There are two types of people in this world: those who are tuning in to watch the first episode of the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” tonight, and those who inexplicably feel the need to inform everyone that they won’t be watching.
You can place us solidly in the former group. Following tonight’s season-eight premiere, we’ll be posting a recap and review of the show here at Triblive.com, but for now, let’s scour the Twitterverse and see how fans are preparing…
Winter is literally coming to Chicago, with snow in today’s forecast for the Midwest city. One fan posted this beautiful piece of fan art showing the Night King riding his dead horse with zombie dragon Viserion in his wake.
GOT fans: WINTER IS HERE!! ??⚔️
— Giovanni Antonio (@GioLogicParadox) April 14, 2019
Chicago: HOLD MY BEER....❄️?❄️?
Happy Game of Thrones premiere day!!! The weather is fittingly anticlimactic, I’ll forgive it just this once. #ForTheThrone #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/wbo1340TFw
This sums up our feelings pretty well.
We have waited 636 days for today.. #WinterIsHere #ForTheThrone #GoTS8 pic.twitter.com/9ia8aLWc2i
— Right After Thrones (@RightAfterGoT) April 14, 2019
One clever Photoshopper reunited “House Stark” in the most hilarious way possible.
The starks are ready for winer tonight @GameOfThrones #ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/XxWjtiEpHO
— United!! (@Dam_horla_) April 13, 2019
Alright, Masters tournament…. we see what you did there…
Amen Corner through Saturday:
— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 13, 2019
180 birdies
13 eagles
0 dragons#TheMasters#ForTheThrone#EpicSundays pic.twitter.com/QwuOMFwtuU
Then there was that time Arby’s made a dragon out of sandwich boxes.
We'd make a dragon out of our sandwich boxes #ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/7emDmYmWeg
— Arby's (@Arbys) April 14, 2019
One fan had a cheeky take on the first meeting between Bran Stark and the man who put him in a wheelchair back in the very first episode of the series, Ser Jaime Lannister.
When Bran and Jaime finally see each other again... #forthethrone pic.twitter.com/DCbRStbIk9
— Bhaleesi (@SimplySandraG) April 14, 2019
A homemade intro using acoustic guitar and Funko Pop characters? Count us in.
Low budget Game of Thrones Preview by yours truly ??? using pops #GameofThronesSeason8 #ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/yzkJV7KTX9
— Dillmer Rabino (LPT) (@DilzTheLegend) April 13, 2019
And finally, a beautiful and terrifying piece of fan art with a quote from the show that could almost be the series’ thesis statement.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."#GameofThrones#ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/33dtk76teh
— Yusuf Alasmi (@y_alasmi) April 13, 2019
And all of this doesn’t even include the “Bar of Thrones” in Downtown Pittsburgh, complete with its own weirwood tree!
“Game of Thrones” final season premieres at 9 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
