SPOILERS AHEAD
The latest episode of Game Of Thrones season 8 served up a lot of feels. Stuff happens in 'The Bells,' as the episode is titled, and that's putting it mildly. If you watched, you are probably still reeling from Daenerys Targaryen's destructive spiral into insanity, riding into King's Landing atop a dragon and incinerating it to the ground despite Jaime Lannister's ringing of the bells, signalling surrender. There was no stopping Dany's dragonfire, and pretty much all Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister could do was look on in horror. The Internet has long expected Daenerys to go full 'Mad Queen' in good old-fashioned Targaryen tradition but even so, Twitter was left grappling with its emotions. #Dany and #Daenerys are the top trends currently.
In a nutshell, Dracarys is what happened:
#Daenerys after she destroyed the city! #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/WqmrUbh48Z
— CHRIS DOVERSPIKE (@ChrisD0verspike) May 13, 2019
Daenerys Targaryen #Daenerys #GameofThones pic.twitter.com/eITg0OERlb
— Aditii(@Sassy_Soul_) May 13, 2019
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. "#GameofThrones #Daenerys pic.twitter.com/Mo7wATsbpx
— HEAVENLYDEMON (@Uraga_pathaka) May 13, 2019
Because - bells? What bells?
Dany when the bells starting ringing #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/nWQ85OS5JO
— baby gucci dragon (@Kelseyummm) May 13, 2019
Folks Dany won the No Bell Peace Prize
— Shan't-Man (@JasonKirkSBN) May 13, 2019
not this again dany we talked sbout it #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/yWZYzEzSAP
— Adolfo Sandoval (@adolf_san) May 13, 2019
Dany's champions Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister are likely not feeling so hot right now:
Jon watching Dany burn everyone in kings landing #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/H0BlCyNAnL
— DAISY (@jacobeandaisy) May 13, 2019
Jon Snow trying to justify Dany's actions during #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/6kmjXHo1X7
— Katie Cary (@katie_cary) May 13, 2019
Jon and Tyrion whenever Sansa, Arya and Varys said anything about Dany#gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/epjpDSE9jG
— amira (@e_amiracle) May 13, 2019
Fans think they know what to expect in the next and final episode of the show - Daenerys sealed her fate by massacring innocents and probably made it onto Arya Stark's kill list:
Arya approaching Dany next episode like #GameofThones pic.twitter.com/BztOIQ93FA
— Andrew Karl (@iDuck_Ak) May 13, 2019
#Arya : What do we say to the god of death?#Daenerys : Dracarys ?#Arya : Wrong answer.
— Davepool (@dabelli) May 13, 2019
#Arya will kill #Daenerys shut green eyes you will shut forever..pic.twitter.com/SAxe1Zf2D5
— elchuy (@endy66526295) May 13, 2019
Arya is going to kill her I guess.... #GameOfThrones #Daenerys pic.twitter.com/Ickc6IAh4Q
— North, Always (@eisyahroslan) May 13, 2019
Daenerys' story arc through Game Of Thrones - from frightened and submissive young woman to iron-willed leader and mother of dragons - has been one of the show's most acclaimed, making the character, played by actress Emilia Clarke, a fan favourite. Her sudden crash and burn in this season seems to have raised several hackles on Twitter:
RIP Daenerys Targaryen.
— Klaus the Lone wolf (@klausmykaelson) May 13, 2019
She ain't dead (yet), but her 10 year character development is. #Daenerys#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/MU2S0BG4Vr
I just wanna understand what was the point of Dany's arc? You want a mad Targaryen you had Viserys right there. Why would they let her grow from an abused girl, free slaves, help people for 7 seasons just to ruin her character in 2 eps? Disgusting. #GameOfThrones #Daenerys pic.twitter.com/OaCWEliQnl
— ||GoT Spoilers (@JonxDanyy) May 13, 2019
I never wanted #Dany to be queen but this is just momentarily tragic. All that build up, all those epic scenes, all that just for this stupid fallout to happen... One of the most memorable female character ever created completely destroyed. She deserved better.#GamefThrones pic.twitter.com/tLnietUxW8
— JewJew (@theintjnurse) May 13, 2019
To the writers of #GameofThones - Why did you do that to #Daenerys? pic.twitter.com/U2D32O0x5b
— Julia Read (@juliaread86) May 13, 2019
There were a couple of reminders that this is, after all, the notoriously violent Game Of Thrones and that the inhabitants of King's Landing might not be so deserving of unqualified sympathy.
All y'all mad about mad queen Dany... did you forget what you're watching? The same show that gave us the red wedding?! #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/Q7a5GYq90K
— Thomas Wright (@tmas98) May 13, 2019
Just a reminder.#FortheThrone #DaenerysTargaryen #BurnThemAll #Daenerys #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/QRtm5imHmB
— (@littlewolfis) May 13, 2019
Almost but not quite eclipsed by Daenerys' rain of fire were The Hound and The Mountain's fight to the death and the Cersei and Jaime reunion. Just one more episode left in this, the final season of Game Of Thrones and the Internet is already obsessing over whether or not the showrunners will manage to provide a satisfying resolution.
