SPOILER ALERT: Warning, this article contains spoilers from Season 7, Episode 6 of Game of Thrones, “Beyond The Wall”. Proceed at your own risk.
Sh*t just got real bad on Game of Thrones — more than usual, that is. Fans are used to horrible things happening in this series, whether it’s Ned Stark‘s head getting chopped off in “Baelor,” Jon Snow being stabbed to death by the Night’s Watch in “Mother’s Mercy,” or the ultimate heartbreaker, the Red Wedding. Somehow it’s even worse when the bad things happen to beloved animals, like pretty much all the Stark’s direwolves — save for Ghost and Nymeria (PLEASE STAY ALIVE). But Season 7 just ripped our hearts out with one of the most brutal deaths of the entire show.
Daenerys Targaryen lost one of her babies.
But that’s not even the worst part. In “Beyond the Wall,” we followed Jon Snow and his fearless crew on their mission to capture a wight. They need one to prove to the always open-minded Cersei Lannister that the army of the dead are real and everyone needs to put aside their petty power struggles to fight for the living right now. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, things did not go too well and the guys found themselves surrounded by wights. After receiving a raven that the gang was in deep sh*t, Daenerys and her dragons swooped in to save the day. YAY, RIGHT?!
Ugh.
Turns out, the Night King is super talented with his ice javelin and he threw it right at Viserion. The dragon fell to the ground and into the ice water. At the end of the episode, the wights dragged Viserion out, the Night King touched his snout, and Viserion opened his eyes revealing them to be White Walker blue. So not only did a dragon die but now it’s now under the control of the Night King.
The internet did not deal with this well and took to Twitter for some group GIF therapy.
This is fine. I AM FINE.
Me after tonight's episode #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/DHvfZsMLWh
— Marcelyoncé (@marcy_poppins) August 21, 2017
Literally all of us tonight. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/E1UbgNSGXM
— Krista Campolo (@kristacampeezy) August 21, 2017
Trying to sleep after watching that episode of #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/y3v9iGGeft
— Jameson Johns (@JamesonJohns) August 21, 2017
if you need me i'll be lying awake, staring at my ceiling, trying to breathe again. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/7KvMoJXvDW
— marci xcx (@marcelameilleur) August 21, 2017
When you care more about a CGI dragon than yourself
"Are you seriously upset about the death of a CGI dragon?" #GameOfThrones https://t.co/lqZjqAonvE
— Heather Monahan (@HeatherMonahan_) August 21, 2017
Drogo and Rhaegal crying for their little brother 😭 #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/mqck7MDrr8
— Loving WeHo 💖🏳️🌈🌴 (@lovingweho) August 21, 2017
Please!!! #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/pYv82uNBs0
— Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) August 21, 2017
Hearing Drogon and Rhaegal cry for Viserion #GameOfThones pic.twitter.com/OuhvYo7d9G
— zach (@zachoeo) August 21, 2017
Me, when the Night King killed Viserion. #gameofthrones #thronesyall pic.twitter.com/bLWAvPllyJ
— 𝓙𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓴𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓮 (@JayStargaryen) August 21, 2017
Me when Viserion died #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/yGHyTDjAEg
— @animevmin (@kurtapiika) August 21, 2017
The thought of Drogon and Rhaegal crying and being depressed about losing their brother makes me wanna die. #gameofthrones
— 🙂 (@malfoysgranger_) August 21, 2017
Westeros is totally fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
When the army of the dead pulled out the dragon my worst fear was confirmed. I can't deal. I've got a headache. LAWD! #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/SlW23yBYoS
— Lisa Edge (@NewsfromtheEdge) August 21, 2017
Watching The Knight King bring back the dragon #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/BMGNPVQZ1q
— check out my blog, link in the bio 📕✍🏿 (@PAThompson9) August 21, 2017
Did he just turn that dragon? #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/q79Sr2F9v5
— draterus 🌊🌊🌊 (@draterus) August 21, 2017
Night King grabbing that #1 draft pick
Internet is too fast #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/R898XiLJhm
— Flo (@StephenFlorival) August 21, 2017
All hail the Night GOAT. #GameOfThrones #GOAT pic.twitter.com/9aXrPADVAN
— Jason Pellegrini (@JPellegrini1983) August 21, 2017
"And the Gold Medal goes to…" 🥇 #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/UFmijjG5v5
— Neil Schloth (@NeilSchloth) August 21, 2017
When Game of Thrones kills a dragon but Littlefinger is still hanging around
The fact that baelish is alive and a DRAGON is DEAD #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/2n66KNpWig
— Natalie C (@nataliec176) August 21, 2017
Why’d you have to name Viserion after your dumb-dumb bro, Dany?
WTF IS BRAN, THO??!
Jon: Help
Sansa: Help
Arya: HelpBran: pic.twitter.com/uPUHR6tsRT
— Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher) August 21, 2017
So how is the Night King going to use Viserion? Will he blow ice? Ice fire? Maybe Viserion will be able to freeze the water on the edges of the Wall so armies can invade that way. Or perhaps the Night King will have him fly over the Wall. After all, the magic protecting the living is within the Wall. That might give new Ice Viserion free reign to go nuts on Westeros. But how long until the Night King unveils his grand plan? The Season 7 finale is a whopping 81 minutes long, so we might get some answers. But let’s be honest, this is Game of Thrones and winter is here. Our emotions are totally doomed.
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