Game Of Thrones finale: Burning questions answered

We learned a lot from Game Of ThronesThe final series, "The Iron Throne," is not too much to get Tyrion fired, has an uncanny understanding of symbolism, and the Citadel is a four-month college. But the show's last episode raised plenty of questions, too, and the final Mailbag Of Thrones we're answering yours about ambiguous endings, what the final season might tell us about George R.R. Martin's books, and when we should expect a reboot.

Carina asks: So, can Bran see the future or what? What does it look like in the Tyrion's pantry prison?

We know he has briefs of the future, but when he saw them, he was in the throes of the day. Tyrion traveled to King's Landing to become king. Why? How? Was he a 17-level-chess genius who expected that exact sequence of events would happen? Or did Bran know everything that was going to happen before it?

If it was the latter, uh, he's super evil. Could you say that Daenerys before she murdered all those innocent people? Or maybe did you do it to prevent the Night King from killing so many at Winterfell? If so, the only reason for this is that it has been playing the long game of thrones.

Either Bran was the secret big bad all along or the show did a bad job explaining his powers, making it unclear what he knew and when. The train is pretty cool. The latter, unfortunately, is the right answer.

Jim asks: What was a crueler yada: Bran talking about finding Drogon with his powers (possibly waring into him), or Dorne and the Iron Islands calmly accepting they're still part of the Six Kingdoms (given their well-documented history of rebellions) after the council and Bran let Sansa and the North?

Maybe the new Prince of Dorne, who is not a Martell (unless he was an unmentioned bastard) is a putz who has no stomach for conflict, so we can ignore the silliness of a kingdom that managed to remain independent for 187 years after Aegon became king as the failings of one man. But in what universe would Yara Greyjoy allow a Northerner to be her king while the North gets to be independent? It was absurd, though, but they were not taken over by them.

The Yara we knew we would have laughed at that whole thing or gone back, like she did when Iron Island Kingsmoot did not go her way.

At least with Bran he could have been one of those who was going to "look" for Drogon, not that he was going to warg into him. It's still bullshit he never stopped trying to warn a dragon, but the final season was aggressively thumbed out.

Mark asks: Would the outcome have been better received than the same story?

If they had used these episodes to better establish the motivations of their characters, especially the abrupt change in Daenerys from protector of the downtrodden to tyrant, then yes, absolutely. The last two seasons were rushed, incoherent, and lacked internal logic. They were really stupid, and taking some time to have things made sense would have fixed many issues.

If they had been 10-episode of the same season, we would have had a terrible time.

Ryan asks: Is Daario ever going to find out about Dany's fate? Will he take an army and wage war against Westeros?

Not if he's smart. Until Daenerys, an Essos force had not invaded mainland Westeros since the Andals thousands of years ago, and for a reason: It's really a huge bread in the ass. Even the Valyrians did not bother until Aegon the Conqueror, and the Targaryens had been on Dragonstone for a century by that point.

Daario should declare himself to be king in the Bay of Dragons and live in the Pyramid Pyrenee until he is murdered in his sleep, which he definitely will be.

Sean asks: Did Jon return to the Night's Watch? Or did he run off with the free folk? The final shot confused me a bit.

There was no reason for him to escort the wilds of the Wall, but he was not expecting the gate to shut behind him. His little smile when it was so I'm fully convinced the Night's Watch. They rewarded him for his service to the Realm by letting him go away from it and any responsibilities.

Plus, what was he going to do on the Wall? Protect the Realm from all of the wilds they had become friends with?

Colby asks: What was the point of Jon being in Targaryen? Did everyone forget in the last episode he was technically the rightful heir? Or did they not care? No one even mentioned it.

Jon's birth, which was a huge deal of the story, only really mattered because it made Daenerys furious and threatened, which contributed to his burning King's Landing.

Aegon Targaryen. It still should have come up during the Dragonpit Council though. Someone definitely should have at least mentioned it. The Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark.

The discovery that Jon Snow was really Aegon Targaryen was astonishing to the story as the White Walkers, whose presence and defeat did not matter to anyone. Genuinely insane how little both of those stories ultimately mattered.

Lewis asks: MVP of the show? My votes are for Drogon and Ghost, 'cause at least I cared about their story arcs.

Brienne, who went from an insecure laughingstock to Lord Commander, has a good case. Arya Became a Faceless Man and Killed the Freaking Night King, so I would definitely put her on my ballot too. Even Sam, who killed a White Walker, became a dad, and rose to Grand Maester so he could have paid an oldtown sailing coach for his degree, had a pretty good run too.

But I'm going with Bronn. He was a nobleman when we first met him, and now he's the Lord of Highgarden, who should make him rich in Westeros in short order. Plus, he's on the Small Council where he'll get a terrible job but keep his position forever (we call this the "Tyrion Principle).

My LVP? The Night King. Nice job waiting for all of you to return, all you can lose focus on the very end, in a story that makes you feel better and you feel better, you stupid blue-eyed goober.

Christie asks: Do you think George R. R. Martin already knows how to plan to end the book series? Gold do you think he's taking into account some of the negative feedback the last few episodes have received?

Martin says he's had the "major beats" of his ending planned for years, and what happened on the show, or fans will be predicting what will happen in the last two books, will not alter them. He would also be told that it would be a "mistake" to change "midstream" how it was going to be all over the world, but it could not be more take as much time as he needs to finish them correctly.

And that's not wrong, but I do not like it.

Raymond asks: What do you expect from that ending will actually be in the books?

Daenerys burning King's Landing to the ground. How does it make you feel good, but it feels like a Martin-like twist that fits your story,

I trust he'll take his time, so I'm actually looking forward to it, even if it's tragic.

Gregory asks: How long until Netflix / Amazon / Hulu / Disney reboots Game Of Thrones to be closer to the books? One year? Two years? Within my lifetime? I'm sure we'll see you again Spider-Man

I'm at 15 years old, but the new show will be animated. The cost of doing an even bigger, more sprawling version of A Song Of Ice And Fire will not ever be possible. It seems impossible to remake / reboot will ever generate the same kind of craze.

But an animated series would have a major appeal, especially to fans who want to see Martin's version of the story come to the screen.

And if it does I hope I'm here to answer your questions about it. I loved doing this column, and it was only possible because of you, so thank you.

I wish you good fortune in the next television phenomenon to come. Which will hopefully be a Game Of Thrones prequel so we can do this again.