Sunday night was dark and full of tweets.
The Battle of Winterfell finally came in “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 3, “The Long Night.” Not surprisingly, the much-anticipated showdown was intense for viewers, and a lot of them felt compelled to tweet about it. In fact, there more than 7.8 million tweets about the episode, making it the most-tweeted about in TV history, per Variety. The episode overtook another Season 8 installment — the premiere — to gain the crown, but we suspect the record will be topped again by the time the series concludes.
If you haven’t seen the episode yet, there are spoilers ahead!
Some characters inspired more tweets than others. Fittingly, the hero of the episode, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), was most-tweeted about. Twitter found that she led the pack, followed by the Night King (Vladimir Furdik), Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright), Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). The hashtags #Arya and #AryaStark took off, as did #NotToday, the line from Melisandre (Carice van Houten) that inspired the Night King Slayer.
Here are some highlights from Twitter:
The greatest scene in T.V history 😍#AryaStark #Arya #NotToday #winterfell #Winterfellbattle #NightKing #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/h2f8jLcGkr
— Anas Abd Alnabi (@Anas_Alkhateeb2) April 29, 2019
Just Arya and Night king high fiving after giving us the greatest climax in TV history…….yet #GameofThrones #Arya #NotToday pic.twitter.com/CkVdQFEDwR
— Akash (@ZidaneProject) April 29, 2019
They did say “no one” could defeat the Night King. They were right #NotToday #Arya #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/J1Qgkc0wvG
— Nour Chuck (@NourChuCk) April 29, 2019
This was me throughout the whole episode. #GOT #Arya pic.twitter.com/H2W9mo19Cs
— Prakash Shetty (@kitneka) April 29, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen.
Arya of house Stark. First of her name, Changer of Faces. Avenger of the Red wedding.
Slayer of Night King. Nightmare of the white walkers
Protector of the realm, Savior of all HUMANITY!!
The ONE and ONLY Queen!!!#Arya #AryaStark #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/OhoVjMeNwc— Ali AlKhawari (@AlKhawari35) April 29, 2019
If this is true I can’t wait to see arya kill cersie #Arya pic.twitter.com/wOnjWDzAsb
— BlackVelvet (@RVBP09) April 29, 2019
“And though she be but little, she is fierce.” – Shakespeare#GOT8 #GameofThones #Arya #Lyanna #LyannaMormont #AryaStark pic.twitter.com/sEtrvSYGoe
— Lara Maynard 📖 (@MaynardLara) April 29, 2019
A girl has a name now. The Night King Slayer ☠️ #GameOfThrones #Arya pic.twitter.com/vqmATo85f4
— ☁️😇Shellie Marie 😇☁️ (@shelliemarie_3) April 29, 2019
The House Of Stark🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤#GameOfThrones #AryaStark #arya pic.twitter.com/0cIq4fUGaB
— Arya Twin Sis🍑 (@SheeXaria) April 29, 2019
Arya swooping in late for the clutch like #Arya #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/iogeTzoAfX
— Caolan Maxwell (@Maxitill) April 29, 2019
We’ll see if “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 4 tweets can top the most recent episode’s. The show airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
[via: Variety]
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