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Fix to the Problem:
I mean, anything that's actually consistent would fix the problem, and there's a number of ways to go about that.
How about this: go with me on this idea. So let's have Euron kill the dragon. FIne. And leave it at it's dangerous to approach King's Landing via ship and with dragon in tow. So how do they get past Euron?
Yara Greyjoy. But Yara has a much smaller fleet after retaking the Iron Islands. But what if (way out of left field now) Yara, as the rightful heir to the throne, can summon the Kraken? After all, all the other mythical creatures that are sigils for the major houses exists, so why not a Kraken? This allows for an entertaining underdog sea battle where Yara pulls out a spectacle of a trump card to clear the seas. Too much? Hey, it's no less stupid than what we actually got.

Problem: Almost every character pulling a 180 in character development this season.
Why it's a Problem: Because it moronically destroys seasons of character arcs with a sickening crack.
Theon is lucky: He got a complete character arc, and was killed before D&D decided to randomly revert him to Reek. Since that's essentially what they have done to everyone else. Tyrion is now an idiot who makes rookie mistakes, to the point where even Dany gives him mini-monologues on how deception works. He also now really gives a shit about randos in King's Landing, despite leaving the city in S.3 wishing everyone had burned and he hadn't saved them. OK, he definitely has softened since then, believing in Dany and all. But then Dany takes all of the compassion she has spent seasons learning, and throws it out the window by going full Mad King. It's like they swapped character motivations. And you know, I actually don't mind Dany going off the rails in theory so much. I mean, her character has always been a naive, selfish idiot who has to surround herself with wiser and smarter people to suppress her (likely due to incest) skin-deep psycho tendencies. I just wish we had more than like 1 episode to establish her losing her grip via her family and friends dying, but even that doesn't explain her going nuts on the town after victory was in hand.

Then there's Jamie going back to Cersei, despite his entire arc being him wising up over what a turbo-bitch she is, Bronn randomly going back to full-sellsword mode and believing an empty promise (despite complaining about them 2 breaths earlier), etc. upon etc.
Fix the the Problem: Don't destroy established character arcs in a few episodes.

Problem: Arya being in King's Landing was pointless.
Why it's a Problem: Arya got her "big" moment already by killing the Night King, so no one is dumb enough to think she'll have another one in King's Landing. Which is a shame, since it makes way more sense to have a big moment there than the Battle of Winterfell.
Fix the the Problem:Like I said above, the Stark kids spent all the show away from home gaining skills, so the pay-off is we get to see those skills in action. Arya had a bit one a few seasons back when she killed Walder Frey and used his face to kill all the Freys.
So why not do that with...Littlefinger?
It's pretty odd that neither Cersei nor anyone remarks that Littlefinger has been away in the North for a long time. Last Cersei heard, he was a loyal servant to her, trying to take the North back for her. And no one outside of Winterfell knows he's dead. So why not something cool, like have Arya wear Littlefinger's face, march into King's Landing, and spring a trap from within? Destroy the walls with dragonfire or something. Assassinate Cersei. Something. Give her a big moment that makes a lot more sense here.

There's more, like how unsatisfying Jamie's death (and maybe to a lesser extent) and Cersei's death were, but that's all I can be bothered with.

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