**Warning: major spoilers for Game of Thrones series eight episode five ahead. Don't say we didn't warn you.**
The penultimate Game of Thrones episode was by all accounts one of the most relentless and brutal ever seen on the show.
But once Daenerys had finished turning Kings Landing into [insert any classical depiction of hell], viewers were granted a rare moment of serenity.
As a battered and ash-covered Arya Stark made her way through deserted streets she was greeted by a white horse.
Director Michael Sapochnik dedicated a fairly lengthy scene to the meeting – and the internet has some wild theories.
Things got deep...
...and then even deeper with some added religious intensity...
The white horse that Arya rides is an allusion to the Book of Revelations in the Bible: "And I looked, and behold,… https://t.co/lL0TJfcnsE— Anthony Degliomini (@Anthony Degliomini) 1557762603
Which many thought was probably bad news for Daenerys.
With Arya being spirited away by an ethereal horse, I’m hoping this means she’ll be living on to slay another seemi… https://t.co/T7EJdO1IBn— leigh cags (@leigh cags) 1557714242
There was even talk of Bran starting a multinational corporation.
While others thought it meant Sean Bean had grown hooves.
That horse is there because I swear it’s her father’s way of telling her to get out of the city. #GameOfThrones https://t.co/3C2FpSe2wI— Charlotte (@Charlotte) 1557714011
@believeinky *episode haha but someone tell me I'm not imagining it https://t.co/WIGB99kIsg— climate cry sis (@climate cry sis) 1557774041
Some were more bizarre:
@POPSUGAR The horse is the Starbucks cup.— Liz Climo (@Liz Climo) 1557762715
@Steph_Estrada @thronesfacts https://t.co/aOZEwstAnp— Leila (@Leila) 1557758243
But that didn't stop fans from scrambling to find out Emilia Clarke's eye colour
me trying to figure out if #Daenerys has green eyes because i swore they were blue #GameofThrones https://t.co/zoh2ICAeVK— Talking Tv Trash (@Talking Tv Trash) 1557720339
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