I think that’s the way its supposed to feel, so that’s good 
It’s very possible i’m just viewing it unfavourably, or experienced the changes in tone as bigger than they actually were, just because it wasn’t what I personally wanted from the show
I think some book fans had dreamed for so long of an adaptation that it was never going to be good enough, but I think what ruined it for me was that it doesn’t seem to want to tell the kind of story that the books were telling.
I remember the first book as this pretty simple coming of age, fantasy adventure, but the vibe I got while watching it was that the writers really wanted it to be more like GoT. And that just felt like such a cynical decision to me, like the point was to sell more by making it more like the insanely popular thing that just ended a couple years ago.
(My relationship to the books is a kinda complicated. I was hooked as a teen, but feel a lot more ambivalent after a re-read because of the constant sexist garbage I spotted when I was more mature. Like, I’m kinda pissed that teen me was tricked into thinking the weird gender essentialism was a normal, healthy way for men and women to think about each other and themselves, and every other female character is a sexist stereotype. But the nostalgia is unfortunately pretty strong so idk, I never soured completely on it like I did with Harry Potter for instance, so it must have had some redeeming qualities.)
This is the chud equivalent of “Can’t wait to see Drumpf try wriggling his way out of this mess.”
Just wait a little bit more and he’ll prove he’s actually a genius
Yeah, the libs and neocons really hate you for your brave stance against anti-americanism and degrowth dude