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ame of Thrones<\/span><\/i> has finally happened, and it may as well be considered a demise. After eight seasons of political intrigue, twisted romance, and shocking character <\/span>deaths<\/span><\/a>, the first five of which were adapted from George RR Martin\u2019s incomplete fantasy masterpiece, the HBO series has come to a screeching halt. <\/span>\n\nThe final season wrapped up on Sunday, and is already set to go down in history as one of the worst crash-and-burn endings for a <\/span>beloved<\/span><\/a> show. Understandably, fans were furious \u2014 so much so that a guy called Dylan D created a Change.org <\/span>petition<\/span><\/a> demanding to remake Season 8 with \u201ccompetent writers\u201d. The petition is on track to bring in 1.5 million signatures \u2014 a decent proportion of the 19 million-odd people all over the world who tuned into the final episode. <\/span>\n\nTo put things into perspective, another top <\/span>trending<\/span><\/a> petition, a five-state policy to make air pollution a top priority, written by a Delhiite who felt choked by the city smog, has just over one lakh signatures. The population of Delhi is estimated at 18.6 million. <\/span>\n\nDespite the massive disparity in support for each of them, both petitions might be equally ineffective. The chances of Delhi cleaning up its act and of HBO investing further millions into a better finale are both <\/span>pretty slim<\/span><\/a>. Even Dylan <\/span>admits<\/span><\/a> that he didn\u2019t really expect anything to come of his petition, but he wanted to send a message to the creators. <\/span>\n\nIs this how we\u2019ve come to see petitions \u2014 as a way to be loud when we\u2019re tired of Twitter? On Change.org\u2019s list of the most popular petitions in India, few issues have garnered more than one or two lakh signatures. Issues like female genital mutilation, landfill in the Yamuna, and giving <\/span>fathers<\/span><\/a> paternity leave are, according to the numbers, nowhere near as pressing as telling <\/span>Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i> writers David Benioff and DB Weiss where to shove it. Americans on social media <\/span>called out<\/span><\/a> the signatories for caring more about a fictional show than the ongoing spate of attacks on abortion rights in several states. <\/span>\n\nGoT<\/span><\/i> fans seem to have been triggered from the beginning of Season 8 and have complained that the writers have lost the <\/span>plot completely<\/span><\/a>, sacrificing years of careful development willy-nilly. And that now-infamous disposable coffee cup definitely stirred more interest in Indian millennials than the elections. <\/span>\n\nNot to be left out are rabid DC fans, who have started their own Change.org petitions against casting English actor Robert Pattinson as the new Batman, in a film slated for a 2021 release. One <\/span>states<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThere\u2019s no way Robert Pattinson should play Batman\u2026 This would be the worst casting ever for the dark knight [sic].\u201d The other simply <\/span>insists<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe problem is self-explanatory.\u201d <\/span>\n\nAnd the problem is also crushingly First World. The fact that some people don\u2019t like Pattinson because he is the <\/span>Twilight<\/span><\/i> guy (even though his oeuvre has since expanded to include a host of critically acclaimed indie performances) is, according to them, just as worthy of attention as <\/span>climate change<\/span><\/a> and poverty. Together, these petitions against Pattinson have racked up over a thousand signatories \u2014 an impressive amount of hate for a movie that is yet to be made, and half as many as <\/span>this<\/span><\/a> petition urging Amazon and Flipkart to use waste-free packaging. <\/span>\n\n

Together, these petitions against Pattinson have racked up over a thousand signatories \u2014 an impressive amount of hate for a movie that is yet to be made, and half as many as this petition urging Amazon and Flipkart to use waste-free packaging.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nBut, as with the all-women remake of <\/span>Ghostbusters<\/span><\/i> and the casting of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, it\u2019s clear that diehard fans don\u2019t need much provocation to engage in online <\/span>activism<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\n\nSaid one indignant commenter, \u201c<\/span>Supported DC through the ups and extreme downs. This is a step too far.<\/span>\u201d \u201cThis will ruin my <\/span>childhood<\/span><\/a> and my dreams,\u201d cried another, who clearly hasn\u2019t seen <\/span>this<\/span><\/a> innuendo-laden performance from <\/span>Batman: The Brave and the Bold<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>\n\nThe truth is, if the overstuffed, underlit atrocities of <\/span>Batman vs Superman<\/span><\/i> wasn\u2019t enough to ruin DC forever, it\u2019s highly unlikely that poor Robert Pattinson, the tenth in a long line of <\/span>silver screen<\/span><\/a> Batmen, wields that kind of power. But petitions do have the power to affect real change \u2014 at least, when they aren\u2019t being hijacked by fans and their First World problems. Petition sites like Change.org and Avaaz have used the weight of signatures to pressure governments and international organisations, and often to bolster court cases. <\/span>\n\nEven satirical petitions make more of an impact than the whining of disgruntled fans, whose stakes exist only in a fictional universe. It\u2019s enough to make you yearn for the good old days, when this kind of thing was restricted to Reddit threads and Facebook statuses, when petitions were meant to have a purpose \u2014 and when <\/span>Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i> was <\/span>actually good<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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