INTENSE SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE OF GAME OF THRONES. SERIOUSLY, QUIT READING RIGHT THIS INSTANT IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED IT.
Last night, the Game of Thrones TV show got to the most memorable — and horrible — point in the books, affectionately termed the “Red Wedding.” It’s a twist that has traumatized readers since 2000, when A Storm of Swords was first published, and the TV version has clearly had the same effect: immediately after the episode aired, Twitter exploded with anguish, rage, sorrow, horror, and comedy. Here are the best, funniest, angriest, and most insane tweets that last night’s Game of Thrones inspired. (For more hilarity make sure to check out @RedWeddingTears and the comments in HBO’s Game of Thrones’ Facebook page.)
@karma_thief I'm "royally" pissed off! Bye bye Starks 🙁
— GenXbitch💋 (@unemployed_mass) June 3, 2013
RT if you're in an emotionally abusive relationship with Game of Thrones
— John DeVore (@JohnDeVore) June 3, 2013
I need a hug. I have never been so traumatized by a television show. #gameofthrones
— Bon Alimagno (@karma_thief) June 3, 2013
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Folks watching #gameofthrones who didn't read the books: remember when your really nerdy friend was super sad 13 years ago? This is why! 🙁
— Zachary Moore-Smith (@drzachary) June 3, 2013
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Always hire union minstrels. #GameOfThrones
— Ken Plume (@KenPlume) June 3, 2013
If anyone needs me i'll be humming "rains of castamere" rocking back & forth in the fetal position for the foreseeable future #gameofthrones
— Katie Lucas (@KtLuWho) June 3, 2013
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Game of Thrones just collected every mic on the planet and dropped them. Good god.
— Mikey Neumann (@mikeyface) June 3, 2013
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There are literally not enough cuss words in the English language. Jesus Christ, George RR Martin. #gameofthrones
— Bon Alimagno (@karma_thief) June 3, 2013
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I hope you all sang along to Smash Mouth's "All Star" played at the end of this episode of Game of Thrones
— hyenasandgin (@hyenasandgin) June 3, 2013
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If you're watching game of thrones tonight and you haven't yet read the series… You know nothing of pain, sweet summer child.
— Kim (@KimD_Trinh) June 3, 2013
And that folks is why you always go DJ over wedding band #gameofthrones
— Chris Erickson (@EricksonCL) June 3, 2013
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#SpoilerAlert Think my stomach is still up in my throat. To non-book readers: welcome to the #gameofthrones despair and hopelessness club.
— Justin Scuiletti (@JSkl) June 3, 2013
I don't watch Game of Thrones but this "Red Wedding" that people are tweeting about tonight sounds very romantic!
— Adam Feldman (@FeldmanAdam) June 3, 2013
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Dear Game of Thrones…
Slit my wrists or pills? Which is faster?
— Swishergirl (@Swishergirl24) June 3, 2013
Somewhere, there's a couple all of a sudden reconsidering their Game of Thrones-themed wedding.
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) June 3, 2013
The best way to read/watch Game of Thrones is to hate every character. That way the constant mass murder doesn't get you down.
— David M. Johnson (@davidmichael10) June 3, 2013
OK now that Game of Thrones is over, I haven't seen my cat in 6 hours. I'm worried. 🙁
— Ticktock6 (@ticktock6) June 3, 2013
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FUCK YOU GAME OF THRONES IM CRYING SO HARD IM NOT MOVING EVER AGAIN I'LL AVENGE THE STARK FAMILY MYSELF GODDAMMIT #GameofThrones
— Brie Medina (@BrieMedina) June 3, 2013
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Game of Thrones characters are like school work. You spend all your time learning & remembering them, and after a few weeks, it won't matter
— Kootseeahknee (@Kootseeahknee) June 3, 2013
I LOVE THIS SHOW AND I LOVE THE BOOKS BUT I HATE THEM AT THIS MOMENT AND I WANT TO BURN THEM AND PUKE ON THEIR ASHES. #GameOfThrones
— eva (@EvaKlarenbeek) June 3, 2013
On tonight's Game of Thrones, Tyrion plays with a basket of puppies. So cute you won't be able to stand it.
— Ydnar Naemerc (@exeromai) June 3, 2013
Thank you #gameofthrones for ruining my night. I am beyond mad and depressed. Like I want to go outside and burn something
— Free Palestine & Congo CEO IN THE MAKING 🇵🇸🇨🇩 (@collegeking) June 3, 2013
Game of thrones fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks fucking sucks
— Negri (@00Negri) June 3, 2013
That game of thrones episode was like that 1 guy you met at the bar, hit it off & had a 1 night stand with, but he never called you back.
— Jessie Robertson (@jessrrobertson) June 3, 2013
After this Game of Thrones episode. I'm not sure life is worth living. Or at least not worth going to work at all this week.
— Caitlin Clark BETTER (@Mikethe1st) June 3, 2013
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Wow. I'm just really sad about being alive after that Game of Thrones. Just really, really sad.
— Eric Brown (@ericbrownzzz) June 3, 2013
There is no greater power in Westeros than House Whataburger. #GameofThrones
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) June 3, 2013
If only Admiral Ackbar had been in tonight's Game of Thrones… http://t.co/MLetbgkwL2
— Ben (@johnsonbcw) June 3, 2013
Game of Thrones should be renamed "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"
— David Viola. (@davidviola) June 3, 2013
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Watching people react to the new Game of Thrones episode is like seeing other people see goatse.cx for the first time.
— Corvidae of Reckoning (@joshmillard) June 3, 2013
Hello everyone who is just arriving at the Game of Thrones despair meeting. We've all been waiting for you.
— Dan Stefanidis (@elbasunu) June 3, 2013
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"Fake throats are on sale, D.B., any way we can use a bunch of them in one Game of Thrones episode?" David Benioff to D.B. Weiss a month ago
— Erik Tanouye (@toyns) June 3, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: GAME OF THRONES EPISODE FORCES PLANE TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING. http://t.co/fwQ52xmVsY @GameofOwns
— ᴀᴍʏ ʜʏᴘɴᴀʀᴏᴡꜱᴋɪ (@Amy_Hyp) June 3, 2013
My mom is watching game of thrones has been yelling no at the tv for 5 minutes
— dylans dad (@Randrew_Rowman) June 3, 2013
Game of Thrones. How.Why. I have never screamed and cried so loudly at fiction. I hate you forever and always.
— trelawny (@TrelawnySara) June 3, 2013
YOU CAN'T JUST WRITE A BOOK AND NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS. YOU.JUST.CAN'http://t.co/jXbD6dB8Oa.THE.AUDIENCE.HAVE.A.HEART.
— trelawny (@TrelawnySara) June 3, 2013
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I literally want to die. Game of Thrones just ripped my heart out and pissed on it.
— /Mugen/ (@AnthonyDiCosimo) June 3, 2013
You know why the end credits had no music? The sound of your sobbing and sniffling is the music. #gameofthrones
— Nur (@nurberxo) June 3, 2013
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I think George R.R. Martin, the writer of Game Of Thrones, must have been a really devoted, terrible and unlucky "Dungeons & Dragons" player
— Ben Rispin (@BenjaminRispin) June 3, 2013
*jumps off the highest point in King's landing* FUCK THE LANNISTERS. FUCK ROOSE BOLTON. FUCK EVERYONE ON THIS GOT DAMN SHOW
— Terence (@terencebjohnson) June 3, 2013
Just finished my temper tantrum after watching @GameOfThrones. I now understand the urge to #riot in the middle of the street.
— Ben Adams (@adamsbene) June 3, 2013
An hour later, still pretty sure I've been in car accidents less dramatic than #GameOfThrones.
— Flick (@FlickFM) June 3, 2013
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I don't know if I should rewatch #gameofthrones or just go to bed & try to live again tomorrow
— carlatte (@carlettaisgreat) June 3, 2013
Outraged by tonight's Game of Thrones? Welcome to EVERY Thanksgiving for turkeys. Gobble gobble! #gameofturkeys
— FU Turkeys (@futurkeys) June 3, 2013
GAME OF THRONES SPOILER ALERT!- I can't believe the Hound was eating a pigs foot. Am I right? #gross
— The Dread duck Pirate Mark Brooks (@MarkBrooksArt) June 3, 2013
Game of Thrones. Wow. I am NEVER going to a wedding ever again.
— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) June 3, 2013
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I hate Walder Frey and that Bolton fuck more than I've hated any nonfictional thing in my entire life.
— Caleb (@LilBigSpoon_) June 3, 2013
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That scene where Waldor Frey was naming all of his daughters and granddaughters was like a particularly odd Monty Pyton bit #gameofthrones
— Sean Lynch (@goldstar4robot) June 3, 2013
I AM FUCKING RIP SHIT. Game of thrones just fucked me so hard. Ill kill every single one of the frays and fuck lord Bolton. Rip rob
— Peter's Intuition (@scarpete21) June 3, 2013
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I just keep thinking, "Goddammit, Filch!! You're just pissed because you're a squib!!" #gameofthrones
— Angela Taylor, who has a new bio 👇 (@PartPurple) June 3, 2013
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I AM NEVER ATTACHING MYSELF TO ANYONE FROM GAME OF THRONES CAUSD THEY JUST KILL THEM ANYWAYS
— advil lavigne (@ellanorcym) June 3, 2013
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Game of Thrones. I just can't. Like really can not. I. I mean. Words? None. I don't. I mean. What? How? What? #GameOfThrones
— Jim Redding (@jimredding) June 3, 2013
Jesus Christ #gameofthrones . I am literally sick to my stomach after that ughhhhh
— Mixhail (@Mixhail) June 3, 2013
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Thanks @GameOfThrones for blowing my mind in the most merciless way possible. I won't sleep right for days.
— Sergeant Merrell (@SergeantMerrell) June 3, 2013
The writer of #GameOfThrones must have issues. That's how he killed Ned Stark & Robert Baratheon in Season 1
— The Plug 🔌 (@skilful_laykon) June 3, 2013
Jorah/Daario/Grey Worm is probably the best Mass Effect party ever #gameofthrones
— posting through it (@scottbeposting) June 3, 2013
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These last 10 minutes of Game of Thrones are going to absolutely decimate my existence.
— Sunny Fernandez-Vers (@sunnyjac0b) June 3, 2013
Wait, who is actually still alive on Game of Thrones. Jesus.
— Becky Morrow (@bmorrow) June 3, 2013
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Did the last @GameOfThrones episode make anyone happy? Because you should be slapped.
— Lauren Bleszinski (@L337Lauren) June 3, 2013
GAME OF THRONES PLEASE SWIFTLY GO JUMP OFF THE NEAREST BRIDGE
— Mickey (@TheMickeyMann) June 3, 2013
I see they finally revealed that Darth Vader is Luke's father on Game of Thrones.
— Dave Fetterman (@fetterdave) June 3, 2013
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People seem real upset about Game of Thrones. But I can relate to sadness. Halloween '02 I opened my starbursts package, and bam. 2 yellows.
— Jack Carpenter (@JacksonCarp2BD) June 3, 2013
Joffrey is somehow my 2nd most hated person in game of thrones. Anyone that watches knows its astronomically hard to be hated more than him
— Jeff Stachelek (@ActionCuse) June 3, 2013
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#gameofthrones if the lannisters don't die next week I'm done with this show… @oblessa @CuffeStuff
— candicesuccess (@candicesuccess) June 3, 2013
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Twitter today has just basically been people announcing they’re about to watch game of thrones followed by an hour’s silence then a meltdown
— Amanda Rainey (@vodkandlime) June 3, 2013
sometimes I hate TV writers and their fucking god complexes! you can't just fuck with my emotions like that! Fuck YOU HBO and D.B Weiss
— Tans Cheems (@_tenderheart_) June 3, 2013
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Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use twitter? Because he killed all 140 characters. #gameofthrones
— oklos (@ingloriousClos) June 3, 2013
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i am 5000% done with game of thrones oh my god watching this series was the worst decision of my life
— エリンギ (@Ayanamii) June 3, 2013
Game of Thrones will really surprise people next year when in the ninth episodes they kill off actual viewers. #got
— Matt Fowler (@TheMattFowler) June 3, 2013
Game of Thrones: a show for those who can't deal with the sunny optimism of The Walking Dead.
— John Hayward (@Cobretata) June 3, 2013
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Next week on Game of Thrones, Joffrey takes a hammer to a sack of kittens, eats a lovely, yummy cake.
— JM Keating (@jm_keating) June 3, 2013
Filch was pretty mad at those students for sneaking out of Gryffindor tower last night, eh? #GoT #gameofthrones @RedWeddingTears
— Jeff Pfaller (@pfallerj) June 3, 2013
