The 45-page script of Game of Thrones Season 8 finale, "The Iron Throne," is now available to read online, thanks to Emmy Awards. The document is now up on the award-giving body's website, revealing showrunners D.B. Weiss and Dan Benioff's humor and the real reason behind Drogon's attack to the Iron Throne.
The script is full of in-jokes and hidden details that will give fans a complete view of the episode's creative process. Despite the complaints the finale receives, readers will not get bored on reading the screenplay with Weiss and Benioff's humor.
Game of Thrones Season 8 finale looks far more optimistic in the script compared to what the show reveals. Here, the grass is growing, children are playing, and people are living a free life in the North of the Wall. It only proves Weiss and Benioff are good writers, despite the backlash.
The most important scene of all, Daenerys' (Emilia Clarke) death, is unquestionably worth the read. It will even give fans a better point of view to what happened.
"The dragon rises up on his hind legs, towering over Jon. In a beautiful, terrifying tableaux, he roars to the sky, the embodiment of rage," the script read, picturing the event where Daenerys' was already dead and Drogon came to her mother's rescue. "He looks down at Jon. We see the fire build up in his throat. Jon sees it as well. He prepares to die."
But aside from dropping the full script, it also explains as to why Drogon breathes fire on the Iron Throne instead of Jon Snow (Kit Harington), who killed its mother. According to CNet, there are beliefs it burnt down the throne as it is a symbol of "power-lust" that led Dany to her death.
However, the script gave a simple explanation of why Drogon melted the seat. Drogon doesn't aim anything when he breathes fire. So, the Iron Throne just happened to be there, where Drogon unleashed its flames.
"Not the target of Drogon's wrath, just a dumb bystander caught up in the conflagration," the excerpt read. Thus, the poor seat became the unwilling victim of Drogon's rage.
Another fan part of the script is when Arya (Maisie Williams) tells her siblings her plan to explore unknown lands. It has been known she went to the West of Westeros in Game of Thrones Season 8 finale.
But when she asked Jon and Sansa (Sophie Turner) if they knew something about it, they just looked at each other. The script once again offered an understandable reason for that. It said, the two both "failed geography."
Weiss and Benioff don't only display their talent on scriptwriting here. They also showed their wit and humor that have redeemed themselves.
