The Best Moments Of The Game Of Thrones Season 8 Premiere In Memes

it could be spring, however in terms of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, winter has just arrived.


The hotly-anticipated Season 8 premiere finally happened last night (April 14) and social media practically blown up in turn. Soon after years of seeing this saga through, it's finally all come down to this for fans, and the opening episode of its final season had fans going practically insane.


According to Twitter, the season premiere launch managed to amass over 5 million tweets about the premiere alone. That makes it the most tweeted-about episode the series has seen since its debut. Whatever your reaction to the opening episode of Season 8, one of the most exhilarating parts of a new season has habitually been watching social media for the inevitable tweet storm of hilarious reactions — and fans delivered in droves. We've rounded up an assortment of some of the funniest memes the premiere spawned.


Warning: Major Game of Thrones Season 8 spoilers to follow.


There was a lot to go over, certainly, with some serious revelations taking place throughout the episode.One of the hugest bombshells blown up once Samwell Tarly told Jon Snow the paralyzing truth about Jon's parentage that Kit Harington has been teasing for months.


He is the "true king" — Aegon Targaryen — and that indicates he's been, well, getting it on with his aunt, Daenerys Targaryen. That isn't good news for anyone to swallow, and fans had some hilarious takes on the matter. (It probably didn't help that Drogon was watching the two make out with a knowing glint in his eye, like several of us in the audience... Which was weird.) And who could forget the weird magic carpet/dragon ride Jon and Dany took before finding out the news?


 


Then there was also Bran, or the Three-Eyed Raven, creeping about in each other scene.


Cersei wanted those elephants also, natch.


Plenty of shade was being thrown left and right with the Stark sisters, who routinely make things interesting.


 


The entire episode was categorize kind of awkward, with run-ins between characters who have't seen each other in years. Nevertheless there were plenty of heartwarming scenes as well, like whenever Jon reunited with Arya soon after an agonizingly long time — seven seasons, to be exact. Grab a Kleenex and watch with caution.


Of course, others had a fully different set of problems, like the fact that Game of Thrones literally broke the internet.


Meanwhile, some were frustrated at the episode's comparatively short range compared to previous , despite the fact that we already had data on each episode's runtime. The shortest episode of the season is case in point the premiere, at 54 minutes, with the next five episodes (yes, there really are only six) packing in a little more. The third episode will bring nearly a hour and also 1/2 of carnage, and that's about where the show will find its sweet spot up until it finally ends on May 19.


Also, Game of Thrones is warping our sense of time and space; 54 minutes is still too long for any episode of television.


Who's going to just be taking the Iron Throne? How will all these messy plot threads resolve? We don't know for sure, nevertheless we did assign power rankings to every one of the potential throne contenders — if that even matters by the time the Night King rolls through. Because the teaser for the next episode hinted, he's on his way.


Whichever happens, we'll certainly be sticking around every week — wading through a sea of memes — to find out.