Fans definitely flocked to social media all throughout the series finale of Game of Thrones. Here’s how they felt watching the final episode.
Warning: Spoilers for the series finale of Game of Thrones are below.
The end is not only near, the end has finally happened — for Game of Thrones, that is. Going into the final episode of season 8, fans already weren’t expecting much out of this episode. And judging by the consensus of reactions online, it wasn’t a mind-blowing finale.
So much certainly went down: Daenerys became the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, Tyrion was a prisoner, Jon killed Daenerys, and thanks to a vote, Bran got to be king of the Six Kingdoms (with the North now independent, that is.)
But how did social media react to the episode? Let’s start with Tyrion, who knew (by now) Varys was right.
Tyrion, realizing he's been the Chairman of Team Bad Decisions lately. #GameofThronesFinale
— Luvvie (@Luvvie) May 20, 2019
Then, ultimate sadness ensued when Tyrion found Jaime and Cersei’s bodies in the rubble.
ME? CRYING? YES. #Gameofthrones#GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/NtI0FNAUCX
— 𝛲𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎 (@queenynthenorth) May 20, 2019
Watching Tyrion dig through those bricks like... #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/kpu6Hmt77u
— PotaraBoy (@TheBloggingJedi) May 20, 2019
Fans got a bit of a breather seeing this epic shot of Daenerys, proving the cinematography team is the real MVP of the series.
What a shot.....#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/Ri1ke9vZEC
— Complex (@Complex) May 20, 2019
And, well, back to Tyrion who (as we expected) was going to be so done with Daenerys.
Tyrion snatched his own chain. Put in his 1 days notice. I'm sick. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/euuz1bpu7f
— Big Boss 🇵🇸 (@LordBalvin) May 20, 2019
Although, it wasn’t long ’til Jon knew what he must do (kill Daenerys). Meaning, Daenerys was probably queen for a total of like, 45 minutes, right?
Accurate representation of how long Daenerys was Queen of Kings Landing. #GameofThrones #GameOfThronesFinale #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/4W1rgvQVvq
— Geeks of Color (@GeeksOfColor) May 20, 2019
Poor Drogon, though, who unfortunately had to experience the worst part of The Lion King movie out in front of him.
the biggest reason to why this is so heartbreaking is bc it’s the same scene of the lion king where simba tries to wake up his dad. #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/KqmImIXUiA
— the queen we chose. (@taintedcourt) May 20, 2019
Drogon Peter Simba
— Becky ¹²⁷ (@xBreeTanner) May 20, 2019
🤝 🤝
Trying to wake up
the parent they just lost pic.twitter.com/kqOdHfpzhm
With Daenerys unfortunately dead, that meant it was time for the Westeros 2019 election (or whatever year it was), and well, Bran won pretty unanimously by just being there. Seems familiar…
Whew, the number of Brans in Hollywood and corporate America who just showed up, did nothing and became kings... #GameOfThrones
— Travon (@Travon) May 20, 2019
Also, we’re pretty sure Drogon was in on all of this…
At least Sansa is Queen in the North, thank goodness!
all hail sansa, queen of winterfexit
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) May 20, 2019
Oh, and, if you were concerned about Ghost, John was finally reunited with his dire wolf and actually petted him. But… Winston Duke has the most pressing question of them all:
Sooooo where's nymeria????#GOT
— Winston Duke (@Winston_Duke) May 20, 2019
Despite how fans are feeling about who’s on the throne and how everything ended, one thing’s for certain as we close out this chapter of TV history:
How did you react to the Game of Thrones finale? Let us know in the comments.