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.

[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?

[idiomaddict@lemmy.world]

As a non-Lost watcher, this is the normal level of confusing for Lost references.

[z3ror0ne@lemmy.ml]

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll investigate.

[monzcarro@feddit.uk]

Another recommendation is Joe Abercrombie. His First Law series scratched the ASOIAF itch for me as is is similarly gritty. The full series is 2 trilogies with 3 "stand alone" novels inbetween them, and a book of short stories.

Also Preston Jacobs on YouTube is working on a collaborative alternative Winds of Winter. I really enjoyed their Alayne chapter.

[sxan@midwest.social]

Makes me think of the story Steven King told about getting a letter from a fan, sometime around book 5, explaining that she was over 90 and begging him to tell her how it ended, because she didn't know if she'd live long enough for him to finish the series. He had to decline, explaining that he simply didn't know yet, and wouldn't know until he wrote the last page.

It's oddly heartbreaking, as she probably didn't; it took him 22 years to complete the series, all told, and 6 or 7 years from her letter to the culmination of the story.

Anyway, your thought reminded me of that.

[netvor@lemmy.world]

The terminally-ill people died of their illness, disappointed.

Some of the non-terminally-ill people got terminally ill, whether from or with the disappointment is yet to be determined.

[justiceforporygon@lemmy.world]

Poor guy. It's been 8 years since I last watched that show and I'm still pissed.