This post contains spoilers for the Game Of Thrones series finale.
“And perhaps the real Game of Thrones was the friends we made along the way.” You’ve probably seen that joke a few dozen times if you’ve been on Twitter in the past day or two. But people on Twitter were also coming up with unrivaled jokes about the events of Sunday night’s finale episode.
Certainly, there will be complaints, but the finale did get some things right: giving positions of power to all of the remaining Stark kids (who worked together instead of greedily squabbling), giving independence to the North, doing away with that pesky bloodline, and melting the damn Iron Throne like so many civilians in King’s Landing (too soon?).
Before the episode started, people predicted their perfect endings:
Tormund, looking back south just before heading north of the wall: “Wow. That really was a Game of Thrones.”
Ghost howls as Looney Tunes-esque circle closes around him.
— Graydon Gordian (@MrGordian) May 19, 2019
Game Of Thrones finale where they unearth the Statue of Liberty, which – plot twist – several major characters instantly recognise
— qntm (@qntm) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/auntanxiety/status/1130149615477694466
Game of Thrones ends with everyone’s mom yelling at them to take off those dumbass outfits and come inside to finish their homework
— Randall Otis (@RandallOtisTV) May 19, 2019
But the tone very quickly shifted:
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
Drogon didn’t take it well:
https://twitter.com/sporker_/status/1130303997347356678
Drogon, flying away: “Have you ever considered a parliamentary democracy rarrrrrrrrrrr?”
— Alison Willmore / alisonwillmore.bsky.social (@alisonwillmore) May 20, 2019
The dragons’ grasp of physical metaphor is way stronger than I had been led to believe
— Helen Rosner (@hels) May 20, 2019
This was perfectly set up in the first episode of the show when Ned Stark turned to his children and said, "Dragons hate chairs."
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) May 20, 2019
Game of Thrones taught me a lot. For example, if someone ever murdered my mom, I would *checks notes* break her favorite chair
— Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) May 20, 2019
OK I’m an hour behind but: Did Drogon the Dragon think the sharp chair killed his mom?
— kyle wagner (@kylenw) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/aNateScott/status/1130312559276494848
So the dragon melted the throne cause it wasnt wheelchair accessible?
— Pauly Casillas (@PaulyCasillas) May 20, 2019
And it seems like the only thing people joked more about than Brienne writing things was Bran ending up in charge:
popeyes cashier: you want to wait on spicy?
me: pic.twitter.com/knCB4nOqTV
— Harry Lyles Jr. (@harrylylesjr) May 20, 2019
how bran won the iron throne pic.twitter.com/ejxu4KOqBC
— pd (@boolin) May 20, 2019
When the creepy guy at work does nothing but gets a promotion #GAMEOFTHRONES pic.twitter.com/f2bY4fNedz
— gökhan (@gkhnglsr) May 20, 2019
So Bran gets to be king, despite the fact that he just put his name on the group project and didn’t do any work. #DemThrones
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/notlipglosse/status/1130294174702555137
BUILD SOME RAMPS, BRAN
LITTER THE SEVEN KINDGOMS WITH ACCESSIBLE STRUCTURES
BAN STAIRS AND COBBLESTONES
THE DAY IS OURS
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) May 20, 2019
Everyone: Who should be king?
Tyrion: Good question…since the throne got destroyed it should be somebody with a chair.
Bran: I come with a chair.
Tyrion: All hail Bran the Broken!
— Josh Johnson (@JoshtheSandwich) May 20, 2019
TYRION: People love stories. And no one has a better story than Bran
ARYA, WHO LEARNED SHAPE-SHIFTING AND MURDERED THE INVINCIBLE ICE KING OF DEATH: Bran has what now
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) May 20, 2019
TYRION: People love stories. And nobody has a better story than Bran.
JON SNOW, WHO WENT FROM STARK BASTARD TO LORD COMMANDER TO KING IN THE NORTH, WHO WAS LITERALLY KILLED AND RESURRECTED, WHO SLAYED HIS QUEEN/AUNT/LOVER FOR THE GOOD OF THE REALM: [Jim Halpert look to camera]
— Jamie Woodham (@jwoodham) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/ZakGhaliAZ/status/1130301251269251073
“And eventually the kingdom was ruled by, oh, let's say…Moe.”
— MZS (@mattzollerseitz) May 20, 2019
this just shows the importance of building a strong personal bran
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/1130308921938210816
All hail Sansa:
these ten seconds alone made all eight seasons of nonsense worth it #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/hOhiLWbxuY
— emma lord (@dilemmalord) May 20, 2019
all hail sansa, queen of winterfexit
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) May 20, 2019
Sansa after she was crowned queen of the north #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/gJBuszj2ZN
— Filipe Orlando (@MrFilipeOrlando) May 20, 2019
And Jon got sent packing to the North, which finally brought justice for Ghost:
They got one thing right pic.twitter.com/Nr0hBybBOn
— Molly (@Molly_Kats) May 20, 2019
This was Ghost’s plan all along
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) May 20, 2019
LMAO #GAMEOFTHRONES ACTUALLY ENDED LIKE THIS pic.twitter.com/UyctJWieqU
— D-Piddy 🎭 (@_dpiddy) May 20, 2019
Ayra is heading towards an unfamiliar West to meet new people and possibly kill them:
Christopher Columbus circa 1492. #gameofthrones #demthrones pic.twitter.com/OlxYjPDgjV
— Chase (@ChaseOzzy) May 20, 2019
So who had “Arya invents colonialism” in their end of show pool
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) May 20, 2019
#GameOfThrones Gendry when he finds out Arya is going West: pic.twitter.com/ZQKIFw5bkX
— Sprigatibro (╯°□°)╯︵◓ (@CanonRebel66) May 20, 2019
It was truly a song of ice and fire:
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 20, 2019
But some people were not very happy:
https://twitter.com/Chris__Richards/status/1130300194128572424
This would have been a more acceptable ending #gameofthrones #demthrones pic.twitter.com/iHzUnlfZQX
— John Smith (@johnsmith9302) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/Seelvus/status/1130318746470572032
y'all did this for 8 years???
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) May 20, 2019
I guess the REAL game of thrones was the plotlines we abandoned along the way…
— “itinerant amuser” Jake Young (@BestJakeYoung) May 20, 2019
Others just blew our minds:
https://twitter.com/HELPFULTONY/status/1130301930364964864
Welp, onto the next cultural touchstone:
https://twitter.com/eveewing/status/1130297458729336832
