Spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 will be found below.
The last word spoken by Missandei in last week’s Game of Thrones has proven to play an elemental role in Season 8, Episode 5, otherwise known as “The Last War” prior to airing. Daenerys’ close friend and interpreter, moments before her execution, simply snarled, “Dracarys,” which is High Valyrian for “dragon fire.” That’s the word that Dany has repeatedly used to instruct her dragons to torch opponents, and that’s exactly what happened throughout this episode.
Dany certainly let loose from the episode’s opening. She summarily ordered Drogon to execute Varys for treason and then blamed Sansa, who she insisted “killed Varys as much as I did.” Jon Snow didn’t really object to this explanation while Tyrion fretted and Grey Worm was down for any sort of revenge after his love’s death. From there, the dragon fire poured through Euron’s fleet with the crossbow-wielding weasel narrowly escaping (though he didn’t get so lucky while meeting Jaime). And then Dany unleashed dragon breath throughout the castle grounds, which led social media to freak out even more.
Folks warmed up by tweeting the #Dracarys hashtag as the episode began rolling (and on Mother’s Day from the Mother of Dragons, no less).
On this Mother’s Day, May the Mother of Dragons burn this shit show to the ground. #Dracarys #BurnThemAll pic.twitter.com/OA1KWSJIaZ
— The Stinking Goose (@StinkingGoose) May 13, 2019
Cersei: our soldiers will fight till their last breathe #got #Dracarys
Soldiers: pic.twitter.com/qvtNjI5Zvw
— Sungani THEE villain (@TheSungani) May 13, 2019
Burn them all tonight Dany, burn them all away 🔥 #Dracarys #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/8XSNdWr68k
— Ash (@AshJRichards) May 13, 2019
People also reacted strongly the the first Dracarys appearance in the episode — Varys’ execution with Dany pointing the finger at Sansa.
https://twitter.com/ionknow99/status/1127745799645831168
https://twitter.com/wackwerld/status/1127745396669808640
https://twitter.com/winterfeIIbucky/status/1127745699188215810
https://twitter.com/Jvmessays/status/1127745013264330752
#GameofThrones
Daenerys having to say her titles herself while burning Varys cause Missandei is dead 😭 pic.twitter.com/y5jg5muqPA— usman (@kasabaus_) May 13, 2019
Danys all, peace out Varys. @GameOfThrones #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/qzEn9veF50
— Leticia Botello (@savingsmomma77) May 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/DemetriusHarmon/status/1127745633220083712
This was only the beginning of an episode full of hellfire. Euron getting his booty singed was a nice moment, and the action didn’t stop from there.
https://twitter.com/FitnessByBlue/status/1127749736914673664
Drogon said “fuck yo boats. Fuck yo wall. Fuck yo couch.” #TheLastWar #gameofthrones #Dracarys
— Rich (@sir_richardfs) May 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/FitnessByBlue/status/1127749736914673664
With fire and fury #gameofthrones #Dracarys pic.twitter.com/TuqZcGWDT1
— Snoopy Jones (@ReneeMoniqueB) May 13, 2019
Cersei: our soldiers will fight till their last breathe #got #Dracarys
Soldiers: pic.twitter.com/qvtNjI5Zvw
— Sungani THEE villain (@TheSungani) May 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/MellyMel_320/status/1127753802126438401
https://twitter.com/joserodri_23/status/1127750148828934145
Can we just say "Dracarys" for that entire episode? #GameofThrones
— Debra Birnbaum (@debrabirnbaum) May 13, 2019
This is what happens when you make a dragon mom angry!
https://twitter.com/KDSaint5/status/1127755559061483521
