HBO released the trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones this week, and it goes without saying that people are pretty dang excited. Fans are already picking sides and scrutinizing the two-minute-long clip for clues as to what the end of the series has in store. And of course, the trailer also inspired dozens of memes — such as the above still of Jon Snow and Daenerys being greeted by Drogon and Rhaegal, her two remaining non-zombified dragons.
Now, Game of Thrones is obviously a universally beloved phenomenon, but one that is still very rooted in geek culture. And if history and ’80s comedies have taught us anything, it’s that nerds and jocks do not mix. Perhaps this is why, when the Bears Talk Twitter account — which represents the Chicago NBC Sports affiliate — tried to get in on the fun, it did not go great!
#KingsOfTheNorth #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/Rz9JYelzCS
— Bears Talk (@NBCSBears) March 5, 2019
Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins are quarterbacks for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings, respectively; meanwhile, Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks run defense for the Chicago Bears. Great, excellent. But does … does that mean that Kirk Cousins is boinking Aaron Rodgers and also the mom of Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks?
The logic is flawed, is all we’re saying, and the rest of Twitter tended to agree.
Kirk Cousins is the mother of Khalil Mack and Akiem Hicks?
— Clifford Herrmann (@CliffordG27) March 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/DennisMarriott3/status/1103037054789644288
Plz delete this before the new season of GOT begins… i don’t imagine it’ll age well
— Joshua (@joshua10GM) March 5, 2019
This is basically saying Rodgers & Cousins are in control of Mack and Hicks. Ya blew it.
— CruxBiscuit (@CruxBiscuit) March 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/DennisMarriott3/status/1103037412551192576
you guys should watch the show before you meme through this
— Max (@trashp0ster) March 5, 2019
— Brendan Kennedy (@swingkennedy) March 5, 2019
Please delete. This is embarrassing for #Bears fans everywhere. pic.twitter.com/cHyBuaFlBT
— Windy City Gridiron (@WCGridiron) March 5, 2019
Bears franchise after this tweet pic.twitter.com/oQ96kNxC8H
— Matt (@Matty__Hall) March 6, 2019
Whoever runs the account offered an explanation that was also very thinking face emoji:
that's assuming that the dragons are still on their team and not just going to eat them on the spot
— Bears Talk (@NBCSBears) March 5, 2019
But then — then!!! — they gave it another go with even less success, if that’s even possible:
when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die pic.twitter.com/MYnoPCpm5Q
— Bears Talk (@NBCSBears) March 6, 2019
Again, with predictable results:
You still don’t get it… This isn’t the way it works.
— Nancy Carson (@nancycars) March 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/ashrings/status/1103127536354160640
Just take the L… pic.twitter.com/Dh2Lk9P9DW
— SneakyFootballer82 (@jvtfootball82) March 6, 2019
They need to just delete the whole account now
— Jay Meyers (@jaylmeyers) March 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/CDoerzbacher/status/1103125506365550593
— Pickle (@pickle_juicer) March 6, 2019
In all honestly, the thing is very likely a not-so-elaborate troll job, but it’s unclear who is getting trolled harder: Bears fans, Thrones fans, or the Venn diagram that falls in the middle. Either way, the entire exercise can probably best be summed up by the following GIF:
— Casey Zeiders (@thezeiders) March 5, 2019
