Game Of Thrones Season 8: 10 Things Fans HATED

7. Every Single Thing With Euron

The worst character in modern TV history? Possibly.

Euron existed to be... gif'd? Meme'd? It's hard to tell, but every line of "A-cha-cha-cha", moustache-twirling dialogue outside his first appearance was geared towards self-awareness; towards writing a character that didn't realise which show he was in.

First being stupidly overpowered (he ransacks Yara's fleet and takes her hostage, then shoots down Rhaegal like it was nothing, only to turn up and mortally wound Jamie out of nowhere), Euron feels purpose-built to be a grade-A villain "because we need one".

Only, we don't.

Yes, Joffrey and Ramsay were masterful flecks of excrement - and even Karl Tanner was serviceable enough as someone for Jon to war against in seasons 3 and 4 - but season 8 should've focused the show on one final "Big Bad" for the sake of narrative. That could've been the Night King, or it could've been Cersei, but it can't be both.

Instead it was kinda the Night King, it was kinda Cersei, and it was kinda Euron - none of them really working, especially in retrospect. The writers even gave Euron a closing line of dialogue referencing his importance as he died, just to twist the knife against a fanbase who never got on board with the character's attitude.

That's what we get for... caring?