The Game of Thrones marathon: Our survival tips

Whether you’ll be at the London theater trying to watch the entirety of Game of Thrones, or just planning on doing a marathon soon, here’s how to survive.

As our sister site, Winter is Coming, has reported, there is actually a market for people to go experience Game of Thrones in a communal setting … crossed with the binge-watching tendency Netflix seems to have cultivated in pretty much all of its subscribers.

Over the course of Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, a theater in London, the Prince Charles, will actually show every single episode of Game of Thrones. Yes, all of them. Including season 7. For those of us who can’t just drop everything and go sit in a theater for days (or afford tickets to London), there is a certain holiday weekend also coming up for Americans that might prove conducive to at least starting a Thrones re-watch, if not necessarily finishing it in one go.

(It’s Thanksgiving. We’re talking about Thanksgiving.)

So, whether you’re planning to imitate the Prince Charles method in the comfort of your own home or just dive back in to pass the time, here are our top tips for your Game of Thrones marathon rewatch.

Pick your sleeping times

Or, in other words, pace yourself. There are some episodes that are better than others when it comes to Game of Thrones, and as WiC notes, it’s totally fine to bring blankets and pillows to the theater. If you’re on your couch, we’re sure you have plenty of experience in creating your own binge-watching nest of comfort.

You know which episodes you definitely want to watch and which ones you don’t. For the ones you don’t, close your eyes, relax, and try and sleep. (We’re assuming you’re not going to leave the theater, although it looks like you definitely can.)

Choose your foods wisely

While the Prince Charles will have food from MOD Pizza available, you’ll also be able to bring some food and drinks, so long as you don’t “annoy those sat around you,” to quote from the theater’s own tips image available on its tickets page. So, bring your supplies! Bring some water … or, more likely, caffeinated beverages (although hot things seem to be a no-no as well for the Prince Charles). Actually, just bring both.

Meanwhile, for the home binge-watcher, although you might opt for some Thanksgiving leftovers if you’re doing this over that particular weekend, mix it up a little, too. Maybe try some things from A Feast of Ice and Fire, or some of our favorite comfort foods.

Have fun!

It seems like a particularly inane thing to say, but at the end of everything, you’re planning on sitting and watching a fantasy show that involves dragons, the undead, and a whole lot of people who take their clothes off and/or cause grievous bodily harm to each other on a fairly regular basis. To quote from Mystery Science Theater 3000, “It’s just a show; [you] should really just relax.”

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Have any plans for your own Game of Thrones marathon? Tell us!