The Top 10 Game of Thrones Plot Fails Fans Are Still Not Over

Game of Thrones fans are an unforgiving lot. That series finale will never be forgotten – and neither will some other plot fails that were either baffling or simply failed to deliver.

Here are the top 10 GoT plot fails we just can't let go:

10. The High Sparrow

There are a lot of fans who don't rate this story, but I put it at number 10 because I thought it worked. It showed how the dynamics of power can change so quickly without anyone being officially crowned (or simply taking over, as Tywin did), and it exposed Cersei for the manipulative but useless 'leader' she was.

And her 'walk of atonement' made her even more deranged, which became more apparent as the series went on. But I'll grant you that the Sept of Baelor thing was a bit of a stretch – particularly as there seemed to be no consequences to Cersei's actions.

9. Dorne

One of the most interesting places in the book series was given almost no real airtime in the show. Prince Oberyn was the only fully rounded character to emerge from the whole Dorne story. All the other characters felt as if they had been added out of necessity. There was enough to tempt us to believe there was more to come. But in the end, it all amounted to nothing.

Even when Jaime and Bronn travelled there to rescue Myrcella, it felt more like a short story than part of the main plot.

8. Going beyond the Wall to capture a White Walker

There's some logic to this storyline, but in the end it amounted to nothing. Even after seeing it, Cersei didn't take the threat seriously. And it still doesn't make sense that almost any blow can cut them cleanly in half, but desperately pulling on chains didn't break a White Walker.

To be fair, if the whole Army of the Dead story had made any sense, they might have been able to do something worthwhile with that storyline.

7. The Iron Islands

No doubt time constraints played a part here, but the Iron Islands was always a place where so much could have happened, but very little did. Yara was a character with a lot of unfulfilled potential. And the whole story of Theon's time on the island (both times) felt rushed.

Like Yara, Euron arrived on the scene with a lot of room for development. But everything about his relationship with Cersie and subsequent death was filler.

And the various conversations between Balon and Yara were just more of the same.

6. The Shadow Assassin

Really? There was no other way to kill Renly? It just seemed like a step too far, even in a fantasy world. And if Melisandre's god is so powerful, why doesn't he show himself more often?

5. Pyat and Dany

This was supposed to be a scary man. He could appear out of nowhere and had magic on his side. He even managed to keep Dany chained up and ready for years in captivity without anyone (including her) noticing. But he was so stupid it didn't occur to him that dragons breathe fire. And don't even get me started on the hiccup of a flame that fried him alive...

4. Arya's training as a faceless man

Boy, did this drag? We had the measure of it pretty quickly and the story could (and should) have moved on much sooner.

In the end, we were just bored of it and the whole thing probably turned many viewers against Arya. Without the monotony of her training, would so many have been against Arya striking down the Night King?

3. Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven

Was this a subplot or something completely separate from the rest of the show? It felt so detached that it was hard to care what was going on before, during and after Bran arrived to fulfil his destiny.

Most of his visions had little to do with the actual story, which was the main reason his crowning as king made no real sense.

2. The resurrection of Jon Snow

No. Just no. Either kill him off or don't kill him off. But this was unacceptable writing for one of the biggest shows in TV history.

1. The White Walkers and Night King

If the showrunners had decided to leave this entire plotline out, the series would have been better for it. The strength of Game of Thrones was the battle for supremacy and the Iron Throne. With the White Walkers gone for so long, the idea of the Wall and the Night's Watch did not need to be affected.

But by removing this ultimately pointless storyline, there would have been more time to explore other more interesting angles, such as the relationship between Dorne and King's Landing.