A Portentous Reunion? Chapter 8
Betrayal
This story was inspired by the hopeful nature of Episodes 1 and 2, and destroyed by Episodes 4 and 6. I cannot believe or accept the cold bitch Arya that the writers have foisted upon us. The character is all wrong. How could Arya leave Winterfell without another word to Gendry? How could she totally ignore him in King's Landing? How could she board that ship and sail out of his life forever without one more conversation? And how could Gendry let her go without a fight? Would it have been so difficult for the writers to end the shipboard scene with Gendry coming out of the shadows behind Arya and embrace her as she smiles? The Hound ordered her to live, and I do not think he meant her to be alone.
I cannot continue this story, as the plot has veered so much. I think that I can alter and continue my other story based on Season 8, "Redemption", and I will be writing more in my other two stories, "The Honored Guest" and "Would a Brother Kiss You Like That?", for they are based mostly on "ASoIaF", not HBO GoT.
Gendrya will live on in fan fiction, as long as we believe and continue to read and write. Keep the faith!