Twitter Reacts To 'Game Of Thrones' Season 8's "The Bells"

By Kristy Puchko | TV | May 13, 2019 |

By Kristy Puchko | TV | May 13, 2019 |

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Game of Thrones unfurled the fiery showdown between ruthless Lannister mom Cersei and the Mother of Dragons. And wow. Our recappers are hard at work on breaking down this bonkers episode. In the meantime, let’s look at what Twitter users thought of “The Bells.”

SPOILERS for Game of Thrones’ “The Bells” ahead.

GOT s08e05 spoilers without context#GameofThrones #GOTS8E5 pic.twitter.com/PTH6K03QGL

— Ammar Naeem (@ammarnaeemm) May 13, 2019

Cleganebowl happened.

Forever ❤❤❤ Epic confrontation #Clegane #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/ywkMSAE0SQ

— Samir 2.0 (@Mega_Samir2) May 13, 2019

#GameOfThrones
Qyburn: Listen to your queen!
The Mountain: *Shoves him
Qyburn: *Hits a rock and dies
Cersei: pic.twitter.com/Bg2ZqaPk8X

— Reku Ri (@reku_ri) May 13, 2019

he was a good boy

(kind of)
(well, by the standards of this show anyway)#GOT pic.twitter.com/GM3xq6dpkR

— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) May 13, 2019

We said farewell to Cersei and Jaime.

In S1E1, Jaime Lannister pushes Bran Stark out of a window. This is subtle foreshadowing by David Benioff and Dan Weiss for S8E5, where eight seasons of Jaime's character development are similarly thrown out the window. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/OJjjxBaeY3

— Master Mirror (@TheKingIsh_) May 13, 2019

imagine being nikolaj coster-waldau and being convinced to take the role of jaime lannister by being told about jaime's arc in a storm of swords and then they never actually adapt that arc. at least he got paid lol.

— the cavalry's queer (@glamafonic) May 9, 2019

honestly how jaime did brienne dirty makes even less sense now, aside from just a way for D/D to fuck over shippers. #gameofthrones #got

— ≠ roxanna ≠ roxanne ≠ roxy (@roxana_hadadi) May 13, 2019

Me thinking Jamie left Brienne to go kill Cersei #GameofThrones

pic.twitter.com/PYMmgPjsk9

— Nabila ALdosarry (@nabilaaldosary) May 13, 2019

8 seasons. 8 whole seasons to plan the most mind blowing, out of this world death of Cersei Lanister.

You'd think Arya would kill her

You'd think Jaime was going back to kill her

You'd think Drogon would burn her

Nope

Cersei was killed by some rocks #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/5puSTESa9M

— The Hénry Nevoír (@Hxnry_Nevoir) May 13, 2019

Finally ,we know who killed Cersei #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/BomsqVEWia

— lee (@alsaen03) May 13, 2019

I need to believe Cersei isn't dead. It makes no sense after all that build up over the years, that she would just die in the arms of the love of her life. The writing cannot possibly be so bad as to allow that.

— roxane gay (@rgay) May 13, 2019

Dany made some choices.

If Daenerys was a teacher her favourite line would be “The bell doesn’t dismiss you, I do.”#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/UW9WlJCGnN

— Hadi.itawi (@Hadiitawi2) May 13, 2019

Us after missandie died: Dany burn them all!

Dany: Burns the whole city.

Us: #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/L9VhKfMTAe

— chun-li (@chun_1ee) May 13, 2019

Me watching D&D ruin the show and characters I love and adore #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/48HDKtNQI8

— Pallavi Mall (@pallavimall) May 13, 2019

Joffrey: I was merciless on the people of King’s Landing.

Daenerys: Hold my Starbucks.

#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/JTYQcqmUur

— Darnell Williams (@My1GameFace) May 13, 2019

Missandei in Heaven like: "I know I said Dracarys but HOLY FUCK”#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/nJqcOmWV6J

— Bryan Kirby (@bryankirbyy98) May 13, 2019

Me after I defended #Daenerys and she just lit up everything:#GameofThronesseason8episode5 #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/1zMpPyreFJ

— Black Horse (@blxck_hrse) May 13, 2019

if dragon fire can do all this ma’am what the hell have we been doing for the last five seasons????

— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) May 13, 2019

Daenerys: “I didn’t come here to be queen of the ashes.” #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/g4DuNfXAi3

— Cowboy Beep Boop (@ruizsteez) May 13, 2019

#gameofthrones all the parents of girls named “Khaleesi” watching their daughter’s namesake descend into madness pic.twitter.com/vcXJSvLrwG

— lil spark (@emilysparkss) May 13, 2019

Dany and Greyworm after the Battle of Kings Landing…
#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/aB5j16WAsQ

— Lord Fridge PhD. (@Senor_M_Fridge) May 13, 2019

The series finale of Veep was truly brilliant and moving. If anyone’s interested in what it looks like to believably craft a female protagonist from frustratedly impotent and power-hungry to vindictive psychopath over seven seasons… check it out. 🤓

— Leslye Headland (@LeslyeHeadland) May 13, 2019

Wbicb meant—shocker!—Varys was right.

Varys died doing what he loved: snitching #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/TksJMZypYK

— Stanphen Standheim (@standheim) May 13, 2019

Varys watching that whole battle like pic.twitter.com/QeIwlAbQLq

— alistair chernobyl (@penis_hernandez) May 13, 2019

I'm going point out Varys offered both Martells and Olenna "fire and blood" to get them to join Dany so why he acting brand new she was going to deliver it finally. https://t.co/kLNYdSmTEx

— CCC (@ccc_chercar) May 13, 2019

ARYA!

So glad to see her omg!! @GameOfThrones @HBO #SPOILERSFUCKERS pic.twitter.com/MlqwzjKiyp

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) May 13, 2019

Continually watching Arya almost die scene after scene #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/EuZzz76nAh

— Trace Simi (@theesimi) May 13, 2019

This sequence was truly beautiful #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/fzq3t1tyTG

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) May 13, 2019

Old Town Thrones #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/3M0kRGKmRP

— Jules (@Julian_Epp) May 13, 2019

And hey, did you stay tuned for the post-ep explainers from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss? Because it’s basically become Game of Thrones’ “Untucked.”

Weiss and Benioff lean HARD into the post-ep featurettes to explain character motivations they absolutely have not sold with the ep alone. #GameOfThrones

— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) May 13, 2019

I was talking to a coworker his week complaining about some character turns and he said oh they explained that in the featurette and I was like, what? I'm supposed to be watching those now for the show to make sense? One more hour, I think they could've turned it with one hour

— Jason Adams (@JAMNPP) May 13, 2019

It's like we're only getting the odd-numbered episodes from a full-length season

— Timmy Williams (@timmyisanerd) May 13, 2019

Lastly, some predictions for next week:

I hope we can all agree that the foundation for Jon being a complete fucking idiot has been WELL ESTABLISHED throughout this show and so his character arc makes total sense!!! If Jon ends Game of Thrones with a SINLGE clue it will be the writers greatest betrayal.

— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) May 13, 2019

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— Max Read (@max_read) May 13, 2019

Meanwhile At wintefell: Sansa is drinking a big old steaming cup of I TOLD YOU SO !#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/otmEoFK6Xd

— Ä€.h.m.ë.Đ⁹ ⁹ ⁹🖤🗝🌕✨ (@Ahmed_Magdy_999) May 13, 2019

D&D (Benioff and Weiss) united the world against them. That they did#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/UTeWXXApVP

— Carrl (@Carrl91947510) May 13, 2019

#GameofThrones the true really hurts pic.twitter.com/TMZgGncdqP

— Lou Rip (@_choryuken) May 13, 2019

What's the over/under on the time frame after next week when George R.R. Martin comes out and says that his ending is completely different

— Spencer Perry (@TheSpencerPerry) May 13, 2019