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Lowenna Waters
May 21, 2019
It's finally happened. Eight years of television has culminated in a single episode, and the whole Game of Thrones series has come to an end.
How would you sum up the eight-season series in just one tweet to someone who has never seen an episode of the smash-hit fantasy television show? When one Twitter user made the call-out, other social media users responded and some of the responses were perfect.
In a tweet, social psychologist, NYT bestselling author, and Harvard Business School lecturer Amy Cuddy said:
Can someone please explain the plot/story of the entire #GOT series in a single tweet?
Can someone please explain the plot/story of the entire #GOT series in a single tweet?— Amy Cuddy, PhD (@Amy Cuddy, PhD) 1558323866
If you asketh, Twitter shall provideth... or, something.
Anyway, social media users quickly got to work attempting to sum up the entire series in a single tweet, and the results ranged from informative to hilarious.
This is pretty succinct...
@amyjccuddy Lord of the Rings meets The Walking Dead meets Flowers in the Attic. With a lot of castration and burning people alive. The end.— Ashleigh Brothers (@Ashleigh Brothers) 1558388982
Musical Chairs! Yes, that's it.
@amyjccuddy A bit like musical chairs except if you miss out on a chair, it's ok to kill someone and take theirs.— Dave ⚓️ (@Dave ⚓️) 1558390746
Word.
@amyjccuddy Women never get exactly what they want no matter how hard they suffer, but the teenage boy who rolls hi… https://t.co/rmMau3uJkU— Dr. Sarah Pressman (@Dr. Sarah Pressman) 1558336435
Some got... creative.
Others even more so.
@amyjccuddy https://t.co/58mbrB8ymS— Fernando Danieletto (@Fernando Danieletto) 1558381664
Power corrupts. Deep stuff.
@knoxyouout @amyjccuddy Power corrupts even with the best intentions. Those that aren’t so corruptable don’t want p… https://t.co/z1PIztIjO4— Thomas Cunningham (@Thomas Cunningham) 1558395052
Winter is most definitely the worst month.
Power, ambition, and poor impulse control.
People with powerful ambition and poor impulse control explore the intersection of lust, greed, and fear. Lives an… https://t.co/xEsdfrhtmM— Ryan Alpert-Lowy (@Ryan Alpert-Lowy) 1558327761
Shakespeare, but different.
"Shakespeare, but with zombies, dragons, and an odd fixation with castration." https://t.co/BrKkf43ppD— Peter Wang (@Peter Wang) 1558330540
Let's be honest, the whole thing is pretty... craycray.
This is... interesting.
Fat man gets killed by a wild pig, and a little boy gets pushed out a window by a sister fucker, setting in motion… https://t.co/biYGSqytyY— KFC (@KFC) 1558410854
Oohh, we like how you think.
Man in chair gets better chair. https://t.co/Q40ph4Qzqc— AJ LoCascio 🦕 (@AJ LoCascio 🦕) 1558399773
Ouch, cutting.
Interesting storytelling from bestselling books is slowly ground to dust by television producers. https://t.co/3gBMgouHqM— Seamus Blackley (@Seamus Blackley) 1558385628
Another 'ambition and power' take. We're sensing a theme...
Ambition and power consume and destroy. The saviors are the broken ones. https://t.co/eTRLK90V2u— John Dickerson (@John Dickerson) 1558380416
Boobs. Lots of boobs.
Think Lord of the Rings. But then think Peter Stringfellow.
Lord of The Rings, but written by Peter Stringfellow https://t.co/0pgq51H9gJ— Russ Jones (@Russ Jones) 1558380807
That's that, then! Bye bye Game of Thrones. What on earth are we going to do on a Monday evening, now?
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