When ur fave sub is that day's $5 footlong pic.twitter.com/RQz2Lcb6hg
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 24, 2017
This post contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2 “Stormborn”.
Game Of Thrones delivered fifty minutes of reprieve followed by ten minutes of “oh, they dead” last night with “Stormborne” (our review here). In the final scenes, Daenerys’ victory became less assured now that the fleet of her ships led by Yara Greyjoy has fallen victim to the guy who looks like he somehow dated Britney Spears for a month in 2007.
Many people on Twitter registered their shock at those eventful final moments of what had been a relatively low-key episode:
#ThronesYall
Me: Oh no action this episodeGame of thrones: *last 10 minutes pic.twitter.com/cyrU5KhPry
— W.E.B Du Blanc (@Marq_Antony) July 24, 2017
My reaction during the last 10 minutes of #GameOfThrones @GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/AXeafDLw18
— Marion (@denyssmith2000) July 24, 2017
me during the last 10 mins of #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/N4h9TLE9jt
— becccca (@becca_musante) July 24, 2017
And, of course, plenty was said about Theon Greyjoy going full Reek off the side of a boat instead of saving his sister Yara:
https://twitter.com/JasonNawara/status/889330087040036868
Comparisons were made:
https://twitter.com/Bebesauri0/status/889307007622279168
Euron: "Come & get her." #GameOfThrones
Theon: pic.twitter.com/0CYMYruYEU— Ronald Isley (@yoyotrav) July 24, 2017
When Yara says Theon will be his protector and when the moment to protect comes Theon is like #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/pp1ipGueNN
— Olivia Caridi (@OliviaCaridi) July 24, 2017
There was also this heartbreaking scene in which Arya and direwolf Nymeria ran into one another and learned you can’t go home again.
Arya: "It's me, Arya."
Nymeria: "New phone, who dis. #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall
— Deniz S. (@MrFilmkritik) July 24, 2017
And some had theories about why Nymeria didn’t recognize Arya (or pretended not to).
Nymeria heard about her brothers getting murked in these streets and told Arya, "Girl, Bye!" #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/DvMptwDE4A
— Catered by Ichiraku Ramen (@Midwest_KZ) July 24, 2017
Friend: "the dire wolf doesn't recognize her anymore because she's faceless." Room: #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/bw3rTFsjnv
— Cazey (0.6K Followers) (@CazeyW) July 24, 2017
“Stormborn” was also the episode where Missandei and Grey Worm finally got it on, but not everyone could believe it:
Dude being good at going down on a woman his first time is most unrealistic thing I've seen in a show that includes dragons #Gameofthrones
— Frau Dr Anthrodiva (@anthrodiva) July 24, 2017
GAME OF THRONES SCENE
Male virgin: I've never even SEEN a woman
Woman: I'm… here.
*woman disrobes and receives 27 orgasms*— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) July 24, 2017
But some of us are here for it.
watching game of thrones season 1: i want more character development
watching game of thrones season 7: 👏 more 👏 dickless 👏 sex 👏 scenes 👏
— Bob Vulfov (@bobvulfov) July 24, 2017
Grey Worm walking into the Dragonstone throne room the next morning. #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/sFzliaybDQ
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) July 24, 2017
And let’s check in on Daenerys and some of the other story lines.
Dany: You sent assassins after me
Varys: #gameofthrones #GoTS7 pic.twitter.com/BQY8J4MnEp
— Scott. 𐚁 (@YonceHaunted) July 24, 2017
samwell “i killed a white walker and nobody done that so lemme just cure greyscale” tarly is not here for a can’t-do attitude #GameOfThrones
— Auntie Belle (@TheBelleLorage) July 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/889329765194371073
I need Jon Snow and Dany's armies to link up like #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/pr8la4rEgL
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) July 24, 2017
Meanwhile, Littlefinger declared his love for Sansa to her brother Jon Snow, and ewwwwww.
https://twitter.com/Bettie_Williams/status/889301018734989312
https://twitter.com/bubblegmhrt/status/889304712775954433
Which prompted some people to notice a callback:
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESEMBLANCE OH GOD #ThronesYall #GameofThrones7 pic.twitter.com/UHKYKYJZFX
— شهْد (@ShahdAR_) July 24, 2017
But things are currently going well for Sansa, all things considered:
#GameOfThrones sansa: don't go. jon: you'll be in charge. sansa: pic.twitter.com/f6WHerdfDq
— Erin Williams (@nirezy) July 24, 2017
SANSA—You can't abandon us!
JON—You're in charge until I return.
SANSA— pic.twitter.com/cZ2kWUyjpr
— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) July 24, 2017
Some likened this Game of Thrones episode to other types of games:
Game of Thrones the best playoffs ever
— Action Vaxson – The People’s Tweeter (@MrMola_) July 24, 2017
GOT like super smash Bros now
— LAKUTIS (@LAKUTIS) July 24, 2017
While others tried to sum up the whole Game of Thrones experience:
me: Game of Thrones can no longer shock me
Game of Thrones: pic.twitter.com/b4Kl9XB0NP
— @hayesbrown.bsky.social (@HayesBrown) July 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/kennonmckinney/status/889308402530340864
My excitement level for tonight’s @GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/AMZZ2oGrD9
— James Hibberd (@JamesHibberd) July 23, 2017
You know it's a great ep when you're pissed off afterwards and can't wait until next week so you can get pissed off again #GameOfThrones
— pauline ⋆ eras tour 14/7 (@paulinejanelle) July 24, 2017
