The Night King storyline on Game Of Thrones has been rendered ‘useless’ in a US court.
Judge John B Owens who was appointed by Obama to the federal judiciary, gave his opinion in a case concerning breaches of fiduciary duties.
A fiduciary is someone who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust with another party or parties, and usually takes care of their money or assets.
A quick reminder of what happened on Game Of Thrones season eight. The Night King had been talked up as the Big Bad in Westeros for all of the show’s run, only for him to be killed by Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) in episode three The Long Night – halfway through the season.
Fans have argued that having the Night King defeated so early was a disappointing ending to a plotline that had been building up so intensely for so long.
Judge Owens mentioned the leader of the white walkers when he referred to two other cases – Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit, and Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice – in his opinion.
He said that the defendant ‘would like us to read Dabit without considering its clarification in Troice. But we will not render Troice meaningless in the way that Game Of Thrones rendered the entire Night King storyline meaningless in its final season.’
Goddammit, now I’m going to have to watch Game of Thrones just to be able to do my research? Thanks for nothing, Ninth Circuit:https://t.co/RdxVZoyVEk pic.twitter.com/7kCO25u9OX
— Ann Lipton (@AnnMLipton) July 6, 2019
His comment was shared on Twitter by Ann Lipton, a professor from Tulane Law School.
Sharing the extract from the opinion, which was filed on 5 July, she joked: ‘Goddammit, now I’m going to have to watch Game of Thrones just to be able to do my research?’
There are worse ways to do research, to be fair.
It comes after showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were stung with another blow from unhappy fans, thanks to a Reddit threat titled ‘Bad Writers. Upvote this post so its the first result when you google “Bad writers.”’
Created by Reddit user @TheCLittle_ttv just a day after episode The Last Of The Starks aired, it does exactly what it says on the tin and so far has 47.5k upvotes.
Over a month after the final season wrapped up, the duo are still the top image result when you Google ‘bad writers’.
This also follows fans signing a petition calling for season eight to be remade passed one million signatures.
However, it has come under fire from star Issac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran on the show, who told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘It’s just absurd. I can’t even fathom it. It’s just ridiculous.’
Game Of Thrones is available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.
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