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Game of Thrones: Fans start petition begging for season rewrite

As the final season of Game of Thrones proves more and more divisive, more than 200,000 viewers are now asking HBO for a do-over.

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The Game of Thrones season 8 finale hasn’t even aired yet and fans are already demanding a do-over.

More than 200,000 p*ssed-off keyboard warriors have “signed” a Change.org petition calling for a remake of the last season of HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s beloved fantasy books.

“David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on,” rages petition launcher Dylan D.

“This series deserves a final season that makes sense. Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!”

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Daenerys Targaryen’s mad queen rage sums up how a lot of fans are feeling right now. Picture: Helen Sloan/HBO via AP
Daenerys Targaryen’s mad queen rage sums up how a lot of fans are feeling right now. Picture: Helen Sloan/HBO via AP

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Benioff and Weiss are taking quite an online beating over what diehard GoT fans consider a lazy last season effort.

The backlash started brewing with complaints about the too-dark-to-see Battle of Winterfell and gained steam right up until “Coffeegate” — when a Starbucks-like coffee cup was accidentally left in a scene.

The digital dragging reached its boiling point this week: A promo image in which Jaime Lannister’s (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) severed right hand appeared to have miraculously grown back leaked online — and outraged viewers went in hard.

A coffee cup was spotted in the background of a recent Game Of Thrones episode. Picture: Supplied
A coffee cup was spotted in the background of a recent Game Of Thrones episode. Picture: Supplied

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“Jaime’s hand magically healed in Episode 5,” one fan groused in a since-deleted tweet.

“As if we needed any more proof D&D (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss) simply stopped caring about GoT a log (sic) time ago.”

Gee, remember the good old days when all fans had to worry about was pesky spoilers?

Alas, if viewers don’t get their way with this petition, they can always look forward to the first of four prequel spin-offs in the works at HBO.

The new series is reportedly now filming in Belfast under the working title of Bloodmoon.

This story first appeared on the New York Post and has been republished here with permission

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