Game Of Thrones: Jon Snow Bent The Knee For Ygritte And Twitter Can't Keep Calm

British actor Kit Harington and fellow Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie announced their engagement on Wednesday, defying their ill-fated fictional love on the hit series in which she dies in his arms.

Harington, who plays Jon Snow, and Leslie, Ygritte in the series, announced their engagement with an unassuming traditional ad in The Times newspaper.

There's going to be a Game of Thrones wedding pic.twitter.com/8UGGMCh9GH

— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) September 27, 2017

The actors, who are both 30 years old, met on set in Iceland and have been together since 2012.

Leslie's character is captured by Snow in season two and later becomes his on-screen lover.

Her line "You know nothing, Jon Snow" has become a popular quote from the series as a whole.

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Ygritte is killed in a confrontation in season four.

"If you're already attracted to someone and then they play your love interest in the show, it becomes very easy to fall in love," Harington told Vogue magazine in an interview last year.

This is how Twitter reacted to Jon Snow finally bending the knee for Ygritte (not Khaleesi)
 

Jon Snow is engaged to ygritte. Apparently we knew nothing

— Olaedo (@CO_Chiamaka) September 27, 2017

With all the mess that's going on in the world, find comfort in the fact that Jon Snow and Ygritte got engaged in real life. #GoT

— cloutvia (@Caribbean_Cece) September 28, 2017

Going to enjoy some quality time with Ben & Jerry because I'm depressed about Jon Snow getting engaged. #emotionaleating

— Elizabeth Jeanette (@Faba_1124) September 28, 2017

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are engaged!
Now Ygritte can spend a lifetime telling Jon Snow he knows nothing.
Congrats! #GOT

— Nela Bunneh (@NelaBunneh) September 27, 2017

I feel more inclined to send Kit and Leslie/Jon Snow and Ygritte a congratulatory card than I do many engaged people I know personally. #GoT

— Schmick Schmoisen (@CoachBois) September 28, 2017

OK so it's great that Kit Harington & Rose Leslie are engaged but I really hope they don't have a red or purple wedding. It could be awkward

— Mayaz Alam (@MayazAlam16) September 28, 2017

The couple were reported earlier this year to have bought a 15th-century home in eastern England with a moat, a swimming pool and a banqueting hall.