The ending is fine and was foreshadowed in the books
The problem wasn't the ending it was the destination
Character favoritism (Tyrion, Cersei, Dany) and dismissiveness are what killed the show
I agree with you about 95%.
I'm okay with certain parts of the ending. They just didn't do nearly enough to explain how they got to the ending. I can see Jamie and Cersei dying together, in fact, I enjoyed seeing Cersei cry like a little hoe realizing she fukked up. But Jamie's decision to go back felt rushed. I can see Tyrion becoming Hand. I can see Bronn becoming a small lord. Not a Master of Coin though
I can see Sam becoming the Grand Maester. I can see Sansa becoming Lady of Winterfell. Not Queen though. FOH, you staying in the 7 Kingdoms
And I can see Dany going crazy and wrecking sh*t. But they needed alot more time to get there and if they went this route, Jon should have became King.
What Im not cool with at all is Arya killing The Night King. It was wack. I'm not cool with Jon being sent Beyond the Wall. I get that he felt free out there with the Wildings but, he spent years wishing he could go back to his family and to Winterfell and now, he's banished forever from both. Makes no sense. His heritage and big reveal? All for nothing. If Jon wasn't going to become King, then I would have preferred Jon got Winterfell at least and Sansa finding something else to do. Which brings up my last point.....Bran becoming King
If anything, HE should have been the one to go with the Wildlings to take Bloodraven's place in the tree or to explore the Lands of Always Winter or whatever. It makes more sense for him to be Beyond the Wall and learning more about the Old Gods. Just like it made more sense for Jon to either become King (and for Sansa to get WF) or for Jon to get Winterfell and Sansa to just say in the North doing something else. Nearly half of the Small Council was connected to Jon in some way yet, he's not there