WARNING: This post contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones episode six, ‘Beyond the Wall’.
You would think that by now the audience of Game of Thrones would be used to seeing their faves die in new and horrifying ways. But after the latest ep, it is clear that there are still some deaths that are going to cause some extreme emotional reactions.
This time, it was the brutal killing of Viserion that caused a huge outpouring. People were devo to see the death of one of Daenerys Targaryen‘s three dragons, her scaly babies.
https://twitter.com/metajane/status/899517051135434752
There were tears.
https://twitter.com/xoprincess19/status/899449832611434499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fmichaelblackmon%2Fsomething-major-happened-on-game-of-thrones-and-people-have
When Viserion got ice speared by the Night King: #GameofThrones #GOTS7 pic.twitter.com/GAHpWdQ5hm
— ellie 🇵🇭🇺🇦 🌎🕊 (@MiddleChild89_) August 21, 2017
The sadness quickly turned to anger.
https://twitter.com/karasbarrys/status/899452035929563136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fmichaelblackmon%2Fsomething-major-happened-on-game-of-thrones-and-people-have
I DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT PEOPLE DYING. DO NOT TOUCH THE FUCKING DRAGON YOU ICEHEAD MOTHERFUCKER #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall
— A. M. Pines (@AM_Pines) August 21, 2017
And then fear, when Viserion was reanimated by a White Walker, and it became clear that we were now dealing with an ice dragon, and what that probably means for the future.
https://twitter.com/TheRaven_007/status/899453824644956160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romper.com%2Fp%2Freactions-to-the-night-king-killing-viserion-on-game-of-thrones-prove-its-one-of-the-biggest-losses-yet-77352
https://twitter.com/ElTicoMar/status/899450173834711040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fmichaelblackmon%2Fsomething-major-happened-on-game-of-thrones-and-people-have
Basically, everyone is this guy.
The thought of a dragon dying and the night king restoring it to their army pic.twitter.com/g04NskOSWN
— Jeffrey K (@JayFreaKay) August 11, 2017
The next episode is going to be intense.