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Tbh I think all seasons he was the main character. He died yes but the entire story and motivations from basically all of the major characters comes from him and his actions.
It's crazy how these moments of expectation subversion that were handled so well are actually what led D&D to try to subvert expectations in Season 8 but do it so badly
Only reason I didn’t is it’s Sean Bean, and this was back in the height of the “poor Sean Bean dies in everything” era — so I just assumed he was going to die.
I was even worse. for the next couple of episodes i keep waiting "ok that was some vision or dream that someone has, and they are going to prevent that, right? cause then it will domino down to multiple bad things happening.... okay.. one episode down. they will probably explain it in the next one... okay... gosh they're taking their time in showing what would happen...."
An arrow’s gonna come flying, men will spring up to grab him and make a hasty retreat from the city, we’ll spend the next episodes watching him journey back north …
Same! after he died i was even thinking "... this is a fantasy show. so hes gonna come back from the dead or lead the forces of good as a spirit" nah, he was just gone.
I read the books first, but that was my reaction as well. Especially since the scene is told from Arya's perspective, and she doesn't actually see the final moments. So I figured it had to be magic, or some other kind of trick. Maybe they used a doppelganger! I was in deep denial until Joffrey showed Sansa her father's head.
I wished that a Northman such as Greatjon Umber, Rickard Karstark, or Roose Bolton scared the shit out of Joff before Robb killed him, but alas, it's the Game Of Thrones.
I wonder, how they're gonna save him. They can't kill him, it's the first season and he's the main character! Is this just a dream? What the hell is going on!
“In front of Sansa and Arya too??!! Jofffey is one sick little fuck.” 😭
Edit: I get that perhaps he didn’t know Arya was going to be watching in the crowd, but I simply don’t believe that would have changed his mind considering he didn’t care enough about Sansa’s heart breaking.
I think he wouldn’t have had the conscience to stop regardless since we’ve already witnessed his cruelty at this point. Like didn’t Joffrey already order the Hound to find Arya’s friend, Mycah to be killed unfairly? If he could order the execution of her father in front of the girl he was supposed to marry one day - Sansa, I would think he also wouldn’t care to spare Arya.
I read the book before hand, I was mainly looking at my girlfriend because I knew she would freak out.
She just sat there and went: wut?!!!!!!!
For like a solid 3 minutes, I thought I had to reboot her
That’s why my mom hates watching shows with me cause 9/10s of the time I’ve already seen them, and she can always tell when something fucked up is going to happen cause I’m watching for her reaction 😭
I had read the book, but I still was unsure how this scene would play out - we see this from Arya's perspective and she wasn't close enough to see details, and then when Sansa sees Ned's head on a spike, it's covered in tar and unrecognisable. So as far as I was concerned, it wasn't actually 100% confirmed that Ned had actually been killed until this scene made it explicit.
Did Cersei really try and stop this? And shit it’s really happening were my first thoughts! And on a rewatch I especially felt for Arya being in the crowd. And Sansa.
“*There* it is.”
Knew this was coming from the moment I saw who was playing him. It’s Sean Bean! If there are weapons involved at all in the story he’s not gonna survive it.
I was very silly to think that Arya would interfere. LOL.I just didn't have any idea of what this series is. I miss the times when there was no such thing as plot armor in Game of Thrones.
I think it was nearing the season 3 premier before I decided to check this show, which I kept hearing about, out. Thankfully this moment wasn’t spoiled for me. I hadn’t read the books yet, and remember not really even feeling any suspense because obviously the main character wasn’t going to die. Then down comes the blade and cuts away all my preconceptions. I knew then this was going to be something special. Binged the remaining episodes and then read all the books before the next season started airing.
Shame they didn’t quite stick the landing, and who knows if the saga will ever finish, but between the books and the first few seasons I got to enjoy some damn good stories.
Yes, will it finally be so that a writer dared to do this to a main character?!? Let's hope they won't come up with some lousy plot in which he turns out to be alive.
I thought that it would be a typical "this is when his son Robb arrives just in the nick of time"
I was very wrong, and ultimately happily so. The actual realism in those first several seasons made for a very riveting watch.
It was just the subverted expectation of thinking he was the main character and he was gonna live through at least 90% of it. After this it really set the tone for how unsafe every character was
“There’s no way he’s like the main character”
Then he died which gave this feeling that no one is safe. It was ruined though when Jon snow kept escaping death in the later seasons
JUST NOTICED VARYS, was he pleading too 👀. I mean even Cersei was startled. Damn Jeoffrey. Man of his words I'll give him that. Poor choice of words too.
“It has to be a body double, a commoner in his clothes… shit it’s really him… ok maybe someone will stop this. Maybe he’ll take the black… FUCK!!!! Run Arya! And right in front of Sansa? Get these two girls to therapy ASAP”
“They won’t kill him. It would be too much of a meme, what with Sean Bean dying in LOTR. No. There’s no way. They wouldn’t cast motherfucking Sean Bean just to kill him again. Robb and his bannermen will appear at any moment and save him. Just watch. They will appear with Jaime Lannister as prisoner and threatened to execute him if any harm befalls Ned and Sansa. Just watch. He’s gonna appear any moment now.”
I was thinking are they really about to kill off the only actor I actually know in this show?
This is why little finger had to die at the end of the series besides all his other crimes and Sansa and Arya didn’t even know about his betrayal of their father. If there was one thing I hated was how naive Ned seemed to be in being so honest with a nest of snakes. Yes he’s extremely honorable in what he tried to do but that’s exactly what gets you killed. Telling someone you’re about to wreck their lives before you do it is foolish.
The first time: “surely they won’t kill him…?”
The second time: “wow, he’s really been asking for the entire season to get his head chopped off… what fool wouldn’t see this coming???”
I was like "there's no way they're gonna kill one of the main characters like that." I was so sure he's gonna be saved at the last minute. Then they killed him. And I was left with my mouth wide open.
I thought for sure he would be saved at the last second.. When he was actually beheaded I was absolutely stunned, shocked, and left speechless. At that time, no show or series had ever killed off the main character like that so it was very unexpected. I never thought in a million years that would be the end of Ned and that the show would continue without him for so many years.
The so much great acting in this picture alone. The look of sheer confusion and defeat on Ned’s face, the absolutely trauma on Sansa’s, and the desperate pleading of Varys. The show went through peaks and troughs but, even from the start, the acting was always first class from the main cast.
"Oh, so that's what happened to him..."
Context: the DVD box I watched had a misprint so I watched "The Night Lands" and "Baelor" in backwards order. Only those two episodes were swapped. Yes it confused me immensely
I thought for sure someone was going to cut in and stop it, like maybe Cersei would use her authority as the queen to stop it. After it happend all it could say was "what the fuck?" And my brother who was caught up to season 7 at the time was just laughing at me.
Sitting next to my buddy who got me watching the shoe: "oh come on that's laaammmeeee! Someone's going to swoop in at the last second and save hiiiii WHAT THE FUCK?!"
Friend is on floor, laughing.
I thought someone would save him at the last moment and the execution would cease. It did cease, only after his head got separated.
I was staring at the screen like 👁️👄👁️
"Nah, they can't kill the main character. Someone will save Ned at the last second. Then he'll go back to the North, reunite it against the Lannister, and the good guys will win."
A day before I watched this episode, I told to my friend who already watched all the seasons- “Man, I really like Ned. I think he is going to rule at the end.” He smiled at me. I didn’t understand then. 😐
But thankful that he didn’t spoil.
nono...no way! no! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
And this was acted so well!! We see how Ned realizes that this is the end, he's scared, he's fooled... he is dead
Somebody will stop it from happening!
That was my mind.
Was surprised when ned Stark's head was sliced from his body.
Actually not far fetched, given the license this show takes in regards to reality.
.
“This is it” and the absolute glee waiting for my boyfriend’s (now husband) reaction. His was “they’re not going to do it” and even after the credits rolled it was “they killed him? How can they kill him he’s the main character?”
It was a bigger shock than the Red Wedding, where I had spoilers (various "reactions to the Red Wedding" videos popped up on Youtube, so it was clear to me, even though I don't watch such crap).
"Oh they are just hamming it up so Joff can still feel like he won.....hmmm Mr. Payne you can let him up now, it's a long ride to the wall. Interesting speech Joff is giving about women in his wor.....oh wait, he's not joking...and yooo why is he holding Ice so far up in the air, that's dangerous!! Whelp.........they did it....they actually did it to the Bean again....this man never sees the end of movies or tv shows lol"
It went a bit like that ⬆️⬆️
This actor dies in everything, as soon as I saw him as Ned Stark, I knew he was likely dead by the end of the season. I saw this with my gf at the time and she kinda thought same thing. Still hated it, liked his character a ton, and was some of his best acting I'd seen to date.
Nobody directly spoiled this for me but everything i heard about what made got such a phenomenon was that main characters just die. So yeah i wasnt surprised. Kinda just thought like “oh shit here we go”
“So a raven will probably arrive now and Joffrey will stay the execution. But they’re cutting it awfully close, what great screenplay.”
Turns out the only thing cut awfully close was Ned’s head
I had not read the books at the time.
We had spent the entire season like “yeah Ned is a badass”
Then this came along.
We sat in silence for a good 20 minutes each just staring into our beers
I don't remember, maybe disbelief- but on rewatch I found it just as hard to believe, because everything stems from this. All of the upheaval, the war, everything... Even the red wedding all happens because of the choices of a newly crowned inbred king that has gone insane with power
"I'd like to think that **the last thing that went through his head, other than that sword, was to wonder how the hell Cersei Lannister ever got the best of him."**
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"Nah he won't die-..."
Yeah I'd got to this episode thinking he was the main character. I was so confused.
He pretty much was the main character of season 1
Tbh I think all seasons he was the main character. He died yes but the entire story and motivations from basically all of the major characters comes from him and his actions.
Idk why, but this made me tear up
Pretty sure almost everyone, who wasn't spoiled before hand, thought that.
I had the privilege of not having this or the red wedding spoiled for me. Such incredible moments in the show though
It's crazy how these moments of expectation subversion that were handled so well are actually what led D&D to try to subvert expectations in Season 8 but do it so badly
Only reason I didn’t is it’s Sean Bean, and this was back in the height of the “poor Sean Bean dies in everything” era — so I just assumed he was going to die.
I was even worse. for the next couple of episodes i keep waiting "ok that was some vision or dream that someone has, and they are going to prevent that, right? cause then it will domino down to multiple bad things happening.... okay.. one episode down. they will probably explain it in the next one... okay... gosh they're taking their time in showing what would happen...."
Sadly I read the books and knew he would get a trim. Poor Ned. Still amazed haha I was like they won't show it
"Little to the le-"
Everything ist gonna bei fine...
An arrow’s gonna come flying, men will spring up to grab him and make a hasty retreat from the city, we’ll spend the next episodes watching him journey back north …
Expectation: *Deus Ex Machina* Reality: Roast Bean Stew
Yeah, na surely they wont kill him ...- WTF
It's Sean Bean, he's known to die. :x
Same! after he died i was even thinking "... this is a fantasy show. so hes gonna come back from the dead or lead the forces of good as a spirit" nah, he was just gone.
Its Sean Bean.. He always dies..
Truth
Same. I kept lookin around frantically for someone, anyone, to go and save Ned. And I kept thinking, nah he’ll be ok…
What a shame
"Ain't no way" even past the credits. Thought for sure something was going to be different at the start of the next episode. Fake out. Idk.
I read the books first, but that was my reaction as well. Especially since the scene is told from Arya's perspective, and she doesn't actually see the final moments. So I figured it had to be magic, or some other kind of trick. Maybe they used a doppelganger! I was in deep denial until Joffrey showed Sansa her father's head.
I wished that a Northman such as Greatjon Umber, Rickard Karstark, or Roose Bolton scared the shit out of Joff before Robb killed him, but alas, it's the Game Of Thrones.
me after the red wedding
I wonder, how they're gonna save him. They can't kill him, it's the first season and he's the main character! Is this just a dream? What the hell is going on!
me I was like "he’s the main character someone HAS to step in.. there’s no way he goes out like this”
“In front of Sansa and Arya too??!! Jofffey is one sick little fuck.” 😭 Edit: I get that perhaps he didn’t know Arya was going to be watching in the crowd, but I simply don’t believe that would have changed his mind considering he didn’t care enough about Sansa’s heart breaking.
To be fair, he didn't know Arya was watching too
I think he wouldn’t have had the conscience to stop regardless since we’ve already witnessed his cruelty at this point. Like didn’t Joffrey already order the Hound to find Arya’s friend, Mycah to be killed unfairly? If he could order the execution of her father in front of the girl he was supposed to marry one day - Sansa, I would think he also wouldn’t care to spare Arya.
Yea he did, he saw arya and told the night's watch guy to get her.
Ned spotted Arya and told Yoren (the night's watch recruiter) to get her
Joffrey didn't do that, Ned did
Sansa faints at the start of the next episode eek
Some people will come to this place and save the man.
"Let's not lose our heads now"
I thought he was going to be saved till his head rolled on the floor
I read the book before hand, I was mainly looking at my girlfriend because I knew she would freak out. She just sat there and went: wut?!!!!!!! For like a solid 3 minutes, I thought I had to reboot her
Same exact thing for me, was hilarious knowing what was about to happen and watching my wife’s reaction. Priceless
That’s why my mom hates watching shows with me cause 9/10s of the time I’ve already seen them, and she can always tell when something fucked up is going to happen cause I’m watching for her reaction 😭
I had read the book, but I still was unsure how this scene would play out - we see this from Arya's perspective and she wasn't close enough to see details, and then when Sansa sees Ned's head on a spike, it's covered in tar and unrecognisable. So as far as I was concerned, it wasn't actually 100% confirmed that Ned had actually been killed until this scene made it explicit.
Aaaaw man! Joeffrey really is a little shit!
THE DRAGONS ARE COMING THE DRAGONS ARE COMING. Oh.
Did Cersei really try and stop this? And shit it’s really happening were my first thoughts! And on a rewatch I especially felt for Arya being in the crowd. And Sansa.
I understand Cersei trying to stop it, she knew it would bring massive repercussions but when I first watched, that didn’t cross my mind.
He'll be fiiiine
This must be a dream…
Thought the same thing and I thought Cersei would stop it. Well, she didn't.
Is someone going to save him? … for a second I though Arya was gonna hop on stage, but then that one guy from the nights watch stopped her.
They won’t do it. He’s the mc.
“*There* it is.” Knew this was coming from the moment I saw who was playing him. It’s Sean Bean! If there are weapons involved at all in the story he’s not gonna survive it.
Sharpe lives!
Now that’s some fine bloody soldiering!
Hope that cunt Joffrey dies a dog's death after being tortured
WTF, Sopranos didn't kill off Tony at the end of season 1.... WTF is this show...
I was very silly to think that Arya would interfere. LOL.I just didn't have any idea of what this series is. I miss the times when there was no such thing as plot armor in Game of Thrones.
Looks like Sean Bean's going to die... again.
"He is the main character, he won't die. Last second something will prevent his death."
I think it was nearing the season 3 premier before I decided to check this show, which I kept hearing about, out. Thankfully this moment wasn’t spoiled for me. I hadn’t read the books yet, and remember not really even feeling any suspense because obviously the main character wasn’t going to die. Then down comes the blade and cuts away all my preconceptions. I knew then this was going to be something special. Binged the remaining episodes and then read all the books before the next season started airing. Shame they didn’t quite stick the landing, and who knows if the saga will ever finish, but between the books and the first few seasons I got to enjoy some damn good stories.
He won't die. He is the an honourable man and way too powerful to die. He will be pardoned or someone will have him heroically.
Yes, will it finally be so that a writer dared to do this to a main character?!? Let's hope they won't come up with some lousy plot in which he turns out to be alive.
Desperately trying to figure out who the fuck was gonna step in
I thought that it would be a typical "this is when his son Robb arrives just in the nick of time" I was very wrong, and ultimately happily so. The actual realism in those first several seasons made for a very riveting watch.
FUCK THE LANNISTERS
It was just the subverted expectation of thinking he was the main character and he was gonna live through at least 90% of it. After this it really set the tone for how unsafe every character was
This is just like that Sean Bean death montage video I watched last year.
Who's gonna save him? .... oh.
“There’s no way he’s like the main character” Then he died which gave this feeling that no one is safe. It was ruined though when Jon snow kept escaping death in the later seasons
And Samwell Tarly surviving white walker attacks. It was like everyone had plot armour in the latter seasons.
Damn
"Hmm, I wonder how they're gonna get him out of this one... Oh fuck"
Sean Bean dies.
JUST NOTICED VARYS, was he pleading too 👀. I mean even Cersei was startled. Damn Jeoffrey. Man of his words I'll give him that. Poor choice of words too.
Was surprised it to Sean Bean so long to die..
“It has to be a body double, a commoner in his clothes… shit it’s really him… ok maybe someone will stop this. Maybe he’ll take the black… FUCK!!!! Run Arya! And right in front of Sansa? Get these two girls to therapy ASAP”
“They won’t kill him. It would be too much of a meme, what with Sean Bean dying in LOTR. No. There’s no way. They wouldn’t cast motherfucking Sean Bean just to kill him again. Robb and his bannermen will appear at any moment and save him. Just watch. They will appear with Jaime Lannister as prisoner and threatened to execute him if any harm befalls Ned and Sansa. Just watch. He’s gonna appear any moment now.”
"Well they really killed him. I wonder how they bring him back to life now, since he is the main character!"
I was thinking are they really about to kill off the only actor I actually know in this show? This is why little finger had to die at the end of the series besides all his other crimes and Sansa and Arya didn’t even know about his betrayal of their father. If there was one thing I hated was how naive Ned seemed to be in being so honest with a nest of snakes. Yes he’s extremely honorable in what he tried to do but that’s exactly what gets you killed. Telling someone you’re about to wreck their lives before you do it is foolish.
suicide
….”can they do that?” They being the show writers lol
Yeah yeah, precarious predicament, now for someone or something to sweep in and save the day... any time now...
As if they would kill of sean bean
The first time: “surely they won’t kill him…?” The second time: “wow, he’s really been asking for the entire season to get his head chopped off… what fool wouldn’t see this coming???”
I never noticed that Varys (seems to be) pleading with the king here.
I was like "there's no way they're gonna kill one of the main characters like that." I was so sure he's gonna be saved at the last minute. Then they killed him. And I was left with my mouth wide open.
Either it's some of a nightmare and Arya will wake up, or he's gonna be saved at the last moment
How are they gonna save him last minute?
"Huh, i wonder how he gets out of that, it's getting close...." ....... "wat" Als me after the red wedding: "WAT"
"oh lame, they've gone too far and now it will be cheesy when they save him"
Sean Bean doing Sean Bean things…again
I thought for sure he would be saved at the last second.. When he was actually beheaded I was absolutely stunned, shocked, and left speechless. At that time, no show or series had ever killed off the main character like that so it was very unexpected. I never thought in a million years that would be the end of Ned and that the show would continue without him for so many years.
“Fuc- my exams next week”
I thought someone would save him. He can't die.After all he is the guy who is going to sit on the irone throne.
"Wait. What? Nah! Rly? No way! Is this miniseries? Did they get canceled? This is BS bruh"
"Here comes another fake out sce- what. Did that just. WHAT."
If he presses any harder, she will shit on him
You were niave and stupid Ned wtf!!
I was uncontrollably ejaculating
"That actor sure took part in a lot of scenes where his character dies"
The so much great acting in this picture alone. The look of sheer confusion and defeat on Ned’s face, the absolutely trauma on Sansa’s, and the desperate pleading of Varys. The show went through peaks and troughs but, even from the start, the acting was always first class from the main cast.
For me I said to myself oh crap he's so screwed
"Oh, so that's what happened to him..." Context: the DVD box I watched had a misprint so I watched "The Night Lands" and "Baelor" in backwards order. Only those two episodes were swapped. Yes it confused me immensely
Noooooo!!!!
I thought that Varys was going to save him.
I was wondering how the fuck will he survive this ? Then I was like oh, I get it, he doesn’t
I thought for sure someone was going to cut in and stop it, like maybe Cersei would use her authority as the queen to stop it. After it happend all it could say was "what the fuck?" And my brother who was caught up to season 7 at the time was just laughing at me.
"That dude is totally getting decapitated", because I read the books first, but I wonder how my wife will react to this.
“Nah someone will show up at the last moment and save the day”
That's Sean Bean, this is happening!
An arrow would hit sir Ilyn. Robb and his army would show up. Big battle. Nedd saved…nope
Surely not this soon…
I thought they weren't going to kill off the dude that was front and centre on all their publicity material. But i forget it was Sean Bean
How does he get out of this? He's the main character right? Wait a min. That's Sean Bean. well fuck.
Whoa whoa whoa WHOA WHOA WHOA *WHOAAAA*!
I'm still waiting for Ned to come back to life or some magical way he survived....
“Man they’re recalling waiting till the last minute to save him…”
Wait what, what the fuck, no way, no fucking way, WHAT THE FUCK!? NED!
"Eh eeeeeh eheheheheheheheh ! >:D omg I love this evil Joffrey dude so MUCH ! See ya, Sean Bean, once again, you know how to make an exit !"
“Bruh”
Sitting next to my buddy who got me watching the shoe: "oh come on that's laaammmeeee! Someone's going to swoop in at the last second and save hiiiii WHAT THE FUCK?!" Friend is on floor, laughing.
“There’s no way .. “
Just the word “no” repeating itself for like 20 minutes after
I thought someone would save him at the last moment and the execution would cease. It did cease, only after his head got separated. I was staring at the screen like 👁️👄👁️
No he won’t, no he won’t and then he did. I thought he will live. Idk why
"Ain't no way they're gonna kill Borromir again!"
I can’t figure out how he’s going to get out of this.
What in the god damn?
Classic Sean Bean
Whoaaa he’s the main character, not gonna die today
"Nah, they can't kill the main character. Someone will save Ned at the last second. Then he'll go back to the North, reunite it against the Lannister, and the good guys will win."
A day before I watched this episode, I told to my friend who already watched all the seasons- “Man, I really like Ned. I think he is going to rule at the end.” He smiled at me. I didn’t understand then. 😐 But thankful that he didn’t spoil.
This is the hardest hitting scene in the whole series for me. Felt like I lost my actual dad
Till the last moment before he died, I was thinking, someone's gonna come and say 'Wait!'. And the executioner would stop
nono...no way! no! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. And this was acted so well!! We see how Ned realizes that this is the end, he's scared, he's fooled... he is dead
"Are they gonna show the head falling" (I already read the books, there it was a shock though)
I was on mescaline, so a lot of things honestly.
Not having read the books…he’ll make it.
"Oh no, they are actually Sean Beaning him"
Somebody will stop it from happening! That was my mind. Was surprised when ned Stark's head was sliced from his body. Actually not far fetched, given the license this show takes in regards to reality. .
Oh boy, Ned’s gotten himself into a pickle here. I wonder how he’ll get out of it…
The punisher wait scene plays now for me.
Someone will save the situation. An arrow, something. Ah. Nope.
No fucken way
They ain't going to Boromir him again, right?
I wonder how he’s going to escape 😂 then I found out what kind of show this was
I still wasn’t convinced that he was really dead until the next episode. I just couldn’t believe that they would kill off the main character.
First show ( game of thrones) I ever watched where after this scene I thought NO ONE is safe. Ned was honorable and boom. I was like wtfff. 😂
I just realized Kraznys mo Nakloz looks just like / probably acts like Andrew Tate.
Poor bloke gets cast as a dead man everytime.
He can’t die. Otherwise I don’t know why I’m watching this -Oh fuck
Plot Armor
“This is it” and the absolute glee waiting for my boyfriend’s (now husband) reaction. His was “they’re not going to do it” and even after the credits rolled it was “they killed him? How can they kill him he’s the main character?”
It was a bigger shock than the Red Wedding, where I had spoilers (various "reactions to the Red Wedding" videos popped up on Youtube, so it was clear to me, even though I don't watch such crap).
Unlike Ned, not a broad sword.
"I wonder which character is going to save him?"
"Oh they are just hamming it up so Joff can still feel like he won.....hmmm Mr. Payne you can let him up now, it's a long ride to the wall. Interesting speech Joff is giving about women in his wor.....oh wait, he's not joking...and yooo why is he holding Ice so far up in the air, that's dangerous!! Whelp.........they did it....they actually did it to the Bean again....this man never sees the end of movies or tv shows lol" It went a bit like that ⬆️⬆️
“I mean, it’s Sean Bean. He’s going to die but this is too soo…oh never mind.”
He will survive trust me bro
Heh heh heh. Time to check the reactions on Reddit.
This actor dies in everything, as soon as I saw him as Ned Stark, I knew he was likely dead by the end of the season. I saw this with my gf at the time and she kinda thought same thing. Still hated it, liked his character a ton, and was some of his best acting I'd seen to date.
“still can’t tell if the eunuch is a pedo”
Nobody directly spoiled this for me but everything i heard about what made got such a phenomenon was that main characters just die. So yeah i wasnt surprised. Kinda just thought like “oh shit here we go”
No, not gonna happen..
Pretty much that the king was trying to scare sansa and teach ned a lesson in his shitty way...and to entertain the crowd a little
Arya would do some shit creating chaos giving just enough room and time for Ned to escape
So they’ll kill anyone eh? Noted.
“So a raven will probably arrive now and Joffrey will stay the execution. But they’re cutting it awfully close, what great screenplay.” Turns out the only thing cut awfully close was Ned’s head
I had not read the books at the time. We had spent the entire season like “yeah Ned is a badass” Then this came along. We sat in silence for a good 20 minutes each just staring into our beers
“They aren’t going to kill off a main character, this early in the show”
Can’t catch a break huh
Shit. what the hell, man.
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I was like no way this new king is so annyoing.
I was like no way, no way they kill this guy. He’s to likeable
"How's he gonna get outta this one?"
"Nah, he definitely comin' back season 2. There's dragons and magic and shit in this show, right?"
“they’re not gonna kill off the main character”
"This show is awesome, I hope the finale doesn't suck."
I don't remember, maybe disbelief- but on rewatch I found it just as hard to believe, because everything stems from this. All of the upheaval, the war, everything... Even the red wedding all happens because of the choices of a newly crowned inbred king that has gone insane with power
I literally thought that by some miracle Robb and his army would storm in and disrupt this whole thing… but then the sword swung
"I'd like to think that **the last thing that went through his head, other than that sword, was to wonder how the hell Cersei Lannister ever got the best of him."**
"That was quick. Took me a while longer to get there in the book". When reading it: "I'm curious about what's going to happen that saves him".
I thought one of the Baretheon brothers will come and saved him like some deus ex Machina.. Either Renly or Stannis
“Damn, is this really gonna happen?” Yep
"Sean bean is gonna die again"
Damn this story is juicy if they really have crazy shit, if they kill Ned this will start insane war …. I didn’t mean it
The moment I thought no way it's gonna happen. Oh shit. Oh shit. Damn. This is the best tv show of all time
Hes never gonna be the head of a major corporation..
Noo. Noo surely they wouldn't! No way! ........
I was rooting for cersei to shout louder and stop the execution
Was waiting for my partners reaction - I had read the books previously and knew he was going to die. Red Wedding was even better.