'GOT' Fans Are Really REALLY Upset Over Season 8, Episode 5
By Lauren Crawford
May 13, 2019
**WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD**
To say Game of Thrones fans (not all, but A LOT) were disappointed in last night's (May 12) episode of GOT would be an understatement.
The penultimate episode, titled "The Bells," drew a lot of criticism for everything from its "lazy writing" (GOT fans words, not mine), to its slaughtering of series-long character development (cough cough, Daenerys), to what fans called the episode's "nonsensical" plot twits. I mean, Dany's now the "Mad Queen" after burning the entire Kings Landing to the ground, including majority of its "innocent" inhabitants even after they surrendered. And after years of tormenting literally everyone who wasn't a Lannister, Cersei Lannister died by rubble in the arms of the man she loves, Jamie Lannister. #WhereIsTheJustice
With all that, and more, occurring on Sunday night's episode, Twitter lit up with thousands of memes, gifs, and comments mocking and questioning the writer's decision to go the direction they did.
Check out a few the most popular reaction tweets to season 8, episode 5 below:
On campaign trail // in government #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/0XOsHNKPLa
— 🥴 (@its__kojack) May 13, 2019
Fan theories were a lot more interesting and were loyal to the story versus this trash that the writers put out #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/3KMmbfgLBl
— Jessica Hernandez (@jihernandez222) May 13, 2019
Live footage of D&D blowing up 7 seasons of character development and lore for the sake of shock and awe at the last moment #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/pjKlu7XSFH
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) May 13, 2019
#GameofThrones
— Adryanna Castillo (@adryannalc) May 13, 2019
I think I just watched 90 minutes of wasted character development? I- pic.twitter.com/bE8ZjfHYah
Me watching the show writers destroy this final season after investing so much in the previous 7 seasons. #TheLastWar #GameofThrones #GoT pic.twitter.com/cSuiCfvZVZ
— Telly Thoughts (@ThoughtsTelly) May 13, 2019
When you wait 10 years and 8 seasons just to see Cersei Lannister get killed by a brick 🤦🏽♂️ #DemThrones #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/n2j0lzgAlT
— Johannes (@johanneshvl) May 13, 2019
We’ve gotten to a point where this wouldn’t shock me... #GameofThones #DemThrones #GameofThronesseason8episode5 pic.twitter.com/penkSvFrYe
— Leon Eleftheriadis (@Leon_Elefth) May 13, 2019
This might be the first time I've actually felt disappointed in a #GoT episode. For example, I get that Euron and Jamie had beef, but a fight to the death in that moment made absolutely no sense. #DemThrones
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 13, 2019
dany locked up her BABIES after drogon killed ONE CHILD but she’s going to burn a million innocents? make it make sense
— jade of house targaryen (@sIythurins) May 13, 2019
We waited 2 years to watch Daenerys kill kids #got pic.twitter.com/8q3jB15yfL
— Grace Fithian (@GraceFithian) May 13, 2019
Mad Queen Dany has been foreshadowed for forever, yes, but the show is just so bad at narrative framing that it still feels unbelievable.
— cool cud (@kamilumin) May 13, 2019
RIP to the saddest #GameOfThrones deaths so far: the writing, character development, and the storylines they completely forgot about. pic.twitter.com/wmNr831JIl
— Rings a Bel. Dracarys 🔥 (@TheBelMembrane) May 13, 2019
Me thinking Cersei was finally gonna get the death she deserved#GameOfThrones #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/mjdll2Lc3H
— Sansa was right (@FlashyKordei) May 13, 2019
#DemThrones #GameofThrones
— reynold yumnam (@reynoldjag) May 13, 2019
‘So Arya is going to kill Cersei?’
GOT writers : Nope
‘Jaime, definitely Jaime.’
Writers : nah, but it’s gonna be glorious.
‘Dany and Drogon??’
Writer : not actually!
‘Then who?’
Writer : pic.twitter.com/egzd8Vf8Q4
Photo: HBO