'Game of Thrones' left the internet speechless with tonight's dragon drama

Such a wide range of emotions (and Will Ferrell gifs)
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Peter Allen Clark
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Spoilers are below. About Game of Thrones. That show you watch. Spoilers for that are below.

Tonight's episode, "Beyond the Wall" gave some real sh*t to Game of Thrones' dragons.

The final scenes, in which Dany literally swoops in on Drogon, flanked by her other dragon Viserion, rescues the GAG-nificent seven as they are backed into a corner by the white walker horde. While she was the undoubted hero, Jon Snow's bewildering detour from getting on Drogon caused some real pain to inflict the mother of dragons.

Some people saw it coming. Some people freaked out as it happened. Most people reacted on Twitter.

So let's see how the drama unfolded.

It started with people retweeting this ominous thought...

And then there's the wind up

And poor Viserion fell under the weight of the Night King's javelin

(People used a lot of Will Ferrell gifs)

Many rightfully compared it to the terrible ending of Titanic.

And then, the unthinkable...

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Peter Allen Clark

I have done neat stuff all over these United States from sailing lessons on the Puget Sound to motorcycle maintenance on the backroads of upstate New York. My professional experience extends from newspaper reporting in the mountains of Eastern Oregon to fixing espresso machines throughout Kentucky. I also have kept a cat alive for 10 years.

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