the characters get the endings they deserve without having their character development thrown to the fire and the overall world doesn't stay unaffected by the whole story and does care to try and make a better world, without one tyrant to rule them all. If this was the show's ending I would had definitely cared, maybe even cried over the tragic deaths or the sweet ending the characters got, anything better than the total frustrating, dissatisfying and/or uninteresting ending we got. Judging from this videos you seem to be a really talented writer and I will look forward to actually checking out your own book. I wish you find successes and happiness, keep up the good work!

I agree that the Hound's arc ended long ago at the sept.

"Killing all the villains would give too much of a happy ending" Like the happy Dany and Drogon deaths we got with the last episode rewrite?

You are awesome at writing Tyrion. I smile every time you mention him in your rewriting.

BAM, mic drop...you have written a far, far better end. This is my show headcannon from this day to the end of my days.

Your rewritten script is good. That's what I think: it should return to 7 independent kingdoms just likes before Aegon's conquest. Thanks.

The Hound: You don't want a life like me. Don't live for revenge. Arya: Dude, I killed a guy's family, baked them into a pie, and fed it to him before killing him. Your revenge story ain't got shit on mine

That's exactly the end how I imagined it. I was so upset when Bran was chosen as ruler of the six kingdoms I wanted 7 independent kingdoms at the end. But I also wanted more explanations about the night king and the white walkers But you have well done. Your ending for GoT is far better and logically than the ending we all saw last week. I hope your book gets many requests and reach many many people :) Good luck with it

YESS! Jaime absolutely needs to kill Cersei. It only makes sense that way, especially after all the build-up of his redemption. It's his arc for crying out loud. Thank you Hello Futre Me!

*applauds* This was awesome! I love how you bookended it all, since I'm a strong believer in the whole "the story ends where it began" type of stuff. And thank you for doing justice to the Jaime/Cersei/Euron thing. -it boggles my mind how he NEVER questioned how Tyrion knew about the baby- And the Stark family finally got their new beginning! And Tyrion...finally free from the Lions' Den, as it were. And the most important thing, Ghost got some love! It's official: THIS is how it ended for me (:

I really appreciate what you said about Jamie lapsing back into his love for Cersei not invalidating his trajectory as a character. At the same time, it is true that a Cersei who was not out of character would not hesitate to sacrifice innocents by the score (seriously, there was no good reason for her not to use wildfire effectively), and after his journey, Jamie would not have been able to just stand by. So to me it seems that if the pieces had been moved correctly, the only reasonable outcome would have been for Jamie to kill Cersei. As an aside, I do hope that in the books both Jon and Jamie kill their Queens, it would be so thematically fitting for the series to end with the Kingslayer reconfirming himself as such (though in different circumstances) and for the most honorable man left alive to commit the same crime. In true ASOIAF fashion, there is no privileged outlook on life, only actions and consequences, and opposite paths can lead to the same (yet differently nuanced) result. Fooling myself into thinking you'll read this and reply, were you thinking about what Bronn said about all noble houses being founded by cutthroats and killers when you had Tyrion give him the Rock? Not that a no would make it any less a stroke of genius.

A most wonderful re-write, however, now I'm even more mad at the official ending.

This is really good writing, but I'm afraid it's too long-winded to work for the three and a half minutes the showrunners wanted to spend on the last few seasons, may I suggest a more expedient ending: Rocks fall, everyone dies

I'm sad this isn't how it went down. Great work, and congratulations on your book!

oh my god. jon’s “a warm pool in a mountain cave” line is actually so heartbreaking. a+++ writing, my guy

That whole "what do you want, jon snow" part actually got me choked up a little. That's... that's impressive.

And that my friend is how you end a saga. Please write a fantasy novel. I'd be on the first line of you fan/costumer

thank u lord hickson, first of his name, breaker of bad writting, father of wisdom

I love Jon choosing the next king- It gives his title more relevance to me. Jon would make a good king but he doesn’t want it...so it only makes sense that his qualifications tee him up to choose a good ruler (which subsequently changes the way we know all the kingdoms and how they are ruled from here on out) Bravo

This is brilliant. In your retelling, Dany still gets an amazing end for her arc that is bittersweet. After all she's done she dies with her people as a result of showing mercy to the innocent. Through her actions, although she isn't there to see it, she set in motion the steps required to finally break the wheel

Jon tells Ghost he's a good boy. 10/10 Best season ever!

YES THATS SO SATISFYING THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE SERIES FOR ME

this is official canon now. as far as i'm concerned, the season 8 by d&d never happened.

"He goes to his dire wolf and hugs him closely. He tells him he's a good boy" I was pretty positive this was the exact way I wanted the show to end but this sealed the deal. lol

Imagining tuning in with more excitement for a re-write than the original

I always thought it would make more sense for all of the kingdoms to become independent, so I agree with your version of the political ending of the story.

Im having a hard time wrapping around my head that episodes of 30 minute narration done in a few days As a thought experiment Made me feel so much more eMOTION than more than an hour of whole episodes with complete and stunning visuals and writers paid to do it with huge amounts money and a lot more time at their disposal D&D fucked up big time is a massive understatement

I just LOVED that finally there was someone asking Jon the question what he really wants! After all this amazing dialogue from him in the last season ("I don't want it") it's so nice to see it having at least some kind of pay off.

Dumb & Dumber should've had you outline the story, if only we can go back in time and rewrite history, like Endgame.

You broke my heart at 7:15. I am weeping. Thank you. All of your rewrite videos for this season are amazing and I appreciate you doing them.

jaime scene killing cersei would've been better if he said "the things I do for love" before he plunged his sword into her

Nobody: . . . . . . Everyone: *buys D&D a copy of your book*

Can you pitch your version to netflix

Bravo(s), excellent story telling. I imagine you'll have to follow D&D to Star wars to fix their mess there too.

Watching GoT: "This is so bad it depresses me." Watching these rewrites: "This is so good it depresses me."

This story made me cry. Feels much more reasonable than the ending we got.

Thank you very much for giving so many characters the ending they deserve. I can live in peace now

How about a collaboration with 'How It Should Have Ended' for the animation and voices, you for the script, and patreon or kickstarter or whatever for funding! This could be produced as an actual animated alternative final season! Please R'hllor let it happen!

I do think that the "R + L = J" bit should have had more significance to the story as payoff for bringing it up, but not the significance that people expected, i.e. I agree that he should not have taken the throne. Perhaps there should have been more character conflict for him in terms of whether he is a Stark or a Targaryon, represented by interactions between Ghost and Rhaegal? Or perhaps something to do with his blood?

And that sounds more like batsh*t Euron: "I'll cut that one out and put a new one in myself" (about the baby in Cersei's womb)

This is fantastic. While we ended up in a similar place in the finale, as far as with who lives and who dies, the ends to each character are much more consistent with their morals and arcs and really give the story the sort of bittersweet ending we were promised. Jaime, Jon, Dany, and Tyrion especially received much more satisfying ends. The only character who's ending I'm still not 100% happy with is Arya. In my opinion, Gendry should have abdicated kingship of Storm's End, as Gendry has said he doesn't really care about ruling (nor does he really know anything about being a lord/king). In my version, Davos would have survived the battle of King's Landing and Gendry would have given the kingship to him (but if we're going with this ending, he could abdicate to someone else more qualified). The people would respect Davos as he was the former hand of Stannis and knows more about political maneuvering than Gendry. I'm not a fan of how Arya's arc ended, as a driving point of her character has been finding/protecting her family. It doesn't really make sense that she would just ditch all of them to go sail off alone. I'd add a scene with Sansa and Arya, where Arya basically realizes that with Brienne and the support of the North, Sansa does not need Arya's protection - freeing Arya of her moral responsibility to protect her family. Additionally, I would have Arya go on the boat with Gendry, as she considers him her family ("you can be my family" speech back in season 3) and would allow the arya/gendry arc earlier in the season to actually have some meaning instead of being pure fanservice. Wish someone would make a sort of animation/movie based off of this ending. This was lovely.

"In the Name of King Jon of the House Snow, First of his Name, King Beyond the Wall and of the Freefolk, Lord of the True North, and the Shield that guards the Realms of Men."

Not only are your rewrites worlds better, your dialogue inserts are so, so in character, and you even manage to get the actors' vocal inflections while saying the lines! Just brilliant. Already in the process of overwriting this as the actual ending in my head

Bran also happened to be... you know... missing for the entirety of his life. PLEASE I beg of you to do a break-down of the mentality of the lords of Westerson in the "Bran for king" moment. Here was a child they knew was crippled (seemed like the realm knew), then claimed to have been killed and burned alongside Rickon by Theon, then just missing for years, who just so happens to popup with a cool story right as the wars of the realm are over. I really hope that GRRM is going in a different direction, or at least an explained direction, with his ending.