There were probably people with terminal illnesses holding on so they could catch the finale of their most-beloved TV show, Game of Thrones, and who died horribly disappointed.

[none_dc@lemmy.world]

Yes, I was almost one of them. I went on living out of spite.

Seriously though, that's a really sad fact of life. Just think about those who died after the "Lost" finale.

[jet@hackertalks.com]

What is dead may never die.

[camerondev@programming.dev]

Within this context, netflixes policy of unceremoniously killing shows is probably keeping people alive.

[pronell@lemmy.world]

Nah, they'd just assume they'd died a year ago and were in purgatory since then.

[hux@lemmy.ml]

In another way, GoT may have given them the gift of looking forward to a legit ending.

[essell@lemmy.world]

Yup. That's the thing that upset them.

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

Lost finale was great though.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

In the sense that it was a mercy killing, yes

[themeatbridge@lemmy.world]

I did not understand that reference.

[kambusha@sh.itjust.works]

Sweet relief

[criitz@reddthat.com]

No matter what you think about the Lost ending (I liked it), it couldn't compare to the trainwreck that was Game of Thrones' final seasons

[pronell@lemmy.world]

Final season of Lost, viewers dubbed the weird plotline that replaced the flashbacks as the purgatory they were all in until each had died and they could move on together.

[themeatbridge@lemmy.world]

Sorry, I was going for a play on "I understood that reference" and "LOST was overly complicated and I didn't get it." But I appreciate the explanation, thank you!

[ceenote@lemmy.world]

In the wise words of Lindsay Ellis: "The ending being bad was foreshadowed by other things being bad."

[pronell@lemmy.world]

I thought that might be the case, but clarity wins out with me.

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

I agree, mentioning Lost and GoT final season in the same breath is such an insult.

[fundmecfsresearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

My cousin and How I met your mother.

[z3ror0ne@lemmy.ml]

Pfft. I held out for Winds of Winter and A Dream Of Spring...I might be immortal as long as George RR Martin keeps on aiming for perfect being the enemy of the good enough, lol.

[lolcatnip@reddthat.com]

You're only as immortal as GRRM himself. Have you tried Brandon Sanderson? His work isn't nearly as gritty as Martin's, but his world building is top-notch, and he, um, actually writes.

[solomon42069@lemmy.world]

Did they die disappointed, or perhaps die of disappointment?