Spoiler: show
So the White Walkers couldn't have gotten past the Wall without a dragon?
That's an upsetting concept, because it'd mean that they weren't an existential threat until our heroes came along. All those speeches Jon made about how the White Walkers are more important than everything else, how everyone has to band together if they need to survive... he was wrong, they wouldn't have been a threat if he just left them alone.
Imagine that, we've been rooting for him for seven seasons, and everything would be so much better if he never existed, or died before season 7 (or wasn't brought back when he did die). That's just way too mean, even by Game of Thrones standards.
Was that really the intention? Or is it just bad writing?
That's an upsetting concept, because it'd mean that they weren't an existential threat until our heroes came along. All those speeches Jon made about how the White Walkers are more important than everything else, how everyone has to band together if they need to survive... he was wrong, they wouldn't have been a threat if he just left them alone.
Imagine that, we've been rooting for him for seven seasons, and everything would be so much better if he never existed, or died before season 7 (or wasn't brought back when he did die). That's just way too mean, even by Game of Thrones standards.
Was that really the intention? Or is it just bad writing?