Game of Thrones returned to HBO for the premiere of its eighth and final season Sunday night. And it is without surprise the show based off of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire was the hottest topic on Twitter (and still blazing). The episode had more more than its share of tweetable moments with pithy one liners from Cersei and at least half-an-hour worths of blank stares from Bran, setting social media ablaze. But nothing quite captured Black Twitter than Jon Snow’s return to Winterfell. That’s because he brought all the foreigners home: Daenerys, her dragons, The Unsullied, and the Dothraki. The North was visibly in their feelings when they saw our sis Missandei and Grey Worm riding horseback and Black Twitter was not going to let that slide. #DemThrones
Peep some of the best tweets from the unforgettable moment below.
What could this mean for Missandei and Grey Worm moving forward in the final season? Judging by the Northerners immediate disdain for any individual who isn’t from the snow-covered region, race may not play as critical a role. Regardless, there’s no telling what will happen to some of our favorite characters (i.e. red wedding) over the course of the final five episodes but trust Black Twitter stays ready. Game of Thrones airs Sunday nights at 6/9 p.m. EST on HBO.
#DemThrones: The North Saw Black Folks For The First Time & Sent Black Twitter Into A Flurry Frenzy was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
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Folks in winterfell when they saw Missandei and Grey Worm pic.twitter.com/HAjRHXXSY0
— Wyatt (@Wyatt_006) April 15, 2019
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The townsfolk seeing Black people for the first time 😂 #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/jlKK6DyxoO
— Nicole Bad & Blerdy (@alamanecer) April 15, 2019
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Idk if the north were more shocked to see the dragons or black people lol. #DemThrones #gameofthrones
— Sylvia (@SylviaObell) April 15, 2019
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That 3C hair and shea butter threw them all the way off. 🤦🏾♀️
— Andrea P. Miller (@andreapmills) April 15, 2019
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missandei should've gotten a protective style before she went to the north #got #DemThrones
— Adria R. Walker (@adriawalkr) April 15, 2019
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Winterfell has never seen black people and they’re SHOOK #GameOfThrones
— The Root (@TheRoot) April 15, 2019
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missandei looking at grey worm: if they offer you tea, run.
— Ruoxi Chen (@jruoxichen) April 15, 2019
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The North when they saw Black people for the first time #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/vXl4IqfWsU
— SadéVision, Reporter (@SadeASpence) April 15, 2019
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Missandei looked at the folks in Winterfell like y’all really live like this? pic.twitter.com/4ChCYrVvI4
— The North Carolina Rattlesnake (@_Cebron) April 15, 2019
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The look Missandei and Grey Worm gave each other is how black people look at each other in public all the time 😂#GameofThrones #DemThrones #ThronesYall
— Jherry (@JherBearr) April 15, 2019