Spoilers for Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, “The Door”, continue below.
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While the duo spoke to Entertainment weekly, David Benioff opened up on the issue that has been on the lips of Game of Thrones fans for months – the idea that the show will ruin the books. Producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff appeared in a video on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday night to say they were sorry – but not for what you think. They actually weren’t apologizing for killing Hodor, and instead were apologizing for how they have forever ruined the phrase “hold the door”.
Some people enjoy Benioff and Weiss’ work, some people might be happy to wait around for the books and not watch the TV show, and others… well, there’s a million ways a fan could interpret the show moving ahead of the books.
Yeah, it is your bad. Social media in the last 72 hours has been flooded with Hodor jokes and memes to the point where the entire fad of people breaking down after being told to “hold the door” has already worn out its welcome. It was kind of funny/heartbreaking in the first few hours following the episode while the wound was still fresh, but three days later? But everyone knows that the “hold the door” gag isn’t going to die anytime soon. Or in pieces, as is more likely.
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In this scene from season three of “Game of Thrones”, a young Bran Stark is having one of his visions, in which he attempts to take aim at the Three-Eyed Raven with his bow and arrow. “Upon learning of the incident, we used the available means to limit further access to the episode”.
