SPOILERS, ALWAYS.
There are very few times in life where I experience sadness: when I step on a misplaced Lego brick without wearing shoes, when I…okay that’s pretty much it. But last night on Thrones, damn – not gonna lie, I had tears in my eyes at that very last scene.
For those of you who haven’t seen the episode and are still reading this because you don’t care about spoilers, not only did we lose the Three Eyed Raven (eh), Leaf (who?) and Summer (another direwolf bites the dust), but we lost fucking Hodor. HODOR! What did Hodor ever do to anyone besides say “Hodor”? He was possibly the most innocent character on the show who had zero ulterior motives to helping those around him, and yet here we are, with no Hodor and only a stupid Bran who is the entire reason we had so many people die last night.
And to compound his death, we finally got to find out why Hodor can only say “Hodor” – because Bran warged into his body while he was in the past, when Hodor was a young boy named Wylis. In the present-time, Bran is having Hodor “Hold the Door,” and in the past Wylis is screaming “Hold the door,” eventually devolving into “Hodor.”
Cue crying, from basically anyone and everyone:
If I had a son I would name him #Hodor . Seriously, hats off #GOT. Totally sick and moved and 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👍🏻👍🏻⚡️👀👀👀😪
— emmacaulfieldofficial (@emmacaulfield) May 23, 2016
"Hold the door." 😭 #Hodor #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/jEebVqvwsS
— Superhero Base (@superherobase) May 23, 2016
My reaction when someone holds the door for me today #Hodor pic.twitter.com/FNuRagv2uL
— Adam Hansen (@adamallday3) May 23, 2016
Ive not cared this much about a character that only says one word since Pikachu refused to evolve into Raichu #gamesofthrones #hodor
— Tom Harris (@tomarris) May 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/PinayNoire/status/734696723109515264
Who knew one word that was pretty much unintelligible nonsense in the past, could become so meaningful in a moment… #Hodor
— Aryj (@Arrryj) May 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/Derium/status/734679198925721600
Employee: I'm Not Coming To Office Today.
BOSS: Why?
E: Someone Died!
B: Who?
E: #Hodor#GameofThrones #GoT— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 23, 2016
So full circle #Hodor #GameofThrones
Incredible writing and character development. Went into the ugly cry.
— Candice Patton (@candicepatton) May 23, 2016
I love the internet. #Hodor pic.twitter.com/A6PFCEZivr
— ashley hufford (@ashleyhufford) May 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/GTjumperzo/status/734573121886248960
https://twitter.com/nicolexpeterson/status/734568346910396417
Bloody @GameOfThrones! That was the most heartbreaking thing to watch. Farewell #Hodor pic.twitter.com/aPKd5FViW9
— Fatih Öke (@okefatih) May 23, 2016
Can't watch Silicon Valley after a Thrones episode like that. Going to bed. Don't really care if I never wake up. #Hodor #HoldTheDoor
— Danny Conrad (@DannyJConrad) May 23, 2016
RIP Hodor, you will be missed.
[H/T Uproxx]