Remembering Game of Thrones

  The serial position effect determines that Game of Thrones will be remembered for its beginning and/ or ending. 

  Digital Spy recently created a poll to determine where their community was positioned, concerning the GOT series finale. The question was simple― yay or neh. Did you like how Game of Thrones ended or not? It turns out that 56% of individuals, that participated in the poll, did not like the ending.

  ~Note: Digital Spy is an online media platform that covers the latest digital television and programing news from the U.K. It has an active twitter community possessing 179k followers. I could not find how many participants exercised in this poll. It can be found on their website (digitalspy.com). ~
                                                 

  Game of Thrones originally possessed a willingness to kill off its main characters in a brutal, random and seemingly, realistic way. But, by its conclusion, it stopped by showing its fans what to expect.

 The writing was different. It left many fans caught in turmoil. A beloved beginning was plagued by a loathed ending. And, now, we do not know what to do. Not only is Game of Thrones over but, there will be no redemption for its ending. Digital Spy's poll encapsulates what the "internet" has been expressing ― caught between love for its beginning and hate for its end. This is not a case of enjoying the ride for what it was because that is not how memory works. So, for the fans that loved its start and hated its ending, we are forever caught in a spectrum from love to hate. This type of dichotomy can mess with ones mind to the point that, they need to write a blog to cope.

  I will continue this discussion as a way to get over the betrayal of Game of Thrones that is, season 7 and 8. Due to the serial position effect, only season 1 and 7 will be examined in our brains as time passes.

  I am a senior at Fordham University. I study Film and television. I, also, have loved all of the notorious season finales like Seinfeld's, Friends', Lost's, and How I Met Your Mother's. Now, I am on the other side, unfortunately. It is the side that the majority of fans are taking. We just want to remember one of our most beloved shows as beloved and not despised.