Furious fans of the show seriously aren’t impressed by the attempt David Benioff and DB Weiss have made to complete George RR Martin’s incredible tale.
And it seems like the outrage at the pair’s treatment of plot points isn’t just held by a minority of the show’s loyal viewers.
Considering the petition’s original goal was to reach 15,000 signatures, we have a feeling they could easily surpass their current 1million target by the time the final episode airs on Monday 20 May.
The petition was created by Dylan D on Change.org, and it calls on HBO to ‘remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers’.
The plea reads:
‘David Benioff and DB Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on. ‘This series deserves a final season that makes sense. ‘Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!’
The comments on the petition show support for the motion, with pretty much all of them agreeing that the season eight script needs to be redone.
Perhaps HBO might find it worthwhile to redo the season when George finally finished the final books in his series.
The petition stems from the last episode of the show Season 8 Episode 5 –‘The Bells’ which has been dubbed the worst episode yet by fans. The episode sees Daenerys channel her inner Targaryen (some have now dubbed her ‘The Mad Queen’ like her father’) after she tore King Landing apart with fire from her last standing dragon Drogon , despite the bell ringing surrender. Many innocent people were killed as a result.
Same episode also saw the death of tyrant and contender for the iron throne Cersei, whom many have looked forward to her death, killed unceremoniously by bricks alongside her brother/lover Jamie.
The final episode of the final season airs on Sunday, 9pm in the US, 2 am Nigerian time.
