Quote Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe View Post
Making Arya the Master of Whispers wouldn't have been the "happy" ending for her though. She went through all that stuff to prepare her to kill the Night King. She completed her task which is kind of what the Hound told her. It didn't matter how the last name on her list died because she was going to die. It freed her to be who she really wanted to be. The same could be said for Jon. He would have made a good king but it wouldn't have made him happy. He was happiest when he was with the Free Folk.

I think they didn't show Jon get arrested because they didn't know how to get him in a cell without a fight with Grey Worm where one of them dies. They also gave Grey Worm his happiest ending by going where he told Messandi that they would go.

The Yara issue is a weird issue that I didn't think about. The only thing I can think of is Yara pledged that the Iron Islands wouldn't be raiders anymore and even though Dany is dead, she still feels that oath.

There are definitely writing issues with it. It felt there were some leaps in the story that were necessary but they didn't have time because of the shortened season. They should have done 10 episodes like HBO wanted and it would have probably been A LOT better.
That's the problem. We all know this wasn't a show that was likely to have a happy ending for very many of the characters. By throwing Jon & Dany under the bus and trying to give everyone else a happy ending, they stepped on the entire emotional arc of the previous seasons. Don't be afraid to kill a bunch of characters and have the place still in 17ing flames if that's what you've been setting up for 7.5 seasons. I think they got afraid of fan backlash, tried to go for a happier ending than what was originally planned, and created the very shitstorm they were afraid of in the first place.