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Game Of Thrones cut a key scene in their controversial season 8 finale, it has emerged.
The show finished back in May but was met with criticism from many fans for the way it ended.
One of the main talking points of the finale to the long-running show was Jon Snow’s murder of his lover and aunt Daenerys Targaryen. In the TV series, Daenerys is seen destroying King’s Landing with help from her dragon, Drogon, before being murdered by Snow.
Now, though, sketches from the book The Art of Game of Thrones have shown that a key scene was axed from the finale.
After Daenerys’ destruction of King’s Landing, Snow is seen travelling through the destroyed city before meeting up with the Mother of Dragons.
Drogon approaches Dany after she is stabbed by Jon Snow in Game of Thrones
One of the main talking points of the Game of Thrones finale – and subsequent criticism – was the ruthlessness of the murder in question, and it seems like this axed scene would’ve given more air time to Jon Snow’s difficult, conflicted decision to kill Daenarys.
The scene’s caption in the book reads: “As Jon heads into the Red Keep, struggling with a choice only he can make, he comes upon a huge pile of snow that reveals itself as a sleeping Drogon. Recognising Jon Snow, Drogon allows him to pass through the door that leads to the throne room… Unsullied soldiers guard below.”
NME‘s Christopher Hooton called Game of Thrones‘ conclusion a “stately but oddly haphazard finale,” writing: “Is that truly how the story ends? The way Drogon’s disappearance with a dead (for now?) Daenerys was left unexplained and then referenced near the finish was suspect.
“Does anyone think Jon will seriously spend the rest of his days abstinent and childless at The Wall, his true identity not known by the masses? One of the final shots may have been a door emphatically closing, but it felt like others were intentionally being left open here.”
