protector of the realm

Today is the day for some news I guess

Contrary to a lot of people's opinions I doubt that S2's marketing played a major role in this whole mess, GoT-era fandom was no better in this regard and it only toned down when the show ended and the general focus shifted to other forms of discourse

Dune vibes

this will never not be funny to me

Let it burn. #HOTD Season 3 premieres in ONE MONTH. #TeamBlack

Tweets like this always piss me off bc what made u assume that HBO was just gonna put Emma Darcy on set with a brown mullet like

@bittersteel196 Fans are in general insane, even without marketing

I honestly do think the marketing for S2 played a big role in this toxicity. By leaning heavily into fans picking sides in a show about a pointless war fueled by misogyny entrenched people into stan wars which resulted in the actors (mainly Olivia and Emma) getting a lot of hate

This is healthy approach. So many actors are almost depressed that they are known for one iconic role their entire life. But playing such an iconic character is a privilege. She should be proud and I am glad she is. She will forever be Daenerys. Even when she is 80 years old

Poured my heart out on the blog defending this finale. This is my full take⬇️ s.barstool.link/c/article-3569…

100%. The journey wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t that bad. It was actually pretty good although a bit rushed at some places which is explained by the show becoming too big for television. People just exaggerate and focus on the missteps, because they didn’t like the destinations.

Game Of Thrones ended 7 years ago today. Here is my annual tweet saying that this finale gets way too much hate. Every character winds up perfectly where they’re supposed to in the end. That is all.

Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington says the Game of Thrones showrunners “did the right thing” and that he feels “very protective” over the series finale “I guess you all saw it from the outside, whereas I saw it from the inside ... I know how much care and love went into making it”

That ending to Season 6 of Game of Thrones still feels gigantic. Daenerys finally sailing to Westeros with the dragons, the Dothraki, the Unsullied while “The Winds of Winter” plays in the background… genuinely one of the most triumphant season endings.

Emilia Clarke when asked what life is like after ‘Game of Thrones’ “I think I went through a phase trying to be known for more than just Game of Thrones, which is natural. Everybody who’s in a show like that goes through [it]. But now I’m just like… It was great. Phenomenal. Probably [I’ll] always be that dragon girl, and maybe that’s okay.” (via: @VirginRadioUK)

If GRRM wrote ASOIAF today he would’ve made Renly be protected by the “rainbow guard”

The Hollywood Reporter — ‘HBO Max Adding Podcasts in Europe to Serve up “Immersive Fandom”’ (May 19, 2026) hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

7 years ago today we got this iconic shot. #GameOfThrones

Kit Harington says he feels very protective of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 because of how much work went into making it “I really wasn't very well in that final season. Like, and I find it a painful experience to kind of even look at because I'm so, so dumb. And suffering from a number of things, not least addiction, that I was like, "I actually really, from the bit I have seen, I'm quite proud of what I did, interestingly." But as far as the season eight thing goes, I feel very protective of it still. And the reason is 'cause I mean, I guess you all saw it from the outside, whereas I saw it from the inside. So I knew — I know how much care and how much love and how much work and how much life went into making it, and the conversations that would have happened and the arguments around the table about what way to go and what thing to do. It's not a small process. It's an incredibly complex and lengthy and intricate process. And I feel that the best people to be able to do that were the people who gave us the first seven seasons, that brought it to TV, that brought George's thing and brought it to TV. And so my feeling about it is, there may have been mistakes, but we can all decide whether we liked it or not, what we liked about it, what we didn't. But there's no doubt in my head that what they did is the right thing because they're the people who brought it to us. And I kind of stand by that. Like, I feel very defensive of it as a show and as a season, and I think I always will, actually.” (via: Motor City Comic-Con)

Kit Harington talked about the ‘Jon Snow’ spin-off show at Motor City Comic-Con and said they “put it down for the moment” “We did, I mean, it's open knowledge that we tried to make a, a Jon Snow show for a little while. And just couldn't. My main thing is not wanting, not wanting to go there and sort of do an injustice by the character. As I've just said, I think he ended well. I think that he went where he was meant to. So if, if you pick him up again, it needs to be for the right reasons. But I did feel there was something left to say, and I did think the idea of exploring something kind of entirely around him or, or a lot around him would be interesting. 'Cause remember in Game of Thrones, you're part of like a huge ensemble, and it would be quite interesting to look at a character dive more focused on. And that's why I was intrigued, but we couldn't find the right thing, and so we put it down for the moment.” (via: Motor City Comi-Con)

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