
Chinese viewers mourn the Night King as they grow more unsatisfied with Game of Thrones
Chinese social media is full of angry comments about “The Last of the Starks”
Game of Thrones is huge in China. But with just two episodes to go, some Chinese viewers are wondering if they care about it anymore.
Beware: Heavy spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4: The Last of the Starks.

In the latest episode, The Last of the Starks, the northern alliance grudgingly agrees to go ahead and take the throne from Cersei after the Night King’s very sudden defeat. But that shocking twist has some unsure if they even care anymore.
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If they weren’t sure about the fate of the Night King from the last episode, this one seems to confirm that the dead really are, well, dead. And now netizens are flooding Weibo with posts paying tribute to the Night King.

Beyond mourning the Night King, others are pointing out that one of the scenes in the show reminded them of a famous Chinese TV series.
In that show, the Japanese forces captured a Communist general’s wife and threatened to kill her at the gates -- echoing Missandei’s situation, held captive by Cersei and facing death in front of her friends. Her final words are even similar: Missandei signals Danaerys to attack by calling out “Dracarys,” while the general’s wife shouted to her husband to “bomb away.”
(The general in Drawing Sword followed his wife’s advice and bombed the gate, unlike Danaerys who just made an angry face.)

Beyond that, there’s a heavy feeling of dissatisfaction among Chinese viewers, who are pointing out all the things that don’t make sense to them -- like Euron’s sneak attack to bring down Rhaegal the dragon.

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