hicsuntdracones-🥧 HotPie Rang The Bells 🔔 1532 points1533 points 4 months ago

Someone needs to re-edit episode 3 so that everyone dies and the Night King wins. It shouldn't be that hard since it looked like everyone actually did die about 10 times each during the battle.

Vektor_ 676 points677 points 4 months ago

That's really easy, it looked like everybody was about to die in the final Night King scene/montage, so you can just cut to black before Arya jumps out to kill NK. NK and Bran stare at each other, NK reaches for his sword to kill him, and then BOOM hard cut to black with the music also abruptly ending. Basically The Sopranos ending again.

blondechinesehair 177 points178 points 4 months ago

Maybe without Don’t Stop Believing though

borntorunathon 104 points105 points 4 months ago

Or with extra Don't Stop Believing

watch_over_me 15 points16 points 4 months ago

I like where this guys' head is at.

the_murder_of_crowe 10 points11 points 4 months ago

Chaos is a ladder.

BlackWake9 0 points1 point 3 months ago


xCaptDeadPoolx 0 points1 point 3 months ago

This is how I wanted the show to end, ask my friends I wouldn’t shut up about it.

GBPackers412 2 points3 points 4 months ago

The northern kings version.

Space_Jeep 2 points3 points 4 months ago

I thought we were trying to make it better?

gynoplasty 1 point2 points 4 months ago

It's not the destination...

AgreeableAvacado 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Maybe a different Journey song, would Seperate Ways be out of place?

FunkyJokers 69 points70 points 4 months ago

I’ll take The Sopranos ending now more then what we are about to get.

Ya know I recently finished rewatching Sopranos and I’m ok with the ending. I took it as the bell ringing was Tony’s time to go. He looked up someone came in shot him dead while having his family dinner. I’m ok with that.

borntorunathon 22 points23 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it's a perfect ending. Bobby says a few episodes earlier "You probably don't even hear it when it happens, right?" The fact that it just cut to black was such a great way to show how abrupt life can end. Plus it helped avoid any pointless melodrama that would have taken away from the tone of the show.

Space_Jeep 16 points17 points 4 months ago

Sopano's is a good ending. You see it that way and that's valid. I probably dont, but I think more importantly you can decide and the show ends with the world of these characters continuing in some way. Never understood why people don't like it - other than those who want every single thing drawn out for them.

FunkyJokers 5 points6 points 4 months ago

I didn’t like the ending at first because I felt so cheated out of what happens with Tony? If he gets killed let me see that. I followed the show every week for years just like Game of thrones and I hated that the ending left me feeling empty.

If it was a show that I binged on it wouldn’t have had the same effect example Lost. That ending was terrible yet I was like meh, I wasted 2 weeks.

gendrywaterz 12 points13 points 4 months ago

The sopranos ending is the best ending of all time if you truly get what David Chase did.

You as the viewer spent years living vicariously through these gangsters. To the point where you are one of them, if only for an hour on Sunday.

David Chase puts a bullet through the viewers head, you never saw it coming...and fade to black.

Absolutely freaking brilliant.

FunkyJokers 6 points7 points 4 months ago


SterlingEsteban 0 points1 point 3 months ago

Alternatively, it cuts because it doesn’t matter whether he is shot there or not. At some point his time will come and that is his life: always on the edge, always uncertain.

Watched the whole series for the first time a few years ago and thought the ending was fantastic. I understand why it was controversial but it’s sad that people seriously think it’s bad. Probably one of the greatest TV endings ever.

pluginleah 9 points10 points 4 months ago

That's not how I think about the Sopranos ending. To me, it's perpetual suspense. Tony and his family will be in danger forever because of him. That may be 20 minutes after the cut to black or 20 years. Who knows?

jambears 5 points6 points 4 months ago

He is definetly dead. They all but spell it out for you.

weirdoguitarist 7 points8 points 4 months ago

I’ve always loved the Sopranos ending and still argue it was one of the most brilliant ways to end a tv show.

The reason being... Sopranos ended 12 years ago and it’s still not only brought up as point of reference or a measurement scale... but its been parodied in so many, many other tv shows... not to mention tons and tons of online content. I’ve seen a version of it so many times now that I can probably describe every beat of the scene as it coincides with each measure of the song. From Meadow being a terrible parallel parker, to the each person that enters the diner and the innocuous walking patterns they follow. Each person looking super suspicious.

I bet 20 years from now that scene will still be just as fresh in all of our minds, too. It may not have been a satisfying ending to everyone but it will be a long time before an ending to a tv show becomes a cultural phenomenon like that ending did. Love it or hate it.

Small anecdote: When I watched it live, I was absolutely livid at my cable company because I thought my internet went out at the absolutely WORST time lol

FunkyJokers 12 points13 points 4 months ago

Sopranos along with Breaking Bad is without a doubt two of the greatest tv shows I have ever watched.

Alexx_Diamondd 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Didn’t the writers come out and say he wasn’t dead at some point? Maybe they were just saying that in light of James Gandolfini’s passing, but who knows.

TheBadGuyFromDieHard 1 point2 points 4 months ago

I'd take the ending to fucking Lost before this dumpster fire of a season.

ImBeingArchAgain 7 points8 points 4 months ago

Then we just edit Danys fire to blue for an easy edit to make it the NKs dragon. He blows the fuck out of kings landing and most of that footage is still good, but now it’s actually character supported. Jaimes death works, Clegane bowl still happens. Theres potential here people.

OktoberStorm 3 points4 points 4 months ago

When the NK grabs Arya just add a snapping sound, then clip to bran and add a body thumping sound, and then the NK facing Bran again. Voilá.

furiousfotog 1 point2 points 4 months ago

Yassss. Or if something is really needed the sound of a sword swing and something getting looped off. Bran’s head? The NK? My head cannon is happy.

nyxdk 1 point2 points 4 months ago

You can add a sword sound in the black screen. we don't get to see after because he just killed history.

greywolfau 1 point2 points 4 months ago

Just cut to Dracarys flying over and breathing fire. To stop the Night King everyone had to die. (And edit out the previous scene where he survived Dragon fire).

Veda007 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Honestly you could just show the tidal wave of dead coming then some of the scenes of scorched earth. Night king walks in with his crew.

ngabear 0 points1 point 4 months ago

They all did die and s8e4 onward are Edd's fever dream.

thejokerofunfic 0 points1 point 4 months ago

No you should include Arya's jump and smash to black after the NK grabs her by the throat.

whiteapplex 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Or you keep Arya jump but he killed her, kills Bran, raises everyone back and pouf, over.

MTH1999 0 points1 point 3 months ago

Man this is what exactly i told my friends after the episode3 . If that happened and after that black and tragic ending in next episode somehow john and dany and few other character with dragons ran away and sheltered to kings landing it would be great cause then enemies would be friends for stopping the certain bad character that was the death and the arya scene happened in last episode of the show or in 5th episode it would be an unbeatable series in history. Because every one would be affected by what happened in winterfell and fall of winterfell . Also in episode 3 we could have seen lyannas wight walker version in crypt scene . They direct the movie very bad !!

O_Apples 83 points84 points 4 months ago

I'm looking forward to the fan edit of seasons 7 and 8 into a single 12 episode series.

TantalSplurge 21 points22 points 4 months ago

So one less episode? Lol

O_Apples 6 points7 points 4 months ago

ummm... I was expecting half hour episodes?

I'll go with that. Yeah...

FreakyCheeseMan 5 points6 points 4 months ago

I'm looking forward to the edit that adds a laugh track.

rahulvats21 -9 points-8 points 4 months ago

Lol looks like u read lot of fan theory and now not anyone coming true...

I know that most people who are complaining either reads lot of fan theory and fan story or their expectations is not coming true 😂

I can only agree that execution of scene is bad and season was bit rushed but it's also fact That this is George Martin ending we are going to witness as he himself said in recent interview just before episode 1 premiere that " i don't think my ending will be any different from d&d ending considering my talk with them "

Doesn't matter that's it rushed or execution of scene was not properly but deal with it and get ready to see george Final ending of his book in d&d way.

This petition is going to be waste as no one from HBO or show or even actor/crew coming back to shoot again 😒

O_Apples 9 points10 points 4 months ago

I didn't say anything about changing the ending. I didn't even say anything about changing major events. Just that I am looking forward to a fan edit. The editing in the past 2 seasons isn't great. There is a lot that can be chopped down.

Go misdirect your frustration somewhere else.

rahulvats21 -4 points-3 points 4 months ago

I think u r showing your frustration not me 😂

What is editing in past 2 season isn't great...U mean to say execution of scene was not great

Also do u really think, Petition will work 😂

The show was started by D&d not by HBO..ITS d&d who thought and their idea to bring george book in a show..HBO didn't goes to George

Also do u really think that all actor crew member will come to shoot again , they have to do lot of other works now many had started or sign another project..

Deal with it, we are going to get atleast george ending through show weather it's bit rushed or execution was bad doesn't matter now.

Also we don't know that we will get book or not as george hadn't competed his single book from last 8 years and he event didn't started his last book spring of winter yet which he already confirmed in his blog 😒

MrGurnsVarys 88 points89 points 4 months ago

This would have been a much better ending.

weirdoguitarist 6 points7 points 4 months ago

How bout...

The NK blows through everyone up North. We see Cersei prepping the rest of the Realm for war. There is a giant epic battle with all the wight-versions of the North people complete with 3 Ice Dragons. They lead you to believe its a fair fight but the NK blows through them too.

The final episode...

The NK reaches the citadel. Sam and him have a huge sword fight but ultimately NK wins and destroys the citadel and all memories of man with it.

The screen goes black

The words “climate change is real, ya’ll” appear across the screen. Followed by a picture of Al Gore doing a “wink and a gun”


MrGurnsVarys 1 point2 points 4 months ago

Classic Gore!

CaptainFalconFistingBrienne Of Tarth 2 points3 points 4 months ago

If Arya hadn't killed the NK that's exactly what would have happened

EasyPass2 2 points3 points 4 months ago

and just edit the fire from episode 5 to blue

thatnameagain 2 points3 points 4 months ago

Here's my rewrite:

Episode 3 plays out largely the way it did except that when Daenerys is on the ground off Drogon, the Night King goes right to her. Jorah stands in his way and we get a badass Jorah / Night King duel but of course the Night King wins. Daenerys cries over him similarly but then looks up at NK expecting to die, he instead grabs her wrist like he did Bran's and she receives a crazy magic vision, the NK gets in her head. During the vision, we hear bells.

He then walks off to raise the dead and get killed by Arya. Everything else plays out the same except that John actually fights and amazingly kills Viserion instead of playing Time Crisis with him and dodging flames that destroy magic walls by hiding behind non-magic walls.

Anyways, Episode 4. Bran talks with Sam and Varys about the Night King, since both of them care about magic shit. He gives a pretty cool rundown of the history of the Children of the Forest and all that, and then alludes that something may be wrong with Daenerys. Varys is particularly suspicious whereas Sam sees it as his job to properly record tell the story of what happened to the rest of the Kingdoms, since nobody outside The North would believe them.

When Daenerys flies back to King's Landing, she is struck by the NK's vision again and distracted by fear and paranoia, which gives Euron's fleet a credible reason for getting the drop on her and killing Rhaegal. Over the course of the episode Rhaegal's death - her child's - is shown to impact her more than Missandei's. Missandei's death in the end adds to the emotional turmoil, but the scene is played more as a political failure than an emotional breaking point.

Episode 5: Vary's talk with John is based around competing ideas about magic, not just "who's better for the throne". Varys worries she has been corrupted by mystical influences, but John brushes off the NK stuff as "we've all been scarred by the dead" and reminds Varys that the Lord of Light saved them at Winterfell, and the Red Priests in Essos have proclaimed her a messiah, so they've got that going for them. So the conversation about doing a treason has more weight to it.

When Varys is executed by fire, he says to Tyrion, "Do you know what I heard when the Magician burned my parts and summoned the spirits long ago? Do you know what I heard the voice from beyond the flames say? ....'Dracarys'"

The battle at Kings Landing plays out as we saw it until the bells start to ring, and we have that shot of Daenerys all flustered sitting on Drogon. The NK visions return, we cut to a close-up of her eyes, and we see hints of icy blue starting to glow.


BelieveItOrNotImADr 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Yeah it was ridiculous when it looked like hundreds of wights were streaming in and then there would be like 10 fighting in the next scene.

theje1 0 points1 point 4 months ago

If someone use the material of episode 3 along with some of the trailers (for example that one in which winterfell is deserted and important objects of the characters are lying around in the snow), it would be possible.

backstroke619 0 points1 point 4 months ago

I'm still holding out for bran waking up from his coma from when he fell and this all being some dumbass dream he had

Bhiner1029 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Is that the ending you wanted?

Militant_Monk 0 points1 point 4 months ago

This was my dream scenario. The undead seige Winterfell and everyone digs in for The Long Night. The corpses of the undead keep coming and pile up over the wall. Episode ends as a camera pans over the land surrounding Winterfell. Undead streaming in to bolster their losses.

Episode 4 - Fuck off to Kings Landing and mustache twirling by Cersei as scouts report Winterfell has fallen. At the very end of this episode a wounded dragon crashes and dies outside of Kings Landing. It's Sam! He has a message for Cersei - "Winter is coming."

Episode 5 - Undead army shows up out of the North and sieges the city. Greyjoy makes the power play that he will marry Cersie and then his fleet can evacuate them to the Iron Isles. Queen Bitch obviously says no. Q-Burn wants to burninate the undead. All the defenses are focused on the North Gate doing just that. Suddenly another massive army of undead shows up on the West Gate and batters it down. Holy shit?!? Who's leading this undead army? Fucking Bran is Warging an entire second army. Undead Ned Stark is first through the gate to King's Landing. Everybody dies.

Now there's two Night Kings. Humanity is fucked. Roll credits. Jurassic Park music plays. We all rage on the internet.

PodrickFuckingPaine 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Someone really talented could edit night king to be the one fuckin up Kings Landing

[deleted] 0 points1 point 4 months ago

You don’t even have to edit it just pause on episode 3 and close the window when the zombies first charge the unsullied and act like they were so outnumbered that the night king completely massacres them. Then the night kings plan is successful.

GorillaDLuffy -1 points0 points 4 months ago

I always said the night king should win. And the last scene is him sitting on the iron throne and Covering it with ice then in the flint of his eye you see a flash of green. the whole room fills with wildfire and then cut to black. Never revealed if he died or what just black and the text “All men must die” appears on screen.