'Game of Thrones' fans were stunned by the biggest death of the series
Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3.
Game of Thrones fans around the world were stunned at the end of the Battle for Winterfell.
The entirety of Episode 3, Season 8 of Game of Thrones had a tremendous amount of tension, beautifully built up through nearly 80 minutes of battle scenes and beloved characters fighting for their lives. All of that tension released in the last 10 minutes of the episode as Arya Stark stabbed the Night King and ended the onslaught of undeath on Winterfell.
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While there was plenty of death at the Battle of Winterfell, including the heartwrenching demise of Theon, Beric, and the heroic Lady Mormont, the most impactful demise of the season, if not the series, was that of the Night King.
At the moment that Arya stabbed the Night King to end the war, bringing the undead to their death, there was a feeling of release, like everything might not actually be as awful as it seems. The internet responded in kind.
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How could you not be an Arya fan right now?
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There was a moment, when Arya leapt through the air and the Night King grabbed her, that it seemed like she was at her end.
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But she did it, she dropped the Valyrian steel dagger to her other hand and planted it right into the Night King's chest, shattering him into ice dust. And the rest of the army followed in his footsteps as White Walkers around Winterfell burst into snowflakes and the undead army collapsed.
It was emotional, to say the least.
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Sometimes all you can do is scream when something like this happens.
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Of course, people haven't forgotten about Cersei, who's waiting patiently in King's Landing for her chance to strike.
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She is on Arya's kill list though...
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