It’s the How I Met Your Mother Effect. If an ending betrays the viewers and the story badly enough, it actively cancels out the cultural influence of the show. It decreases the rewatch value and diminishes the fondness and relatability of earlier seasons.
Screenwriters take note!
I wonder how many children who were named Danerys and Khaleesi aren’t any more.
This is true, screenwriters take note. I’ve read and workshopped scripts that have GREAT endings, and if it’s got a good title it gets a “consider” even if it’s an utter shambles. That important.