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* [[spoiler: [[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]]]] definitely had his murder at Tyrion's hands a long time coming. Throughout the series, he is portrayed as an abusive monster and cruel feudal lord willing to kill his innocence to rise to power. While the series showed that he could be practical and a good ruler, it hints at a softer side to his family and gives an excuse for his growing up with a weak father, causing him to grow into a hard and ruthless man. In the end, it's made clear that Tywin is just a cruel man using his family as his excuse to rise to power and only cares about them as an extension of himself and if he ever had any real good intentions or love for his family, they are gone by the series, and all he cares about is his power and legacy. He ruthlessly abuses his two favorite children, and it's made clear that whatever affection he may have had for them means nothing compared to his legacy and how he can use them. He cruelly treats his third son like garbage for the crime of being born a dwarf because his wife died in childbirth, something that he can't control, and it's made clear that all of his daughter and grandson's stupidity and cruelty that brings down the kingdom and his family all comes from him. In his final cruel act of sentencing his son to death for a crime he knows that he did not commit for his grandson's death, he himself admits that he doesn't care about his grandson's death, his being killed by the son he abused and hated all his life of fitting end to an abusive monster like him. His actor Creator/CharlesDance has stated that his death was a long time coming and well deserved.

* [[spoiler: [[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]]]] definitely had his murder at Tyrion's hands a long time coming.

* [[spoiler: Joffrey Baratheon]] spends his final episode putting his {{Jerkass}}ery on full display. His death was one of the extremely rare instances when it was actually celebrated by the fans. [[spoiler: Even Creator/JackGleeson himself has stated that he was glad Joffrey was dead.]]

* [[spoiler: Tywin]] definitely had his murder at Tyrion's hands a long time coming.

* [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton being fed to his dogs provides quite possibly the most satisfying KarmicDeath in the history of the show, because 1. they only turned on him because they were starved for a week by him, 2. it was Sansa, a victim of his DomesticAbuse and MaritalRapeLicense, who loosed them on him in an extremely satisfying and literal example of TheDogBitesBack, 3. he is probably ''the'' worst villain in the history of the show (yes even worse than Joffrey), and 4. His death was nearly every bit as gruesome as he deserved, ''especially'' when you remember that he did the exact same thing to his stepmother [[WouldHurtAChild and newborn brother]]. So much so, that when the dogs started to kill him Sansa initially started turning away, but then turned back toward him and watched in satisfaction.]]

* [[spoiler: Finally, '''Littlefinger''', the man whose manipulations started the War of Five Kings, killed Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, and many other people, and brought great ruin to the realm all for the sake of his own ambitions, is tried and executed by the Starks.]]

* While Cersei Lannister's death scene may have been presented as a tragedy, it's hard to feel bad for her overall when one remembers that she spent eight seasons being absolutely vile, slowly evolving into one of the most monstrous tyrants in modern fiction. And she [[LaserGuidedKarma brings her death on herself]] -- she refused to offer help or a truce in the face of [[ZombieApocalypse the White Walkers' invasion]] because she stupidly wanted to cling to power, executed an innocent woman because she wanted to spite Daenerys, and used her own citizens as human shields while pretending to protect them, which got most of them killed. Her downfall and death was a long time coming, and her despair as she felt everything crumble were deserved.

* [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton being fed to his dogs provides quite possibly the most satisfying KarmicDeath in the history of the show, because 1. they only turned on him because they were starved for a week by him, 2. it was Sansa, a victim of his DomesticAbuse and MaritalRapeLicense, who loosed them on him in an extremely satisfying and literal example of TheDogBitesBack, 3. he is probably ''the'' worst villain in the history of the show (yes even worse than Joffrey), and 4. his death was nearly every bit as gruesome as he deserved, ''especially'' when you remember that he did the exact same thing to his stepmother [[WouldHurtAChild and newborn brother]].]]

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* One death that overlaps with the AlasPoorVillain treatment is [[spoiler: Randyll Tarly’s death. He was so horrible towards his son Samwell - even outright ''threatening to kill him'' if he didn't drop all his titles and take The Black - and is burned to death when Daenerys has Drogon roast him alive.]]

* [[spoiler: Joffrey]] spends his final episode putting his {{Jerkass}}ery on full display. His death was one of the extremely rare instances when it was actually celebrated by the fans. [[spoiler: Even Creator/JackGleeson himself has stated that he was glad Joffrey was dead.]]

** This becomes a plot point later. Anyone who knows anything about the show knows that [[spoiler: Joffrey is easily the cruelest and rotten person there, and due to his penchant for ordering people to be killed, tortured and publicly humiliated simply because he could do that with no repercussions, the suspect list is pretty much everyone in King's Landing other than Cersei who had the opportunity: Jaime gives absolutely zero shits about Joffrey's death to the extent where he has sex with Cersei right next to his dead body, his own grandfather Tywin doesn't even pretend to feel bad for him and sums up his legacy to Tommen, Joffrey's younger brother and successor, with "he was not a good king or a wise king, if he had been then perhaps he would still be alive" with Joffrey's corpse between them, Tommen shows little emotion over his brother's death, showing more interest in Tywin's lecture on how to be a good king than paying any more respect to his brother (in the books Joffrey constantly tormented Tommen as a child. Though he was relieved that the torment has finally ended in the wake of Joffrey's assassination, he was still horrified by his gruesome death, and still affectionately refers to him as 'Joffy'), Tyrion is accused of killing him and while he pleads his innocence he also doesn't deny that he wishes he had and maintains that frankly, the world is better off without him anyway, Olenna Tyrell reminds Margaery, who feels bad about the way Joffrey died, that she would feel far worse had he had lived and they remained married, and that there was no way she would let such a harm be visited on Margaery, Margaery is more shaken up that ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath he died so horrifically and pitiably]]'' rather than the fact that he died, and even Cersei, the only person to mourn his death, is not above tossing around the idea that her son may have deserved what happened to him. His killers -- Olenna Tyrell and Littlefinger -- admit to their confidants that they had Joffrey killed specifically because he was an asshole. If he had been nicer and smarter, he'd still be alive.]]

* [[spoiler: '''Cersei Lannister''' finally meets the fate she’d managed to avoid throughout the whole show. The woman who spent her entire life wanting nothing but power and killing everyone in her path to achieve that, nearly dooming humanity to the White Walkers simply to remain Queen, and manipulating the Throne to put Joffrey in charge (with all the death, mutilation, and suffering he caused), her undignified death as the Red Keep crumbles down on her is well-deserved.]]

* [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents Craster.]]]] While Karl Tanner ultimately proved to be no better, it is still satisfying to see him ram his knife through that daughter-raping [[spoiler:, infant-murdering]] bastard's throat.

* [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents Craster.]]]] While Karl Tanner ultimately proved to be no better, fans were still happy to see him ram his knife through the daughter-raping [[spoiler:, infant-murdering]] bastard's throat.

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* If there’s one thing almost everyone in Westeros can agree on, it’s that the world is safer without [[spoiler: The Night King]] in it.

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[[AC:Season 3]]
* [[spoiler:Kraznys mo Nakloz]] was an utter asshole the entire time he was dealing with Daenerys and her people. Drogon crisping the bastard is immensely satisfying.

* [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents Craster.]]]] While Karl Tanner ultimately proved to be no better, fans were still happy to see him ram his knife through the daughter-raping[[spoiler:, infant-murdering]] bastard's throat.
* After the heinous [[spoiler: Red Wedding]], Arya and the Hound happen on four soldiers reveling about it and their rude behavior when Arya approaches them with murder in her eyes doesn't help their case.
* The Ironborn who [[spoiler:betrayed Theon and mortally wounded Maester Luwin]] in season 2. We find out that Ramsay Snow had them flayed alive.

[[AC:Season 4]]
* [[spoiler:Polliver and his men.]]

** This becomes a plot point later. Anyone who knows anything about the show knows that [[spoiler:Joffrey is easily the cruelest and rotten person there, and due to his penchant for ordering people to be killed, tortured and publicly humiliated simply because he could do that with no repercussions, the suspect list is pretty much everyone in King's Landing other than Cersei who had the opportunity: Jaime gives absolutely zero shits about Joffrey's death to the extent where he has sex with Cersei right next to his dead body, his own grandfather Tywin doesn't even pretend to feel bad for him and sums up his legacy to Tommen, Joffrey's younger brother and successor, with "he was not a good king or a wise king, if he had been then perhaps he would still be alive" with Joffrey's corpse between them, Tommen shows little emotion over his brother's death, showing more interest in Tywin's lecture on how to be a good king than paying any more respect to his brother (in the books Joffrey constantly tormented Tommen as a child. Though he was relieved that the torment has finally ended in the wake of Joffrey's assassination, he was still horrified by his gruesome death, and still affectionately refers to him as 'Joffy'), Tyrion is accused of killing him and while he pleads his innocence he also doesn't deny that he wishes he had and maintains that frankly, the world is better off without him anyway, Olenna Tyrell reminds Margaery, who feels bad about the way Joffrey died, that she would feel far worse had he had lived and they remained married, and that there was no way she would let such a harm be visited on Margaery, Margaery is more shaken up that ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath he died so horrifically and pitiably]]'' rather than the fact that he died, and even Cersei, the only person to mourn his death, is not above tossing around the idea that her son may have deserved what happened to him. His killers -- Olenna Tyrell and Littlefinger -- admit to their confidants that they had Joffrey killed specifically because he was an asshole. If he had been nicer and smarter, he'd still be alive.]]
* Littlefinger tries to paint Ser Dontos as this to Sansa and the audience, saying that since Littlefinger had secured Dontos' cooperation with the promise of a reward, Dontos would eventually have betrayed them to Cersei for another reward. [[AdaptationalHeroism He does not completely succeed.]]

* [[spoiler:Karl Tanner]] from Gin Alley was a psychopathic murderer and rapist. Everyone was happy to see Jon shove Longclaw through his mouth.
* [[spoiler:Rast]] was a {{Jerkass}} and responsible for the death of [[spoiler:Jeor Mormont]] and abusing Ghost and Hodor. No tears would be shed when he is mauled by Ghost.

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* [[spoiler:Balon Greyjoy]] is an abusive father and SoreLoser who recklessly led his people on a pointless rebellion twice. He returns as callous, belligerent and unreasonable as ever, and is immediately killed in the next scene. He will not be missed very much. Euron, his murderer, even got elected as King of the Salt Throne by playing up his ZeroPercentApprovalRating.

* [[spoiler: The Night's Watch mutineers led by Alliser Thorne, who murdered Jon over a petty grudge against the wildlings. They more than deserved their hanging by a resurrected Jon Snow.]] It was satisfying to watch Jon get his revenge on these traitors.
* It's highly unlikely anyone mourned [[spoiler:the Khals of the Dothraki]], particularly after they had just threatened to gang-rape Daenerys.
** [[spoiler:Moro's blood riders in particular also count, who are heard saying how they are going to rape a red-haired girl and drown her baby in a lake if he is redheaded too before they are killed by Daario.]]

* [[spoiler:Smalljon Umber's]] brutal death at [[spoiler:Tormund Giantsbane's]] hands. This was the same traitor who [[spoiler:sold out Rickon and watched him die [[LackOfEmpathy without empathy]], after all.]]
* [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton being fed to his dogs provides quite possibly the most satisfying KarmicDeath in the history of the show, because 1. they only turned on him because they were starved for a week by him, 2. it was Sansa, a victim of his DomesticAbuse and MaritalRapeLicense, who loosed them on him in an extremely satisfying and literal example of TheDogBitesBack, 3. he is probably ''the'' worst villain in the history of the show (yes even worse than Joffrey), and 4. his death was nearly every bit as gruesome as he deserved, ''especially'' when you remember that he did the exact same thing to his stepmother [[WouldHurtAChild and newborn brother]].]]

* [[spoiler:The High Sparrow]] and [[spoiler:Lancel]] weren't exactly sympathetic this season, but in "The Winds of Winter", each takes actions to make sure the viewer is less inclined to consider their loss a bad thing:
** [[spoiler:The High Sparrow goes back on his deal with Margaery by marking Loras as a member of the Faith (essentially robbing House Tyrell of its heir).]]
** [[spoiler:Lancel threatens to [[WouldHurtAChild hurt the little bird]] simply for running away from him.]]
* [[spoiler:[[ApologeticAttacker Qyburn]]]] says that whatever [[spoiler:Pycelle's]] faults, he didn't deserve the death that he receives. Considering that [[spoiler:Pycelle was a shameless weasel who did everything in his power to stay in the good graces of whoever happened to be in charge]], it's easy to disagree with him.

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* One death that overlaps with the AlasPoorVillain treatment is [[spoiler: Randyll Tarly’s death. He was so horrible towards his son Samwell - even outright ''threatening to kill him'' if he didn't drop all his titles and take The Black - and is burned to death when Daenarys has Drogon roast him alive.]]
* [[spoiler: Finally, '''Littlefinger''', the man whose manipulations started the War of Five Kings, killed Jon Arryn, Ned Stark and many other people, brought great ruin to the realm all for the sake of his own ambitions, is tried and executed by the Starks.]]

[[AC:Season 8]]

* [[spoiler: '''Cersei Lannister''' finally meets the fate she’d managed to avoid throughout the whole show. The woman who spent her entire life wanting nothing but power and killing everyone in her path to achieve that, nearly dooming humanity to the White Walkers simply to remain Queen, and manipulating the Throne to put Joffrey in charge (with all the death, mutilation, and suffering he caused), her undignified death as the Red Keep crumbles down on her is well deserved.]]