For all those wanting a complete do-over of Game Of Thrones S8, we just got it in the form of those wild Trump Capitol Hill riots.

Has there ever been a more dramatic decline in cultural relevance than what we witnessed with the last couple of seasons of Game Of Thrones? It felt like one minute it was the hottest thing on the planet and then the next minute it was like it never existed.

Much of this has to do with the final two seasons, which were absolutely terrible. In fact, some fans thought the last season of the show was so bad that they straight up demanded that it be remade.

Well it appears that those Game Of Thrones fans sorta got their wish in the form of that horrendous Capitol Hill riot instigated by those wannabe terrorist Trump supporters at the start of January.

Bear with me here because while it feels like a cramp-inducing stretch to compare the Capitol Hill riot to the final season of Game Of Thrones, a Redditor has made a strangely convincing case that the riot is actually a better version of GoT.

In an unexpectedly well thought out argument, Redditor DiamondPup argues that the Capitol Hill riot (aka Game Of Thrones: America) was far more exciting than season eight of the show because it hit all of the plot points far better and the sequence of events was far more believable.

Here’s how DiamondPup laid it all out:

  • “The random insanity twist made more sense.”
  • “The random siege of the capital felt more realized and better thought out.”
  • “Lindsey Graham’s speech about Biden having the “better story” was pretty entertaining.”
  • “We thought the cops were done after they charged into the dark BLM protesters a few episodes back but all that racism surged up again out of nowhere. At least here you could say ‘yeah but they were always like that’.”
  • “Pence wandering around constantly saying Donald’s his queen but knowing he’s gotta stab him in the back feels more realized and believable.”
  • “That viking guy who broke into congress looked more like a dirty, inbred, ugly free folk type character than the handsome actor they had playing Tormund.”
  • “Twitter finally landing and melting Trump’s throne account came out of nowhere but sure, whatever. I’ll take it, I guess.”
  • “It still didn’t really make sense how Stacy Abrams came flying out of nowhere to kill McConnell the leader of the White Walkers but at least I found myself rooting for her instead of being confused.”
  • “I wish there was more character development on Cruz though. I wanted to see if he’d ever find his manhood again after he got his dick and balls cut off.”

I really can’t argue with all of this, it all makes sense in a twisted yet hilarious way.

At the very least this comment from DiamondPup is far more thought out than what transpired in season seven and eight of Game Of Thrones.

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