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Rose Leslie Avoids Season 8 Spoilers from Kit Harington; Sophie Turner Plans...
Rose Leslie and Kit Harington at the Los Angeles premiere of Season 7 of “Game of Thrones.” You know nothing…Ygritte? It doesn’t quite roll off the tongue — and sounds like the kind of joke that would...
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The Royal Rumble: Ranking the Kings and Queens of Game of Thrones
When people talk about Game of Thrones, they often leave off the “s” in thrones. They think only of the Iron Throne in King’s Landing, the King of the Andals, Rhoynar, and First Men, Lord of the Seven...
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Sean Bean solves the mystery of Ned’s final words, makes his pick for who...
It remains one of the most iconic scenes from ‘Game of Thrones’: the shocking death of Ned Stark. It was the moment that shook Game of Thrones viewers to the core: the Season 1 beheading of Ned Stark...
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From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: The Blood of the Dragon
Through seven seasons, Game of Thrones has boasted a huge ensemble cast of memorable characters, and though many of them are fan favorites or integral to the plot, the most important of them all (the...
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The Curious Nature of Love on Game of Thrones – A Video Essay
Interpersonal bonds tend to be, uh, fraught on Game of Thrones, to say the least. In a show famous for its complexity and brutality, we’ve watched plenty of (fairly) conventional relationships break...
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House Targaryen of Valyria and Westeros
Aegon riding Balerion, in The World of Ice and Fire. Artwork by Jordi Gonzalez Fire and blood, the blood of Old Valyria, the three heads of the dragon. In Westeros, the Targaryens are the pinnacle of...
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Alan Taylor and Jeremy Podeswa chat about the dragon deaths, tumbling walls...
Veteran Game of Thrones directors Jeremy Podeswa and Alan Taylor spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about their experience bringing certain key moments of season seven to life. The first major upset of...
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Game of Thrones Weekend Round-up: Road to the 2018 Emmys
The road to the Emmys and the looming denouement of our favorite show brings us a slate of new Game of Thrones interviews this weekend. With 22 nominations comes more campaigning and more interviews...
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Ommegang Brewery names its final beer for Jon Snow, King in the North
Ommegang Brewery has announced that the fourth and final beer in their Royal Reserve Collection will launch this November with an appropriately wintery name: King in the North! The beer is a...
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Peter Dinklage sheds light on Tyrion’s feelings about Jon and Daenerys’ romance
If you were worried that you’d have to wait until season 8 to learn what was behind Tyrion’s reaction to Jon and Daenerys’ eh … boat rocking, then you’ll be glad to know that Peter Dinklage discussed...
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#HairWatch2 is underway, and Kit Harington says the ending of ‘Thrones’ won’t...
Hard to imagine Kit Harington (Jon Snow) without his signature locks and beard. Remember the frenzy that was #HairWatch, when we were all scouring the internet daily to see if Kit Harington had cut his...
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Enter the Beyond the Wall Giveaway to Win 2 Game of Thrones Pop Figures!
Welcome to the latest Watchers on the Wall Giveaway, which we’re throwing because…well, why not! For this week’s giveaway, we’ll be giving away to one lucky reader a Funko Pop!Vinyl pair of Northern...
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Ghost will return in Season 8, promises Game of Thrones VFX supervisor
Man’s best friend indeed! A beloved character not seen since season six is returning for season eight! While there was no way to choose a header photo for this story that didn’t immediately give it...
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Kit Harington ditches part of Jon Snow’s signature look!
Farewell to a great supporting cast member: Jon Snow’s beard. We’ve reported for months now on production for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones coming to an end, from filming winding down...
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Looking Forward, Game of Thrones Season 8 Part 1: My Theory is Better Than Yours
Actually, it’s not. I just wanted to piss somebody off with the title. Ohhhhh yeah… the Watchers have allowed Oz, the Court Jester (a.k.a. the Village Idiot, the Royal Fool, the Wall Nut,) back onto...
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The first official photo from Game of Thrones Season 8 has been revealed!
The next issue of Entertainment Weekly will offer a first look at the final season of Game of Thrones, which means the just released cover is the first official season eight photo! The cover feels...
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Jon Snow, the reluctant leader archetype, & why he shouldn’t be king – a...
In my latest video essay, I discuss how Jon Snow fits the archetypal role of “Reluctant Leader”… and how that’s precisely why I don’t want him to end up on the Iron Throne in the series finale....
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Political Update: Westeros
“If we don’t put aside our enmities and band together, we will die. And then it doesn’t matter whose skeleton sits on the Iron Throne.” During Jon Snow’s shaky introduction to Daenerys Targaryen in...
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What is plot armor and is it really a problem? – a video essay
Within the Game of Thrones fandom, the term “plot armor” has popped up a time or two in discussions surrounding some of the less positively received action sequences of recent seasons. But is plot...
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The Happy New Year House Stark Giveaway!
Happy New Year, all you Game of Thrones Watchers out there! To kick off the exciting year ahead of us (is it April yet?), it’s time for another GoT giveaway. This one celebrates the central family of...
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